Longtime Carlsbad resident Tim Swart and his partners Mirko Mangum and Carlsbad High School graduate Sal Masekela, recently opened a Miami branch of their Encinitas-based style shop UNIV with Mark Gamez. And the shop is so cool that was profiled in the Miami Herald today.
The store’s decor is kitschy. Gamez, said they worked hard to make it that way — and that customers love it. ”Besides the alligator heads and the poster of Anita Bryant, it reminds a lot of people of their abuelos or grandparent’s basement in the 1970s.”
Now we just need to figure out how to get the crew to open another store in Carlsbad, however, we’d guess Tokyo will be next on the list.
[Link: Miami Herald]
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