Williamsburg, Brooklyn is a magnet for the young and aware moving to the city fed by low rents in the 1990s. It is also a hub for indie hipster culture, and the local art community. One business that caters to this neo-bohemian culture is Woodley & Bunny with Erin Anderson - next-wave fashion Sherpa for Brooklyn's burgeoning hip community. The salon and apothecary fits right into the needs of a clientele constantly reinventing themselves.

We met Erin Anderson when she was in Seattle touring with their new hair product line Sashajuan, and immediately recognized her as the next generation of hairdressing leaders. She is charming, sharp and a brilliant finishing stylist, the kind who have not been seen on platform for almost a generation. Erin is constantly on the go working as an editorial stylist for photographers such as Terry Richardson and Norman Jean Roy, and for designers Yigal Azrouel, Trovata, and Tracy Reese.

Erin is not the whole story of Woodley & Bunny. The rest is her deep relationship with her business and design-savvy sister Misha in a salon and apothecary at once so revolutionary yet familiar to those who love luxury and comfort. Taking its name from the childhood nicknames of Misha and Erin, Woodley & Bunny is not only a salon, but is a lifestyle stop and attitude factory for some of the many Williamsburg artists, writers, and musicians sauntering along Bedford Avenue about a block away.

The salon apothecary is the rest of the story. The apothecary is the hub of the salon, with shelves and displays bursting with hard-to-find cosmetics such as Juara Coffee body scrub, pin-up red lip gloss from Lipstick Queen, and cult skincare lines by Dino Morra and REN. In addition to a small jewelry display by local designers like Kim Foxman and Ashley Colt, W&B carries one-of-a kind silk-screened tees, plus sweet toys and clothes for dogs.

"We do a lot of cherry picking," Erin says. "I ask myself first: Do I love it? Do I have to have it? If the answer is yes, I know I'm on the right track. I need to know why it is amazing, and who it is amazing for." Other brands they carry include organic Parisian fragrance line Honore Des Pres and Six Scents, a set of limited edition fragrances made in collaboration by perfumers and designers (such as Phillip Lim, Henry Holland, Toga, Damir Doma, Henrik Vibskov, and Richard Nicoll). They also carry products from: Olivina, Malin + Goetz, Ren, Ole Henriksen, Nuxe, Korres, Aphothia, Juara, Seda France, Luzern Organic Cosmeceuticals, Purlisse, Strange Invisible Perfumes, Sonya Dakar, and Agent Provocateur.

The salon is a must go stop for any hairdressers making the pilgrimage to the New York area. Anyone with a salon with a retail area enclosed can find encouragement and mellifluous ideas from the duo of Erin and Misha. Woodley & Bunny is a salon and an idea that would be right at home in Seattle.

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