Moya Hewitt, one of the most stylish FIT students we ever met, swears by B.E. for their selection.
Kate Spade New York's graphic designer, Katie Evans, swears by APC for the best in french prep.
Mark Anthony Green, editorial assistant at GQ, claims to be obsessed with this place. If his endorsement and the lines that form every week are true, it's totally worth it.
Calypso Lawrence, Prabal Gurung's PR & Marketing coordinator with style for days loves to swing by here. If she says it's worth it, it surely is.
One of Refinery29's Annie Georgia Greenberg's favorite shops in NYC. Definitely worth a visit.
Named for the owners’ family matriarch, a former schoolteacher, this downtown indie-designer boutique offers uniform-hip wearables dangling price tags that look like grade-school flash cards.
Most of the goods at this vintage store have an ’80s slant (loads of Vivienne Westwood and Balenciaga) while most of the decor was salvaged from the iconic ’60s Mary Quant store on Carnaby Street.
This appointment-only boutique is also a rare-records-and-books store, so it’s only natural that the clothing brands are the thinking woman’s sort: J.W. Anderson shirting & Blackmeans leather jackets.
If you're in the lower section of SoHo, head to the Grand. Walk up the stairs in the lobby, and head towards the back right side of the building. Very fine facilities indeed.
Make like you're going to Mercer Kitchen, walk down the stairs and loop around the corner. Enter the brick cave-like area on the right and you're golden. The trick is to act like you own the place.
It's been under construction for a while, but when it opens, one can only imagine the hi-tech glory that awaits. Will the toilets charge your phone? The possibilities!
“It’s the best shop for utilitarian basics—like work shirts, tees, jeans and simple dresses.” -Gia Coppola
"The best way to spend a free afternoon is to browse the amazing selection of Japanese fashion magazines at this store." -Julia Chu
Whether or not you can afford the cutting-edge European clothes, this store is a must-hit—the bamboo racks dangling with Marni and Balenciaga are just that stunning.
Clever vignettes—'50s tables piled with books, antique vanities strewn with distressed mirrored trays—at this vintage furniture mainstay make you feel like you’ve entered somebody’s very cool loft.
Our favorite ski
shop, not for the prices (which can be black-
diamond steep), but for chic ski and après-ski apparel, like an unbulky Duvetica down parka and a tough Dsquared2 leather bomber.
Get lost inside the enormous MJ Trimming store and buy fun ribbons, buttons and trinkets to accessorize your own sneaks, belt, headbands etc.
Customize your own Converse sneakers in SoHo and grab some fresh fruit at the original Dean & DeLuca.
After a little window shopping, take a walk to Little Italy and pick up a delicious cannolli at Ferrara's.
Grab a super tasty burger and frozen custard at the original Shake Shack in Madison Square Park.
Take a trip back in time and check out Egyptian jewelry at the Met! Golden cuffs, beaded necklaces and tiaras galore!
This pink-walled lingerie boutique balances the sweet, the sexy and the downright sizzling, with contemporary brands like La Fée Verte and LJT by Les Jupons de Tess.
Mjölk—which stocks the latest from Scandinavia—provide a pleasant aesthetic jolt. You’ll want to take home the entire selection of super-slick kitchen aids (including a concrete soap
dish!).
A mind-blowing amount of stuff—apparel, furniture, bric-a-brac—but you’ll find more than enough treasure to justify sifting through it. We scored a pair of perfect red pumps for a mind-blowing $20.
This Mirvish Village shop mixes vintage clothing (Pucci hot pants and slipdresses from the ’20s) with unusual decor items, like a French-language school map of the Middle East—all at terrific prices.
