It’s hard to imagine that it took Gant a mere four months to take its Fifth Avenue flagship from an unremarkable sportswear emporium to something so artful.

Gosia Goclowska, who recently became a mom, couldn’t find a shop that appealed directly to children. So she teamed with her sister to open a place that would try to be less pretentious and more cheery than the rest.

With the opening of Crazy for Animals at the Shops at Atlas Park mall, dogs have new, more attractive ways to contribute to the environment.

The freshly minted ê Shave, the concept of former sculptor Danielle Malka, elevates shaving accoutrements to art forms.

At Greenwich Village’s Beauty Jewel spa there’s pampering without pretension.

San Francisco–based surf shop Mollusk (718-218-7456) has washed up on Metropolitan Avenue, at River Street, in Williamsburg.

Unlike the designs of other bridal costume jewelers, Siman Tu’s handmade designs are sophisticated and dazzling—and, admittedly, more expensive.

The latest designer-shoe store to arrive in the meatpacking district has the potential to give the neighborhood’s other footwear powerhouses a serious run for the money.

This month, Space.NK owner Nicky Kinnaird opens her first Stateside location in Soho in the form of an airy 2,000-square-foot boutique.

Erin Whelan’s inviting Lower East Side boutique Clarabella is like a classroom for retail education.