Originally Posted by flimflamgirl

Let me just correct a little bit...the fashion district where you can buy sequins and jewelery and other glittery fun is in the 30's, but not on 3rd Avenue...it's on 6th Avenue, spilling west towards 7th and 8th where the fabric stores are. There's an amazing place called M&J Trimmings that makes me wish I could sew. If you go to 3rd Avenue in the 30's, you'll find the very bland, dull enclave of Murray Hill...not very fun or sparkly at all!

There's also a lovely small boutique run by a dancer, down on Broome Street off of Orchard in the Lower East Side. It's called Hello Sari. She sells some bellydance stuff, and other pretty things.

If you're into Indian fabrics and jewelery, you can go to Curry Hill (Lexington Ave around 28th-29th St., in Manhattan) and Jackson Heights in Queens (7, R, E to Roosevelt Avenue). That's the motherlode!

Have fun!
- Leela