Air Mail | Monse Makes Moves

Visitors to most downtown-Manhattan designer boutiques nowadays are immediately met by some figure at the doorway: a security guard, a greeter, a doorperson to size up the incoming crowd and keep capacity to a V.I.P.-feeling minimum. At Monse, on a quiet corner of New York’s Lower East Side, guests are often greeted by King, an ivory goldendoodle owned by Monse’s co-founder Laura Kim, who watches the passersby from his perch beside the door.