Trash and Vaudeville

Ray Goodman founded Trash & Vaudeville in 1975 inside the Hamilton-Holly House at 4 St. Mark's Place, New York, NY. The store occupied two floors of the house from 1975 to February 2016. The basement formerly housed a pinball parlor{{Cite news| url = https://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/09/fashion/trash-and-vaudeville-still-selling-punks-look-after-38-years.html| title = Trash and Vaudeville, Still Selling Punk's Look After 38 Years| last = Van Meter| first = William| date = May 8, 2013| newspaper = The New York Times| issn = 0362-4331| access-date = February 29, 2016| archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20150111194654/http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/09/fashion/trash-and-vaudeville-still-selling-punks-look-after-38-years.html?pagewanted=all| archivedate = January 11, 2015| url-status = live}} directly below the upstairs, which was accessed by an iron staircase.{{Cite web| url = http://www.nycgoth.com/shops/trashnvaudeville/| title = Trash And Vaudeville| website = www.nycgoth.com| access-date = February 29, 2016}} Although physically separated as two stores, they were regarded as one entity.

In July 2019, Trash and Vaudeville announced that they would be moving from St. Mark's Place to 96 East 7th Street between Avenue A and First Avenue.{{Cite web| url = http://ny.racked.com/2015/7/28/9055841/trash-and-vaudeville-closed| title = Legendary Punk Store Trash & Vaudeville Leaving St. Mark's Place After 40 Years| website = Racked NY| date = July 28, 2015| access-date = February 29, 2016}} The controversial move was regarded by some as a mark of the gentrification of New York because Trash and Vaudeville was one of the last standing punk landmarks on St. Marks Place.{{Cite web| url = http://vampirefreaks.com/journal_comment.php?entry=8667934| title = Trash and Vaudeville is moving| website = vampirefreaks.com| access-date = February 29, 2016}}{{Cite web| url = http://evgrieve.com/2015/07/exclusive-after-40-years-punk-rock.html| title = EV Grieve: Exclusive: After 40 years, punk rock mainstay Trash and Vaudeville is leaving St. Mark's Place| website = evgrieve.com| access-date = February 29, 2016}} This move kept the store within the East Village, a neighborhood notable for its active nightlife. The original location closed at the end of February 2020, and the store reopened at 96 East 7th Street in March 2020.{{cite web| title=Reliving Trash and Vaudeville's Beginnings In Its New East Village Home| first=Ilise |last=Carter| date=March 29, 2016| website=Racked NY| url=http://ny.racked.com/2016/3/29/11318016/trash-and-vaudeville-history-nyc-new-store| url-status=live| archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160503054016/http://ny.racked.com/2016/3/29/11318016/trash-and-vaudeville-history-nyc-new-store| archivedate=May 3, 2016}}

Trash and Vaudeville is famous for stars who shopped there, such as the Ramones, The Clash, Bruce Springsteen and Debbie Harry of Blondie, and many more musicians and actors during the golden age of punk rock in the 1970s and '80s. Many of today's top musicians and celebrities are still clothed by the store.{{Cite web| last = Rockmore| first = Rory| date = August 25, 2011| url = http://www.mtv.com/news/2514935/trash-and-vaudeville-denim-tips/| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160330191410/http://www.mtv.com/news/2514935/trash-and-vaudeville-denim-tips/| url-status = dead| archive-date = March 30, 2016| title = New York Punk Classic Trash And Vaudeville Takes Us Back To School| website = MTV News| access-date = February 29, 2016}} Ray Goodman, a graduate of the Fashion Institute of Technology, is the owner and head buyer. He was born in Jersey City and opened Trash & Vaudeville at the age of 18 after years of working in fashion and hanging on St. Marks Place. {{Cite news| title = Trash and Vaudeville, a Punk Emporium, Leaves Its East Village Home| last = Correal| first = Annie| date = February 28, 2016| newspaper = The New York Times| issn = 0362-4331| access-date = February 29, 2016| url = https://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/29/nyregion/a-punk-emporium-and-mecca-for-misfits-leaves-its-east-village-home.html?_r=0&pagewanted=all| url-status = live| archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20160304041816/http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/29/nyregion/a-punk-emporium-and-mecca-for-misfits-leaves-its-east-village-home.html?_r=0| archivedate = March 4, 2016}} Jimmy Webb was a salesperson and one of the assistant buyers from October 1999 until leaving the 7th street location in 2020. {{cite web|url=http://evgrieve.com/2017/09/jimmy-webb-will-make-dreams-come-true.html|accessdate=September 30, 2017|title=Jimmy Webb will make dreams come true with new rock 'n' roll boutique I Need More|website=EV Grieve|date=September 15, 2017}}

The store was one of the first to stock the British Doc Martens boot, which became an international symbol of rebellion. They are the largest retail store stocked with Tripp NYC clothing, a brand created by Goodman and his wife, Daang Goodman. Other stocked items of notoriety include bondage pants, creeper shoes, platform boots, leather motorcycle jackets, studded belts, leopard print jeans, winklepicker boots, spiky accessories, and band T-shirts.{{Cite web| url = http://ny.racked.com/2016/2/29/11132192/trash-vaudeville-st-marks-place-closing-photos| title = The Way It Was: One Last Look at Trash & Vaudeville on St. Mark's Place| website = Racked NY| date = February 29, 2016| access-date = February 29, 2016}} Trash & Vaudeville made the first black skinny jeans in 1978, worn by musicians like the Ramones, and continues to sell the same namesake black skinny jean style today. The store continues to be an institution for all things punk, goth, glam, grunge, metal, streetwear, and skate.

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