The best fashion and gift stores The United States Of America

Urban and trendy fashion for men and women, which focuses on young people 18-30 years with vintage, hipster and retro trends. The brand has been in the news several times with provocative designs that have provoked many reactions. Also a space for the home, gadgets and some jewelry. The first store opened in Philadelphia in 1970. Today Urban Outfitters operates more than 400 outlets in the United States, Canada and Europe. A must for those who love fashion at reasonable prices.

Temple of pas bag for men, women and children. This is the equivalent of our European H & M. It belongs to the same chain as Gap, but it is declination less class.

Second hand store for luxury clothing, you will find here vintage vintage brands over several decades. Prices are higher than in other San Francisco friperies, but quality is not the same either.

Organisation, this is the watchword in this second hand store perfectly sorted and filed. It is difficult to give an objective perspective on American Rag: some love, others hate. Still take a look if you go across the corner: there may be a good opportunity for you.

This bookshop is reminiscent of a literary salon. In the entrance hall, there's a sofa inviting you to read, smoking tea and a few cookies or dried fruit. We sit and chat about the next poetry reading or acoustic guitar concert. The shelves are filled with second-hand books on eclectic themes. At the far end of the store, a small opening leads to the Backroom Gallery, a tiny room where local artists are exhibited.

It looks like a rangé attic that hide many treasures. Novels, photo books, children's spaces, travel books. A great selection of books on music and dance, especially opera and classical music.

At once stationery, bookstore, exhibition space and clothing shop, Needles and Pens you immerse you in the world of trend rock and punk graphics. A versatile space maintained by a horde of volunteers.

This small independent publishing house specialises in graphics and stationery. The Valencia Street store sells maps, calendars and notes of graphic artists who win to be known. Here you'll find thousands of cute little things.

Here's the address you need, the Japanese BD Temple, Kinokuniya has hundreds of copies in Japanese but also in English. You will also find your favorite Japanese magazines. The floor is reserved for more classical literature on everything that affects Japan: art, history, travel, etc. From the first floor, cross the hall to the stationery section opposite the left. Cards and fabulous silk papers for sale among pens and miniature gadgets.

Here we sell new, old, magazines, Cds and, obviously, books. Many books. Take the time to search among the shelves and do not hesitate to ask for help from booksellers. They will surely be better off than you in all this mess.

Opened in 1976, this pretty bookstore sells second hand books and new books. Cosy atmosphere in this small store that gives you a chance to sit down for a few moments.

Bookshop that promotes anarchist ideas, you will find all the literature on the subject: theory, history, art, magazines as well as CD, DVD, etc. Do not hesitate to ask questions to volunteer staff who will be happy to enlighten you on any point of theory. Also do not miss the anarchist fresco outside the store where the great names of the anar movement in the United States are represented.

Good business hunters, collectors and those looking for an alternative to the Rose Bowl flea market in Pasadena City College, with free entrance.

Far from the American-style shopping mall, we are here in a small artificial village, certainly, but still with a certain charm. You can stroll with pleasure among the small colourful houses and neat gardens. There are many handicraft shops and local specialities to see. If you want to leave Mystic with small gifts to take back to your loved ones, this is where you will make the most beautiful finds! Every Saturday, during the beautiful season, a farmer's market takes place, with local vendors and artisans.

The GAP plant store, located in the heart of Alexandria. Series purpose, collections of previous years at reduced prices.

This chain of about 30 shopping centers across the United States has an address in Tilton, a 20-minute drive from Laconia. It is a vast shopping mall where you can find large discount stores, from Ralph Lauren to Levi's to Nike and Coach. Fashion addicts come here to shop and take advantage of the good deals offered all year round. There are often discounts on the website.

Shake the tree... and wonders will fall from it! This little shop will delight women more than men. Inside, perfumed soaps, handbags, colourful clothes and notebooks and decorative objects, all carefully selected by the mistress of the place, who finds inspiration in her travels to Paris, New Delhi or Marrakech. A thousand miles away from department store chains, this independent boutique showcases little-known brands. A good stopover for a bohemian version of shopping.

Church Street Marketplace is the nerve centre of the city, quite simply. It's a large shopping mall, open until late at night and offering all the major international brands. Outside, the pedestrian streets are where Burlington lives: bars, cafes and shops are lively and noisy. For the city's residents, this is where it all happens, especially on weekends and during the summer months.

Inside the Château aux Bois Dormant Castle, a room transforms the little girls into true princesses. Everything goes on, the choice of suit, the hairstyle and the makeup. As a result, you can watch Mini Belle Aux or White-Snow Belle belle in the park. An impressive transformation that adds to the magic of the day and the memories of memories.

We briefly leave the Disney universe for that of Légoland with a shop entirely dedicated to plastic cubes of all colors. Cardboard boxes sorted by themes are stacked up to the ceiling and a huge playground allows children to play a little while while parents shop, unless the opposite is the case!

Since 1994, this long-established shop in the Beacon Hill neighborhood has been selling pretty everyday items. At the beginning, the place was specialized in ink stamps, it has since diversified. You can buy mugs, designer tableware, stationery, lucky charms, small Japanese-inspired objects, etc. There is also a large and beautiful selection of postcards, which is a bit different from what you can find elsewhere. The store has been closed since 2022. But all the items are still for sale on the website.

After closing its stores in downtown Boston, the American sportswear brand has finally taken up residence in Cambridge. We stop by to stock up on T-shirts, jeans, plaid shirts and fashion accessories for men and women. The collection now offers more trendy clothes, in a more bohemian style, but still comfortable. Her women's underwear and sportswear brand, Aerie, focuses on comfort and simplicity.

A nice shop of handicrafts, made only by women. You will be able to stop there to bring back some typical souvenirs from Provincetown: rainbow-coloured magnets, t-shirts with feminist slogans, etc. We love bracelets, earrings and necklaces made of silver and stones. The place is also known as one of the oldest bookstores in P-town, and one of the few feminist bookstores in the United States. About a thousand books are sold there, all written by women.

A vintage boutique unlike any other! At Fabulous Fanny's, you can find pairs of glasses from another time, classified by style and size in drawer cabinets. The experience is really fun and you will have every chance to find... a mount on your nose! And as the motto of the store says If you have to wear them... make it fun. Apart from the glasses, we can find in this timeless shop bracelets and earrings, also rather crazy, as well as hats and some clothes.

This independent library is a small gem.

The big, chic chain is also in San Francisco. Despite major difficulties during the covid, this 450-store chain finally held up with the help of U.S. government bankruptcy protection. There's an assortment of clothing and accessories for women, men and children, including swimwear, outerwear, loungewear, bags, sweaters, jeans, dresses, suits, jewelry and shoes. The style? Casual and stylish at the same time. High prices.

A very good choice of pendants, bracelets and earrings. Price displayed a little but which is very fast as the discussion progresses. Good business opportunities.

There's more to Eat Street than food... Although it's true that there's plenty to eat and drink at Cheapo Records! As its name suggests, this store is a bargain-hunter's paradise, offering discounted recordings. Artists from all over the world - even French variété relics! - and all styles: rock, rap, jazz, world music, etc. CDs and cassettes coexist with vinyls, including 33 rpm records. And, as a sign that the store is constantly replenished, new arrivals are listed by day of the week!

The Unclaimed Baggage Center is a large store that collects the items found (and not claimed) from all U.S. airports. Ideal for renewing your wardrobe at a cost, to find a whole host of diverse objects, from the camcorder to the golf club, and to make a lot of good business.

Since the opening of this French bookstore in 2014, New York's Francophiles and Francophones have been delighted. Even if you don't have a book to buy, Albertine is worth a visit for its absolutely magnificent premises, in the old buildings of the cultural services of the French Embassy in the United States. The space was designed by the famous architect Jacques Garcia on the model of the beautiful French-style private libraries. The bookshop offers more than 14,000 French works in original or translated versions.

Located on the port of Half Moon Bay and founded by the famous Jeff Clark, the first surfer to have dominated the waves of Mavericks, this store is today a must in this site which shelters one of the biggest surf spots of the world. It's a very nice store where you can find everything you need to face the waves. Jeff and his wife Cassandre have succeeded in creating a real community around their passion, where they organize events and radiate today on a worldwide scale. They have opened a paddle store next door.

Opened for more than thirty years, this flea market is one of the oldest in the city, although it has long had a different name (most New Yorkers still call it the GreenFlea Market). It is also one of the only ones to change most of its exhibitors every week. There is absolutely everything and, as is often the case in places like this, you only leave with things you don't need... That's the magic of this market, where you can find handmade jewellery as well as furniture, vintage crockery and candles.

A very nice store, ideal to bring back souvenirs from Madison and the United States in general. Trinkets, jewelry, posters, postcards, gadgets, everything is there. The objects are pretty and do not fall into cliché. A playful and romantic atmosphere is cultivated in the choice of products for sale, many of which are locally made. Why not take home a T-shirt celebrating Madison or a cute little "I love Wisconsin" card? Even more original: postcards made in Wisconsin to color.

Red Wing shoes are famous in the United States and Asia. Originally, these are shoes for workers, but now they appeal to all those who are looking for durable, solid models for outdoor use. For work shoes, they remain relatively elegant. In any case, Red Wing is the location of the manufacturing plant. You can't visit it, however, you can come and visit this downtown store and see the world's largest boots!

You may be familiar with the San Francisco Giants, one of the best baseball franchises in the United States. In fact, it has won more games than any other team in the history of American baseball. It was founded in New York and remained there until moving to San Francisco in 1958. The Giants won the World Series in 2010, 2012 and 2014 after more than 50 years without one. This is their official store. Drop in for a souvenir and take a look at the stadium.

Until 2021, the charming Alley Cats Books was located here. In the wake of the pandemic, it has been replaced by another bookstore, Medicine for Nightmare, which aims to offer radical political writing, local poetry, books telling the story of the modern world, and bilingual English-Spanish literature. Above all, the bookstore hopes to ward off all sorts of "societal" nightmares: "colonial nightmares, patriarchal nightmares, worldly nightmares. A particularly ambitious program!

A real Ali Baba's cave, specialized in musical instruments from all over the world. When the store was founded in 1982, it sold only Chinese instruments. It was so successful that many customers began to exchange their instruments from all over the world for these Asian instruments. This is how Clarion became a store specializing in exotic instruments! Today, Clarion hosts not only Asian music concerts, but also many Chinese film screenings.

A great local art gallery to stroll through, in the heart of quirky Polk Street. Studio Gallery was opened in 2003 to showcase the work of Bay Area artists. It features art in a variety of media, primarily painting, on subjects such as the region's cityscapes and countryside, or work inspired by food and drink. Tiny, the annual exhibition of small works, is one of the most popular. Many artists do custom work and accept commissions.

Brooklyn fashionistas swear by thrift stores, those stores where you can find second-hand clothes, resold or donated, often with that little vintage touch that hipsters like. Shopping at Out of the Closet is all about finding a little bit of everything (and sometimes nothing) at low prices. Sometimes, especially on weekends, it's a bit of a mess, so you have to know how to rummage around to find THE find. On the lower floor, there is also a section dedicated to furniture and decoration, including CDs.

Spend a whole day in a unique hotel, it is possible. Martier is actually divided into three sections: a café, a chic shops, and a spa! You can choose the order of your activities!

The paradise of the hoodies. Thick, fine, colourful, unicolor, with or without pocket. The range of price is quite wide and allows everyone to find happiness.

For lovers of vintage photography, this neighborhood store is a very pleasant stop. You can find there old cameras, as well as the necessary accessories for vintage prints such as chemicals, film and paper. Very nice atmosphere, we chat with customers, and a warm and enlightened welcome from the sellers who are real specialists. It's a small dive in a world of photo enthusiasts version XX° century which awaits you here.

It's a joyful bric-a-brac that awaits you in this store in the Williamsburg neighborhood, which recycles old collections from prestigious houses like Saint-Laurent, Chanel or Dolce & Gabbana. Brooklyn obliges, one finds there much vintage. The prices are very affordable, rarely exceeding 30 US$! You can also find cheap vinyls and all kinds of objects, handmade or second hand, from all over the world. And if you like antique jewelry and accessories, you will be served!

It is one of the largest and oldest bookstores in the city of Chicago. It has many used books (there are 70,000 of them in total, I hear!), a mixed clientele of young and old, a friendly staff who are very knowledgeable in literature, but also experimental music concerts every Monday night, poetry readings, etc. It is one of the largest and oldest bookstores in the city of Chicago. Myopic Books is THE bookstore most frequented by Chicagoans who like to linger on the shelves of this three-story establishment.

A very nice shop of clothes and accessories mainly from Japan and Scandinavia. You have to love the style, but the concept is unique and you will find here pieces that are not found anywhere else! Catherine, the owner of the place, travels regularly to Finland and Japan and selects with great care objects, clothes and books typical of these two countries. Of course, beautiful things have a price: small purses should not be given, Catherine's finds are not cheap!