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The holidays are just around the corner and the cold weather is here! Is your pup shivering as the temperature drops? Fill your pooch’s stocking with some stylish duds for cold winter weather — like our custom-made sweaters and hats. We also have some things you’re sure to love — check out our hand-made mittens with personalized messages. Browse our store for unique gifts! >

Westword’s BEST OF DENVER 2006
BEST DOGGIE DRESS UP!!!!! macymacy
Any excuse for dog owners to set foot into macymacy is a good one. Owner Macy Matarazzo runs the cleverest, most pet friendly shop in town, if not the universe, offering a fine array of pet paraphernalia, goodies, outrageous doggie togs and greetings from the store’s tiny Chihuahua model/mascots Murray and Meatball. Even if you’ve never had the urge to dress up your dog for Halloween, you will if you stop by macymacy come fall. Matarazzo has everything you need to turn your pooch into a little devil, big superhero or something even more esoteric that calls for a mullet, Afro, hairnet, or curler wig. What a howl!

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macymacy moves online and in stores near you!!! Look out for macymacy products coming to stores all around the nation! NY, San Francisco, Denver!!!!

This is the 1st Annual macymacy Doggie PROM!!! Now it is time to hit the dog park and find a date!!! Stop by macymacy doggie couture and get a super handsome bowtie, a doggie skirt or just wear your favorite collar whatever it is that makes you feel ALL DOG…

This is the night where canine memories are made…you and your doggie date can get your picture taken under the balloon arch by the famous Mark Siegfried of Split Image Photography. A MUST on this special night!!!

This is the event of the Summer!!! Join us at the Barkway for dancing, drinks and delicious food, along with fantastic entertainment including the Oracle Dance Troupe performing Arial Acrobatics, Dog related comedy by Ben Kronberg, a Doggie Puppet show sponsored by The Pet Nannies, and a special guest appearance from Rocky Mountain Roller Girls!!! And of course lots of good vibes donated by Samadhi Center for Yoga so you are guaranteed to have a great time.

Picture this…your dog and you, a doggie date and your pal….all dressed up (clothes on the dogs highly recommended but NOT mandatory to attend), enjoying a Dale’s Pale Ale, eating a delicious crepe from Budgie’s, dancing to DJ WoofDOG….shopping denver’s local retailers, Studio Bead and Mona Lucero, perhaps picking up a doggie corsage from Barb’s Flower Market for your lovely b!tch….AHH heavenly… This is the night to let your pup SHINE!!!

And all of this FUN to BENEFIT Harrison Memorial Animal Hospital. How lucky we are to have this organization in Denver!!!Harrison Memorial Animal Hospital is a non-profit organization devoted to enhancing the human-animal relationship by improving the health and well being of animals in need.

Tickets are $20 per dog and person, $5 for an additional dog. You can purchase tickets at macymacy or order online by emailing doggieprom@macymacy.com.

We all know that many puppies are born in the spring and that means many doggie birthday parties!!! Doggie Party hats are now at macymacy. Super fancy all one of a kind, extra special for your pooches special day. Crazy doggie Cowboy hats also available for parties. $16-$24 each. View all our party hat options in our boutique >

Stop by today and get your pup a fancy and delicious frosted easter cookie!!! All natural dog treats shaped like easter eggs and bunny rabbits! The smell so good you will want a bite. FRESH from COSMOS bakery!!!! $1.50-$3 see you soon!

Now macymacy carries all natural pet foods. Brands include Merrick Canned Foods, Innova dry for cats and dogs, California Natural, Nature’s Variety dry and Nature’s Variety Canned! Shop locally, support your independent neighborhood businesses!!! Mention the BLOG and get a free $10 gift with food purchase.

Mark your calendars. The First Annual Doggie Prom is here! You and your dog can get dressed up and come down to the Barkway and new doggie daycare at 29th and Larimer, enjoy music, food, drink, entertainment, all while your little furball is slow dancing to Stairway to Heaven. (Chaperones will be watching�have no fear). Visit macymacy soon to see all the summer dresses and bowties perfect for the occasion!!!

Originally posted on westword.com

Give your pooch a macymacy makeover!

It used to be that dogs had nothing better to do on Halloween than howl at the moon. But nowadays, pups doll up right alongside their masters. Luckily for our masquerading mutts, Denver dogwear maven Macy Matarazzo tuned right into the trend…

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Originally published in The Denver Post

What’s in store? Murray Sheff is wearing pink.

The 2-year-old teacup Chihuahua and in-store comedian at macymacy generally dons a jacket and tie for his days working beside Macy Matarazzo at their new Uptown pet and people boutique, which is sandwiched between Sparrow, the vintage-minded plant and home décor store, and A la Tomate, the tasteful neighborhood bar and tarterie.

But on this particular afternoon, Murray is getting ready for a parade. Matarazzo has fashioned a toile cape the color of Pepto-Bismol and paired it with a wizard’s hat covered in silver stars. The pooch sits compliantly on the colorful mirrored stage at the front of his store, beneath a “flying dog” photo booth where canine customers can peek their heads through a hole in one of Matarazzo’s whimsical illustrations and snap a carnival-style portrait.

This store owner studied fine art, theater and puppetry before settling in Denver. There’s rarely a day when Matarazzo is not painting, sewing, cutting or gluing an artful new item for her boutique. The artist opened this shop with pets in mind but expanded her concept to include gifts, jewelry, accessories and offbeat fashions. Everything here spotlights her eye for disco glitz and retro nostalgia - best characterized by the black-and-white 1950s yearbook photos Matarazzo uses for price tags at macymacy.

Shoppers generally will have to circle the shop a few times before spotting all of the soap dishes filled with beaded rings and vintage ashtrays holding key-chain lip gloss that are tucked into nooks around the store.

“I just love the fact that everywhere you look is something fun,” says Denver indie fashion maven Brandi Shigley. “I always leave with some little rhinestone find.”

What’s in stock? Salsa music fills the place as customers pick through doggie Hawaiian shirts and raincoats, high-end collars and coordinated leashes.

Matarazzo also hunts for pet-themed people products like the “K is for kitty” onesie in the cat corner, and the custom “space do” T-shirts available in both pooch and people sizes. It’s the people stuff that really sets this store apart from other pet boutiques, like the rainbow polka-dot dessert plates and the “spa girl,” “café girl,” “yoga girl,” and “shopping girl” coffee mugs that fill a bank of shelves near the door. The walls are covered with Matarazzo’s paintings. Her “spa dog” image featuring Fido with cucumbers over his eyes can be customized for any pet in the family.

- Elana Ashanti Jefferson, Denver Post Staff Writer