https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/new-yorkers-and-nyc-visitors-shopping-recommendations Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Sun, 17 May 2026 08:18:10 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/new-yorkers-and-nyc-visitors-shopping-recommendations#post-344953 Thu, 05 May 2011 20:53:43 +0000 Marlene1 344953@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>You guys are great! Thank you so much for the great suggestions. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/new-yorkers-and-nyc-visitors-shopping-recommendations#post-344869 Thu, 05 May 2011 18:31:43 +0000 nancylee 344869@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I've consulted my NYC notes and you might want to check out:</p> <p>* shopping along Columbus Ave. between West 74th and West 82nd</p> <p>* Greenflea market (Columbus Ave. at West 77th) on Sundays yearround (10-5:45)</p> <p>I wanted to check these out on my last trip to NYC, but ran out of time! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/new-yorkers-and-nyc-visitors-shopping-recommendations#post-344857 Thu, 05 May 2011 18:16:45 +0000 Diana 344857@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>While I do like Soho a lot and usually stop by while I'm in NYC, I do agree with Maya that it's pretty chain store heavy and not many boutiques. </p> <p>I also do like window shopping along fifth avenue... all the jewelry stores and fancy designer shops are fun for fantasy shopping (although I do faint at the prices!). </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/new-yorkers-and-nyc-visitors-shopping-recommendations#post-344854 Thu, 05 May 2011 18:13:14 +0000 nancylee 344854@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Marlene, I understand your desire to find unique streets of shopping in NYC (I have always yearned for this myself), but I tend to agree with Angie: Boutique shopping in NYC can be disappointing. I can't tell you how many times I've hunted down some shop I read rave reviews about only to be disappointed when I find it.</p> <p>If you want to shop (and not just window shop) Soho will maximize your time since it has lots of great shops located very close together. True, there are a lot of chains, but they tend to be bigger or flagship-type shops with a much greater variety than you'd see in their locations anywhere else. And mixed in with the chain shops are a smattering of interesting boutiques. </p> <p>There are a few streets (Bleecker comes to mind) worth walking down in the West Village. And I've heard that Brooklyn is really the hot place to shop now. The next time I go to NYC I'm headed there just to see what the story is.....</p> <p>I always make a stop in ABC Carpet and Home on lower Broadway....an interesting amalgam of things for sale and much more than a home furnishings store. (great tapas place inside, too)</p> <p>Have fun! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/new-yorkers-and-nyc-visitors-shopping-recommendations#post-344853 Thu, 05 May 2011 18:12:48 +0000 Angie 344853@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>MaryK, that does sound fab! I should look into it </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/new-yorkers-and-nyc-visitors-shopping-recommendations#post-344838 Thu, 05 May 2011 17:51:13 +0000 MsMary 344838@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm telling you, the shopping tour was fab. The guide was a young hipstery gal who was a ton of fun, and a lot of the things we saw in the show rooms two years ago are things that are just now showing up in the stores. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/new-yorkers-and-nyc-visitors-shopping-recommendations#post-344826 Thu, 05 May 2011 17:41:34 +0000 Angie 344826@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>So far (and I hope that changes!!!) I am disappointed with the local boutique shopping in NYC. For the most part, I have exactly the same impression: "nice from far, but far from nice" - and still expensive (if you are after keen price points). </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/new-yorkers-and-nyc-visitors-shopping-recommendations#post-344814 Thu, 05 May 2011 17:29:14 +0000 Maya 344814@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>If you're looking for small, local boutiques I would actually avoid Soho. It's mostly just chain stores now. There are a few boutiques but if that's your main goal, it's not my first pick.</p> <p>However, if you go just a little further over to Nolita you'll find lots of little shops with pretty little things to peruse. They tend to be quite pricey though. Lower East Side works too but tends to be grungier. </p> <p>IMO, you'll have the best luck if you get out of Manhattan. Get thee to Williamsburg in Brooklyn. It's just one stop in on the L train and you'll have no shortage of quirky shops and cute eateries. DUMBO is also a nice neighborhood.</p> <p>Once Manhattan got eaten alive by chain stores and nosebleedingly high rent, all the cute and reasonably priced boutiques fled to the outer boroughs. I wouldn't live in Manhattan even if I could afford it. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/new-yorkers-and-nyc-visitors-shopping-recommendations#post-344748 Thu, 05 May 2011 15:01:26 +0000 Lisalou 344748@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Soho and the Lower East Side for boutiques. Lower Broadway--from that Bloomie's on down (Uniqlo is in that area--fun to browse). And if you're going to do Bergdorf's, don't forget Bendel's on 5th betw 55/56. Saks is worth a walk-through too (5th betw 49/50. (There's a huge H&amp;M a block up from Saks, if you're into that.) Oh, and the cosmetics floor of Bloomingdale's flagship--59th and Lex--was just redone and pretty awesome. That store has a good shoe department, too. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/new-yorkers-and-nyc-visitors-shopping-recommendations#post-344732 Thu, 05 May 2011 14:45:45 +0000 modgrl 344732@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I can't speak for the small local boutiques but the department stores in NY are outrageous and worth a visit. </p> <p>Go to the soho bloomindale's. It is a NY store with a NY history. Don't miss the bergdorf goodman windows at the corner of 58th and 5th, right across from central park. Go up to the women's room on the 5th floor. There is a huge lounge area in there with a great view of central park. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/new-yorkers-and-nyc-visitors-shopping-recommendations#post-344727 Thu, 05 May 2011 14:30:46 +0000 MsMary 344727@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>When I was there a few years ago I had a wonderful experience doing a shopping tour with a company called Shop Gotham : <a href="http://shopgotham.com/" rel="nofollow">http://shopgotham.com/</a>. I did the Garment DIstrict tour and we got to go to various designer showrooms and buy samples at very low prices. They also have a Soho tour. Super fun, not very expensive. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/new-yorkers-and-nyc-visitors-shopping-recommendations#post-344725 Thu, 05 May 2011 14:28:53 +0000 Angie 344725@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Spend the day in Soho. Period. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/new-yorkers-and-nyc-visitors-shopping-recommendations#post-344723 Thu, 05 May 2011 14:27:25 +0000 Marlene1 344723@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Will you please suggest stores, streets, neighborhoods for a great NYC fashion shopping experience? Looking for streets with locally-owned shops or stores that aren't common in other cities. And flea markets you recommend. Thank you! </p>