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This spright, curated space is conceptual, but warm with a taste for the horn rimmed, the elitist, and the peculiar.

Sleek store fixtures (display units, counters, signage) once strictly for retailers such as H&M and Apple hit the public marketplace.

This shop's sultry, Brazilian-inspired eveningwear is the antithesis of the little black dress.

Modern, tailored womenswear and home accessories for Holly Golightly types.

After brunch at Pastis, passersby peruse this eclectic boutique for avant-garde accessories and clothing from emerging designers.

Beyond the rugged-yet-well-tailored jeans, the hook at An Earnest Cut and Sew is in-store customization.

Gabriella Risatti creates a unique and personalized shopping experience for bride.

Classic and contemporary couture bridal gowns exclusive to Manhattan.

Intelligent, austere fashion inspired by the iconoclastic Austrian designer.

In a nod to the neighborhood's underground-club past, Henry Beguelin is all leather, all the time.

Unlike other multibrand stores, this boutique has every single style in the entire line of each label it carries.

High-quality, built-to-order fashions by a sweet-as-pie Brazillian designer.

The kind of place where heavy hitters come to hunt down creamy white, twentieth-century French settees, Gustavian end tables, or Venetian consoles.

Paige Adams-Gellar, the iconic bum model for high-end denim brands, delivers her own meticulously designed line of jeans.

This whitewashed shop is lined with fluttery and tatter-hemmed pieces that show just enough skin.

Everything in this shop is eminently touchable, from dresses, skirts, and tops crafted from burlap, mesh, metallic fabrics, or velvety bleached suede, to jewelry decked with twigs, bark, rubber, and fur.

Isabell's studio can make pretty much any floral vision a reality, even if it seems physically impossible.

The denim’s the thing at this meatpacking-district boutique favored by celebs.

Designer Shelly Steffee’s eponymous boutique carries sculptural, avant-garde women’s wear with a distinct European flair.

If you drool over bent-plywood chairs or shiver at the name Isamu Noguchi, this is where you belong.

Sexy dresses and subtly chic career clothing are the specialty of the house at this emerging designer’s flagship store.