Business

‘Kset’ Women’s Clothing Pops Up on South Avenue

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Kristen Setter, a 2016 Wilton High School graduate who earned a bachelor’s degree in photography from the University of Connecticut, was working as a temporary staffer for clothing manufacturers, flying out to trade shows, when she decided she’d “rather be on the other side” of the business, meaning retail. “I was doing pop-ups at colleges for the past couple years,” Setter said Monday afternoon from inside her brick-and-mortar business, Kset, which had opened earlier this year on Elm Street and has since moved into the former The Agency space at South Avenue and Morse Court. “So I’d bring everything in my car to Sacred Heart, UConn, Quinnipiac—everywhere really. I did that for a while, and then I wanted to try the brick-and-mortar… I wanted the flexibility of doing the pop-up shop. And I wanted to do an online business, and I discovered through doing the in-person that I really liked this, too.”

Setter travels to trade shows in New York and Las Vegas, picking everything out so that what’s on offer at Kset is “fully curated by me,” she said.

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‘Dry Martini Clothing’ To Open on Elm Street Next Month

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The Summer Internship Program is sponsored by Karp Associates. Dry Martini Clothing, a Manhattan-based women’s fashion brand known for its luxury fabrics and sharp New York aesthetic, is opening its second physical location at 70 Elm St. in New Canaan on Sept. 12, company officials say. The brand was founded by designer Sarah Miller, who said the concept begun from a simple vision.

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New Specialty Running, Cycling and Ski Shop ‘The Amateur’ Opens on Main Street

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The Summer Internship Program is sponsored by Karp Associates. A new specialty shop has opened at 70 Main St. in New Canaan, bringing technical running, cycling and ski apparel from independent and emerging brands to the former gallery space that sat vacant for several years. Alex Holmes, founder of The Amateur, said the store has been decades in the making. “It’s been a dream of mine since I was a kid to find a space with all of the endurance-focused sport brands that are driven by culture and performance and put them in one place,” Holmes said.

Fausto Mieres

Green & Tonic Faces Extensive Repairs After Flash Flood Ravages Forest Street Café

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The Summer Internship Program is sponsored by the New Canaan Racquet Club

Green & Tonic’s Forest Street location is expected to remain closed through at least August after a flash flood tore through downtown New Canaan, destroying equipment, inventory, and much of the interior of the popular café. CEO Fausto Mieres said the damage from the July 21 storm was far worse than anything the business has experienced since opening the New Canaan location more than five years ago. “It was severe,” Mieres said. “Everything pretty much is done.” The floodwater damaged nearly every part of the business.

Elm Street Books

Eight Summer Reading Picks from Elm Street Books

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The Summer Internship Program is sponsored by Karp Associates. Looking for your next great read this summer? The team at Elm Street Books has put together a list of eight titles they’re loving and recommending this season, from beach bag page-turners to Booker Prize contenders. Here are their picks. The Shampoo Effect by Jenny Jackson

“From the bestselling author of Pineapple Street, comes this character-driven story centered around a close-knit group of millennial friends living in a coastal town in Massachusetts.