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This Williamsburg vintage shop, hidden beneath the BQE, touts an impressive selection of button-down shirts in seventies prints, as well as breezy summer dresses and broken-in boots.

A Park Slope shop for skater girls and girly-girls alike.

An artist’s studio that doubles as a store featuring funky, conversation-starting accessories and womenswear.

Diesel’s sporty sister store.

Discount purveyor of athletic shoes and licensed sports apparel.

The first U.S. outpost of the cult boutique from Japan brings a dose of Harajuku cool to Soho.

French costume-turned-home accessories designer offers creative tabletops and statement-making accoutrements.

This spacious accessories shop stocks jewelry, eyewear, and scarves, but caters to leather-loving handbag connoisseurs.

This minimalist sibling label to sportswear brands Y-3 and adidas Originals offers eco-chic designs incorporating organic cotton, soybean fiber, bamboo, and water-resistant nylon.

See the profile of this NYC store at 305 Columbus Ave. in Manhattan.

Denim and coffee addicts alike flock to AG Adriano Goldschmied’s Soho store, which does on-the-spot alterations and offers complimentary espressos.

Named after Huysmans's À Rebours, a fin-de-siècle French novel about a dandy who retreats from society to cultivate his private pleasures, this men’s shop and atelier is appropriately dramatic, gothic, and refined.

Simple and chic French styles that are easily mix-and-matched.

Simple and chic French styles that are easily mix-and-matched.

See the profile of this NYC store at 40 Rivington St. in Manhattan.

Exclusive mink, lamb, and sable coats at an appointment-only showroom

Exclusive mink, lamb, and sable coats at an appointment-only showroom

A one-stop consignment shop for vintage addicts and unconventional dressers.

See the profile of this NYC store at 512 Broadway in Manhattan.

Distinctive contemporary and reconstructed vintage apparel for men.

Zulema George’s handbags, plus tees and vintage-inspired apparel

Crabtree creates coordinated daytime ensembles for a loyal Upper East Side clientele.

The sister store of a classic brand surprises with trendy, well-crafted casual wear.

If Joan Jett, Josephine Baker, and Bettie Page all shared a dressing room, Anna Sui’s shop would be it.

Expect the unexpected at Chelsea’s surviving outdoor market, whose longtime venders reliably unearth one-off treasures for flea-bitten fans.