New York Magazine

Stylish clothes from Japan made with quality all-natural fabrics and dyes.

A big Italian market with small-town exuberance: fresh ingredients and bold prepared foods like your mother cooked.

The fashionable Paris-based eyeglass boutique is the Barney's of eyewear stores.

This pint-size home-accessories shop sells everything from country-chic porcelain animals to bookends in the shape of a hand making a peace sign.

A wonderland of French-made headgear, from simple silver clips to Swarovski-studded creations.

Voluminous, made-to-order gowns with opera-inspired doses of chiffon.

Authentic, museum-quality artifacts and jewelry from ancient times at a fine arts gallery and store.

Gifts for all ages from Japan, China, India, Korea, and Indonesia.

Fine English and French porcelain and pottery from the seventeenth through nineteenth centuries.

Berluti is the preferred bespoke shoemaker for aristocrats, dapper entertainers, and well-heeled types.

A cozy boutique that uptowners can't help swinging by before they leave for the Hamptons.

This friendly bicycle and repair shop has a dizzying array of bikes from the major brands.

The Big Drop Men’s store is a mirror image of the women’s.

Kids feel special climbing up to the semi-private children's section.

Trained experts help find perfect-fit fine lingerie for every body, from the seriously petite to those busting out all over.

This tiny antiques store stocks a luxurious, well-edited assortment of primarily English domestic accessories from the 1830s through the 1890s.

Decent, fresh meals by mom and pop since the Vanderbilts were around, with meal-building basics and expensive ceramic objects.

Designer and Parsons grad Annika Salame hand-makes all of the jewelry on-sale here.

The two floors of Calypso St. Barth offer versatile apparel that bridesmaids can wear for years.

Miniature designer duds and chichi baby furniture steal the show at this toy store.

Refined and achingly elegant, Carolina Herrera is a consistent hit with uptown society.

Vintage costume jewelry from the original runway shows of Coco Chanel, Yves Saint Laurent, and Gucci.

Sommelier Guy Goldstein's antiques-and-barrel wine shop.

Karl Lagerfeld, Stella McCartney, and Phoebe Philo have all designed for the French label, but no matter who is in charge, the line has maintained its quirky yet sophisticated aesthetic.

These precious, red-soled Parisian shoes aren’t for bashful dressers.