Plate M-11 · 608 stores · 301–450 of 608 · curated ORBIS register
Poler Stuff contributes camping equipment such as the Napsack to this selection, through an outdoor brand founded in Portland. Charaktery Design Store combines its founders' designs with workshop services and provides cleaning and repairs for pieces sold through the shop. Deelive gathers Czech-made glass and ceramics into one design store, also selling furniture and lighting for interiors.
What makes great concept stores?
This plate lists 608 shops in 84 countries. Paris has the most with 51, followed by Seoul with 19. Among these shops, 6 describe made-to-order work and 46 sell online, going by their own descriptions.
Ask what the shop makes itself: some concept stores sell their own label and others select other makers, so ask which you are looking at.
Ask whether the stock changes: selections often rotate, so ask when new pieces arrive if you are planning a return visit.
Ask whether it ships: ask whether pieces seen in the shop can be sent abroad or ordered online later.
A concept store can be several places under one roof. At 10 Corso Como in Milan the store, the café and the gallery each have their own contact, so ask the right one about opening times.
Explore concept stores
Use the city plates when they appear below, or open any store for its official door and related ORBIS city and craft links.
Founded in 1973 by brothers Patrick and Gérard Pariente; the brand's 1983 ready-to-dye cotton suits, stamped with its truck logo, became a signature of 1980s French youth fashion.
Best for 80s Paris high-street playful femininity, the original grand méchant look
Naf Naf was founded in Paris in 1973 by brothers Patrick and Gérard Pariente. Their first shop was named Naphtaline; a second boutique, opened five years later, was called Influence, before the brand formally adopted the Naf Naf name in 1979 when the company incorporated as Naf Naf SA. The brand's breakthrough came in 1983 with a line of ready-to-dye cotton suits, stamped with the truck logo and the company's phone number, that became closely associated with 1980s French street style. Through that decade, Naf Naf's colorful, affordable ready-to-wear collections were closely tied to French youth fashion. The company expanded into accessories including eyewear and bags by 1985, entered the Japanese market with a 'By Naf Naf' collection in 1986, and launched its first perfume in partnership with L'Oréal in 1991. The brand later expanded into menswear and other categories, and though its footprint has shrunk in some markets in recent years — it ended operations in Spain after three decades there — it remains a recognizable name from the era it helped define.
Pierre Mahéo’s Officine Générale builds restrained Parisian clothing from exacting materials, including Japanese selvedge and Italian wool. The label’s refined essentials are produced across France and Portugal.
Oh My Cream is a Paris-founded beauty concept store curating clean, expert-vetted skincare and makeup brands. Founded in 2012, it has grown to roughly thirty boutiques across France, Belgium, and London.
Best for Clean-beauty labels including Tata Harper and Augustinus Bader
Juliette Levy started Oh My Cream in 2012, fresh out of ESSEC business school, after an internship at Le Bon Marché's beauty counter convinced her retail was where she wanted to be. She opened her first boutique the following year on rue de Tournon in Paris's 6th arrondissement, built around a simple pitch: every product on the shelf had to be effective, not just marketed well. That filter now covers roughly 45 brands, including Tata Harper, Augustinus Bader, and a makeup line from the artist Violette, curated by staff trained to give the kind of advice a counter at a mass retailer typically skips. In 2017 Levy added her own skincare line, which has since grown into a meaningful share of the business, and followed it with a color-cosmetics line for the label. The company has since expanded to roughly thirty stores, with the bulk still in France and outposts in Belgium and two locations in London, in Chelsea and Notting Hill. What started as a single Paris address focused on product efficacy over packaging has become one of the more recognizable clean-beauty retail names in France, competing directly with the counters at Sephora and Marionnaud on curation rather than scale.
Paris menswear label founded late 2021 by designer Arthur Robert, blending Parisian tailoring with denim and workwear inspired by his family's Biarritz roots and California influences.
Best for Skate staples
Ouest Paris (also styled OUEST) was founded in late 2021/2022 in Paris by designer Arthur Robert, born 1990 in Paris and trained at the Atelier Chardon Savard fashion school, who spent roughly a decade working for other Parisian fashion houses before starting his own label. The brand's aesthetic draws on three reference points: the Paris he grew up in, his family's roots in Biarritz on France's southwest coast, and a California influence tied to his own experience growing up queer in the 1990s-2000s. The result is described as a 'rough and tough uniform' built on denim, workwear-influenced coats and jersey. Ouest Paris has shown during Paris Fashion Week and was a finalist for the 2023 ANDAM Prize.
Paris accessories label founded in 2003 by Sybille Roger Vasselin, a law and Sciences Po graduate who set out to price accessories between Prada and Zara; grew from bags and small leather goods into raffia pieces and ready-to-wear.
Best for Raffia baskets and joyful printed dresses, Parisian bohemia
Petite Mendigote was founded in Paris in 2003 by Sybille Roger Vasselin, shortly after she finished studying law and at Sciences Po. Her stated motivation was a gap she saw in the market: French shoppers who wanted well-made accessories at prices between what Zara offered and what Prada charged, with nothing satisfying in between. The brand's name translates from French as "little beggar girl," a deliberately self-effacing choice for a label built around accessible pricing rather than luxury positioning.
The label began with accessories and has since grown into a fuller line spanning handbags, small leather goods, raffia-woven baskets and shoes, alongside a ready-to-wear clothing range. Its aesthetic draws on prints, bright color and a loose, bohemian sensibility associated with a certain register of French womenswear, distinct from the minimalist Parisian style more commonly exported abroad. The brand remains privately run from Paris and sells through both its own boutiques and a network of stockists, including Smallable and other multi-brand retailers that carry contemporary French labels, rather than operating as a global mall chain.
One of the nuggets of the French touch — rock and ultra-desirable romantic. Boyfriend jeans with elegant pumps, light dresses and Perfecto leather jackets.
Best for Boyfriend jeans with elegant pumps, light dresses and Perfecto leather jackets
French womenswear label founded in Marseille in 1996 by designer Emma Francois, whose travels through Guatemala shaped a boho-chic aesthetic of earthy tones, natural fabrics and relaxed, feminine tailoring; opened its first Paris store in 2004.
Best for Folk-artisan womenswear designed by Marseille's Emma François
Sessun was founded in Marseille in 1996 by Emma Francois, a former anthropology student from Montpellier. A trip to Guatemala at age 21 exposed her to local craftsmanship and shaped the label's guiding idea of mixing traditional know-how with urban fashion silhouettes. She opened Sessun's first store in Paris, on Rue de Charonne, in 2004. The brand's boho-chic identity grew into a network of roughly 400 retail points across France and internationally. In 2019, Sessun opened 'Sessun Alma' in Marseille, a lifestyle space combining retail with crafts and dining.
Paris label founded by Canadian-born designer Tara Jarmon with David Jarmon, opening its first boutique near the Canal Saint-Martin. Known for tailored, color-driven dresses, it now spans more than 20 freestanding boutiques plus store-in-store locations across Europe and Asia.
Best for Parisian A-line coats and optimistic occasion dressing
Tara Jarmon, born in Canada and raised partly in Newport Beach, California, moved to Paris and graduated from the American University of Paris before founding her eponymous label with David Jarmon. The label is positioned in the affordable-luxury segment and built its identity on tailored, color-forward dresses. The brand has grown to more than 20 freestanding boutiques plus around 80 store-in-store locations across Europe and Asia. In 2006, Tara Jarmon collaborated with Target's Go International line. In 2026, per WWD, creative direction passed from Tara Jarmon to designer Colombe Campana.
Opened in 2013 by Guillaume Steinmetz, Anaïs Lafarge and Romain Joste at 12 Rue Perrée in the Haut-Marais, this concept store combines a fashion edit (Lemaire, Jacquemus, Maison Margiela), art books and an integrated café. Its name nods to Marcel Duchamp's readymade.
Best for Marais fashion sharpness — the insider edit where Lemaire meets art books
The Broken Arm opened in February 2013 at 12 Rue Perrée in the Marais, founded by Anaïs Lafarge, Romain Joste, and Guillaume Steinmetz, who had previously spent four years running the fashion and lifestyle site De Jeunes Gens Modernes together before opening the physical shop. The name is a direct reference to Marcel Duchamp's readymade sculpture 'In Advance of the Broken Arm,' a snow shovel hung from a ceiling — the founders have described the reference as illustrating the blurred line between art and everyday life, which extends into the store's own mixed format of fashion, art books, and design objects. The clothing selection runs from established houses such as Lemaire, Balenciaga, and Comme des Garçons through newer names like Jacquemus, alongside streetwear labels including Nike, Off-White, and Asics. The in-house café is not run by the founders directly but operated by Dreamin' Man, a Japanese coffee shop brought in as the café concession, sourcing its beans from Solberg & Hansen, a Norwegian coffee roaster and supplier. That combination — three ex-media founders, a Duchamp reference in the name, and a subcontracted Japanese café pulling beans from a Norwegian roastery — is what separates The Broken Arm from a standard Marais boutique-with-coffee-corner.
Paris fashion label founded 2008 by brothers Alexander, Laurent and Raphael Elicha, sons of Comptoir des Cotonniers' founders; built its identity on rock-inspired tailoring and 'Together since...' ad campaigns.
Best for Rock-inspired Parisian tailoring; Sport, Parisian
The Kooples was founded in Paris in 2008 by three brothers, Alexander, Laurent and Raphael Elicha, whose parents had founded the womenswear label Comptoir des Cotonniers in 1995. The brand's name plays on the French pronunciation of 'couples,' reflecting an original idea of building a store real couples could shop together, and its advertising became known for pairing two stylish people in each campaign under captions like 'Together since...' Stylistically, the label draws on Parisian nightlife and London's underground music scene, mixing structured tailoring with leather, velvet and rock-inspired detailing. The brand expanded rapidly through the 2010s into a wide network of stores in France and internationally.
The Next Door is a multi-brand fashion retailer with roots in Avignon and a Paris address on rue Beaurepaire. Its selection combines contemporary designer clothing with footwear shaped by streetwear and skate culture. The website also separates out art and objects, extending the catalogue beyond what shoppers wear.
Best for Contemporary designer fashion and streetwear-led footwear
Before The Next Door sold Comme des Garçons and Sacai, its founder Nicolas Ivars was outfitting Avignon's skate scene. He opened a skateboarding and streetwear shop in 1999, then used the space next door to launch the first The Next Door concept store in 2006 — a decade before the idea reached Paris. The Paris flagship, opened in 2019 on rue de Beaurepaire near the Canal Saint-Martin, is a joint venture with Olivier Migda and Antoine Floch, the duo behind the Man/Woman trade shows. Spread across four floors and roughly 800 square meters, the store is lit by neon and finished in pale wood and metal by local design studio Bonsoir Paris. The ground floor carries MM6 Maison Margiela, Comme des Garçons Shirt, Marni, Sacai, Alyx, and AMI alongside handbags, boots, and accessories like Marni's flasks. Downstairs is devoted to sneakers — Nike, Converse, Adidas — plus outdoor labels such as Nike x ACG and The North Face. The upper floors rotate as exhibition space; one summer, Bang & Olufsen used them to show its audio design objects. It's less a department store than a curated alternative to Paris's crowded grands magasins, built by someone who started out selling skateboards.
Tom Greyhound is a Paris multi-brand boutique mixing international designers, Korean labels and luxury ready-to-wear. Its edit makes the store useful for discovering collections not widely distributed elsewhere in the city.
Best for International designers and Korean labels with limited Paris distribution.
Philadelphia retailer founded 1970 by Richard Hayne and Scott Belair as the 400-square-foot Free People Store near Penn's campus; this branch trades inside BHV Marais on Rue de Rivoli.
Best for Vinyl, Y2K revival fashion, and dorm-room everything
Urban Outfitters traces to 1970, when Richard Hayne — an anthropology graduate freshly back from two years as a VISTA volunteer in Alaska — and Scott Belair, a Wharton student needing a project for an entrepreneurship class, pooled $5,000 to open a 400-square-foot shop called the Free People Store near the University of Pennsylvania campus. The original store sold inexpensive secondhand clothing, Indian fabrics, scented candles and ethnic jewelry from a space furnished with packing crates. It was renamed Urban Outfitters and formally incorporated in 1976, with Hayne serving as chairman and, since 2012, CEO.
This particular listing occupies space inside BHV Marais, the historic Paris department store at 52 rue de Rivoli — itself dating to 1856 — placing a youth-culture American retailer inside a 19th-century French grand magasin rather than a standalone storefront, which is the specific, checkable fact distinguishing this location from any other Urban Outfitters branch.
Paris womenswear label by designer Valentine Gauthier, launched after she won the 2006 Dinard prize; opened her first Marais boutique in 2009 and an expanded flagship-plus-workshop there in 2018; sustainable since founding.
Best for Responsible Paris tailoring, printed dresses and knitwear
Valentine Gauthier is a Paris-based womenswear designer who studied geo-ethnology before training in fashion design and modeling at the Chardon Savard workshop, and who worked with designer Martin Margiela early in her career. She launched her eponymous label after winning the Dinard International Fashion Festival prize in 2006, and opened her first standalone boutique in the Marais district of Paris in 2009. In 2018 she expanded that address into a larger flagship with design workshops upstairs. Gauthier has described her commitment to sustainable and ethical production as dating to the label's founding in 2009. In 2019 she won the Grand Prix de la Creation de la Ville de Paris. Her collections use eco-sourced materials and are designed around comfort, modularity and longevity rather than seasonal trend cycles.
Born 1967 in Huron, California; launched his eponymous menswear label in 2015, later served as Calvin Klein's SVP of Design, and won CFDA Menswear Designer of the Year in 2023 and 2024.
Best for Oversized tailoring and dignity-first Chicano American design
Willy Chavarria was born in 1967 in Huron, California, growing up in a working-class household with a Mexican-American father and an Irish-American mother — a background that recurs directly in his design references to Chicano culture and American labor iconography. He studied at the Academy of Art University before working in design roles at major American labels, including a stint as Senior Vice President of Design at Calvin Klein through 2024.
He launched his own eponymous label in 2015, building a reputation for oversized tailoring and politically direct runway presentations that address immigration, masculinity and Latino identity in the U.S. His work has been recognized with the Cooper Hewitt National Design Award in 2022, the CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund Award in 2021, and back-to-back CFDA Menswear Designer of the Year awards in 2023 and 2024.
The brand has also run collaborations with larger companies, including Adidas, extending its reach beyond runway-only fashion into more accessible product lines while keeping its underlying design language intact.
Paris ready-to-wear label founded in 1972 by Gerard and Nicole Letourneau for active women. Arie Benayoun took over design direction in 2006. Runs about 42 own stores in France and Belgium plus over 300 multi-brand stockists in 35-plus countries.
Best for Clean-tailored Parisian womenswear with understated polish
Zapa was founded in Paris in 1972 by Gerard Letourneau and his wife Nicole, built around ready-to-wear for what the brand described as active women. In 2006, designer and executive Arie Benayoun took over the brand and its artistic direction, opening a new era for the house with more relaxed, contemporary collections. Zapa today operates around 42 of its own stores concentrated in France and Belgium, is carried in more than 300 additional multi-brand boutiques within France, and is distributed in over 35 countries.
Galleria Settanta has dressed men and women in Parma since 1970, running a flagship 'G70 Eurotorri' store inside the Eurotorri shopping center alongside a Langhirano branch and a plus-size outlet on Via Colorno. The multibrand shop carries labels like Colmar, Lacoste and Timberland up to size 8XL, both in-store and online.
Best for Multibrand fashion, menswear & womenswear, plus size
Boyds is a luxury designer clothing store in Philadelphia offering personal shopping and tailoring alongside collections from Brunello Cucinelli, Zegna, Chloé, and its own fine-jewelry line. The Chestnut Street flagship and a second Wayne, PA location sell in person, with an online shop for nationwide orders.
Best for Fashion, Designer Clothing, Jewelry, Personal Shopping
SENTOSASILK, founded in 2004 by Seng Takakneary, produces and sells hand-woven Khmer silk products including neckties, handbags, and home décor made by a community of Cambodian weavers. The Phnom Penh shop sells silk fabric, tailoring services, and finished accessories from its Toul Kork location.
Best for Textiles, Handwoven Silk, Accessories, Home Decor
Cave & Post Trading Co. is a Phoenix menswear and lifestyle shop carrying heritage American brands like Filson, Red Wing, and Shinola alongside candles, leather goods, and home decor. The McDowell Road store keeps regular retail hours Tuesday through Sunday and also fulfills orders through its online shop.
Best for Fashion, Menswear, Accessories, Home Goods
Portland outdoor brand founded in 2011 by Benji Wagner and Kharma Vella, known for camp gear like the Napsack; filed for bankruptcy in 2018, was bought by Pacific & Everest Lifestyle, and relaunched in 2019.
Best for Camping tents and sleeping bags
Poler Stuff was started in Portland, Oregon by Benji Wagner and Kharma Vella, with the concept taking shape from around 2009 and the company formally founded in 2011. It built a following for offbeat, deliberately unglamorous camping gear - most notably the Napsack, a wearable hooded sleeping bag. The company took on venture funding in 2015 to expand, but filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy shortly before Black Friday in 2018. Its brand and assets were subsequently bought for just over $6 million by Pacific & Everest Lifestyle; co-founder Benji Wagner left the business. About a year later, in 2019, Poler relaunched under the new ownership. It currently operates a store at 3557 SE Hawthorne Boulevard in Portland's Southeast neighborhood.
Charaktery Design Store in Prague brings together jewellery and textiles made by designers associated with the shop. Its makers include Nastassia Aleinikava and Karla Jewellery Studio, while other ranges cover cosmetics and fragrance. The space also functions as a workshop and meeting place, creating opportunities for direct contact with designers.
Best for Designer jewellery and textiles in Prague’s Letná
Charaktery Design Store brings a group of designers together in Prague's Letná, combining a shop with working and meeting space. Its jewellery includes pieces by Nastassia Aleinikava and Karla Jewellery Studio, alongside textiles from Thee and other product ranges. The named makers give the assortment a more specific identity than a general collection of Czech souvenirs.
Cosmetics and niche fragrance extend the range beyond objects worn as clothing or jewellery. The current website names Malinna and GOM among those ranges, while Utilité contributes product design. Each brand has its own product range and production methods, which can be discussed when choosing an item.
The space's workshop role makes contact with designers part of its purpose as well as selling their work. Someone looking for jewellery can therefore begin with the maker and the particular piece, rather than an assumption about a shared technique. The same approach applies to a textile purchase, where the object and its construction matter more than a broad national label.
Deelive is one of Central Europe's largest dedicated Czech design stores, carrying more than 3,000 products made in the Czech Republic — contemporary glass, porcelain and ceramics, furniture and lighting, jewelry, fashion and accessories, and art photography, graphics and books.
Best for Czech glass, lighting, and furniture near the National Theatre
Deelive is one of Central Europe's largest dedicated Czech design stores, carrying more than 3,000 products made in the Czech Republic — contemporary glass, porcelain and ceramics, furniture and lighting, jewelry, fashion and accessories, and art photography, graphics and books. The store's stated focus is 'the best of the local design scene,' spanning newly launched work alongside recognized icons of Czech design, and it develops its own branded product lines in cooperation with established Czech designers, with an emphasis on workmanship and finishing detail. The Prague flagship sits in Staré Město, positioned deliberately in the historic core near the National Theatre and Charles Bridge, and the space is conceived as more than a shop floor — a meeting point where visitors can learn about individual designers' work and craft directly. Deelive operates a second Prague location and an additional store in Brno, extending the same curated-Czech-design model beyond the capital. For a browser drawn to Bohemian glassmaking and contemporary Central European design objects rather than mass-market souvenirs, it functions as a single, reliable point of entry into the current Czech design scene.
First-floor shop inside the SmetanaQ art and design centre on Prague's Vltava riverside, near the National Theatre, stocking fashion, footwear and jewelry made by Czech studios -- including Fernando Echeverria footwear and Jany Rollo and KRAS leather accessories.
Best for Fashion accessories, jewelry, and footwear by young designers
SmetanaQ is an art and design centre in a historic building on Prague's Vltava riverfront, close to the National Theatre and the Café Slavia, that combines a gallery, a shop and a café under one roof. Its first-floor Showroom is dedicated specifically to fashion accessories, jewelry and footwear made directly by Czech designers and studios, rather than imported or mass-produced goods. Featured names include the footwear and accessory designer Fernando Echeverria, along with handbag and jewelry makers Jany Rollo, and KRAS, known for city backpacks and leather handbags. Because the pieces come straight from local studios, the Showroom presents visitors with the possibility of meeting the designers themselves, getting advice on individual pieces and finding items not widely available elsewhere. The wider SmetanaQ building functions as a hub for contemporary Czech design more broadly, positioning the Showroom as a retail counterpart to the gallery program upstairs. It sits within Prague's broader design-shopping circuit alongside stores such as Deelive, which similarly champions Czech-made design across furnishings, jewelry, fashion and other categories.
Casa Kiki is a Quito pop-up collective bringing Ecuadorian fashion, jewelry, ceramics and skincare together in one multibrand setting. Established in 2013.
Best for A pop-up collective of Ecuadorian fashion, jewelry, ceramics, and skincare since 2013
It is best known for Eclectic gathering of art-meets-craft homewares, jewellery and curiosities — fish-skin bags, radish paper bowls, chicken-feather music boxes, upcycled rubbish and driftwood, baby clothes in fine wool; run by 11 female artisans with workshop hosting international guest artists and exhibitions.
Best for Eclectic gathering of art-meets-craft homewares, jewellery and curiosities — fish-skin bags
Reykjavík men's outfitters founded 1996, launching their own label in 2010 with tailored British-inspired tweeds, oil-cloth jackets, and Icelandic design.
Best for Icelandic tailoring & wool
Kormákur & Skjöldur began in 1996 when two friends—Kormákur Geirharðson, a drummer, and Skjöldur Sigurjónsson, a chef—opened a menswear shop in the basement of Laugavegur 59, downtown Reykjavík. The store built its reputation stocking quality brands including Barbour, Filson, and Walker Slater alongside in-house selections. In 2010, after establishing themselves as a retail institution, they launched their own clothing line in collaboration with fashion designer Guðmundur Jörundsson. The K&S label is known for reimagining traditional tailoring with a twisted contemporary vision, offering old-fashioned tweeds, hats, oil-cloth jackets, and British gentlemen's wear. Many pieces are designed in-house. The brand has become one of Iceland's most established fashion labels, representing a bridge between Icelandic heritage craftsmanship and international menswear traditions.
Founded in 1940, Rammagerðin gathers Icelandic design into a Reykjavík gift house, including lopapeysur, jewellery, lava ceramics, fish-leather goods and cosmetics from Icelandic makers. Its range spans handmade wool sweaters, ceramics and design from more than 100 Icelandic designers.
Best for Icelandic wool, ceramics, jewellery and design since 1940
It is best known for Contemporary Latvian fashion, accessories, and lifestyle items by emerging and established Latvian designers; authentic taste of Riga's modern creative spirit; perfect spot for unique souvenirs or stylish gifts.
Best for Contemporary Latvian fashion, accessories, and lifestyle items by emerging and established Latvian
This Latvian design and lifestyle concept store gathers ceramics, textiles, jewelry and homeware from local designers and craftspeople. It puts contemporary Latvian making under one roof.
Best for Contemporary Latvian design & craft gifts
Rome's most outdoor market, operating on this square since 1869. Fresh produce, flowers, spices, and local specialties fill the stalls from dawn until early afternoon. The atmosphere is quintes.
Best for Produce, flowers and market shopping in Campo de’ Fiori
Curvier-fit womenswear line launched in 1985 by the Miroglio Group (founded 1947 in Alba, Piedmont by Giuseppe Miroglio). Since 2005 the only plus-size label to show at Milano Moda Donna; sells dresses, knitwear and tailoring across European stores.
Best for Italian womenswear in extended sizes and dresses
Elena Miro was launched in 1985 by the Miroglio Group, the Alba, Piedmont-based textile and fashion company founded in 1947 by Giuseppe Miroglio. The brand was created specifically to dress fuller, curvier figures at a time when plus-size womenswear had little presence in mainstream Italian fashion. Since 2005, Elena Miro has been the only plus-size brand to show on the official calendar of Milano Moda Donna, Milan's womenswear fashion week. It remains part of the wider Miroglio Group portfolio, which also includes labels such as Motivi, Oltre and Fiorella Rubino.
A gallery-store selling designer chapanas, vintage-fabric clothing, suzani, carpets, ceramics, jewelry, paintings, figurines, and other Uzbek applied arts. Elena Ladik founded the gallery; it produces only about 50 to 60 outfits each year. Established 2005.
Best for Gallery-store selling designer chapanas, vintage-fabric clothing, suzani, carpets, ceramics, jewelry, paintings, figurines
Vostochka Sam is a Samarkand concept shop bringing together locally made fashion, leather accessories, designer ceramics, stone jewellery, cosmetics, toys and gifts from Uzbek makers.
Best for Uzbek designer ceramics, leather goods, jewellery and locally made gifts
San Francisco substance-driven design — durable technical bags and workwear built with Dyneema, X-PAC, and mil-spec nylon.
Best for Technical packs, modular
DSPTCH (pronounced 'dispatch') is a San Francisco-based design studio specializing in functional, durable goods built to last a lifetime. The brand's philosophy centers on 'Substance Driven Design', prioritizing durability and real-world utility over trends. DSPTCH produces technical utility items including purpose-built bags, packs, cases, pouches and a 'Corpsware' workwear line designed for modern craftspeople and professionals. The company works with innovative technical materials including Dyneema, X-PAC and ballistic nylon, experimenting through a dedicated 'RND' (Research and Development) line that showcases experimental designs. DSPTCH operates a studio in San Francisco where customers can book appointments. The brand appeals to those seeking long-lasting, engineered gear designed for specific professions and activities rather than disposable fashion.
Surf shop founded 2005 in San Francisco's Outer Sunset by Johanna St. Clair and John McCambridge, now also with locations in Venice Beach and Brooklyn, showcasing board shapers, artists and filmmakers from surf culture.
Best for Venice and SF shops where longboard culture meets craft
Mollusk Surf Shop was founded in 2005 by Johanna St. Clair and John McCambridge, starting out making t-shirts in San Francisco's Outer Sunset neighborhood before growing into a full surf shop. The original Outer Sunset location remains the flagship; the company later expanded to Venice Beach, California, and to Brooklyn, New York, giving it three storefronts across the two coasts. Rather than functioning as a standard surf-gear retailer, Mollusk positions itself as a showcase for board shapers, artists, and filmmakers connected to surf culture, with an aesthetic that draws on 1960s and '70s California style.
824 Valencia Street, San Francisco, CA 94110, United States / San Francisco / United States
Founded 1992 by Sean Quigley; relocated in 1999 from Stevenson Street to Valencia Street; page prints 824 Valencia Street, SF, CA 94110. SFGATE (2021) independently: opened December 1992 as a 300-square-foot gardening shop off Market, now the Mission oddities-and-taxidermy door at Valencia and 19th.
Best for Gardening, oddities and taxidermy at an 824 Valencia Street shop.
Concept store in Gros, San Sebastian, pairing a design/lifestyle shop (textiles, ceramics, furniture, vintage pieces) with a workshop and event space, inside a former pop-up-market building with an industrial interior.
Best for Local and European design plus a maker workshop space
LaCentral is a long-running concept store in the Gros district of San Sebastian (Donostia), at Calle Nueva 5, built around a 'shopping/workshop' format that combines retail with production and event space. The building previously served as a venue for pop-up markets, and LaCentral's current layout keeps much of that industrial character while dividing the interior into zones with distinct design personalities. Its retail offer spans home and lifestyle categories: textiles and fabrics, ceramics, furniture and vintage pieces, home fragrance, and art and decorative objects, alongside an outlet section for discounted stock. Beyond selling finished goods, LaCentral also functions as a working space for local and visiting designers, and rents out areas of the building for events and professional training sessions.
Multi-brand concept store opened August 2005 on Calle Mayor in San Sebastian's Parte Vieja, selling clothing, jewelry, art and beauty alongside an in-house hairdresser; a second space now operates on Calle Loiola.
Best for Designer clothing, jewelry, books, and beauty products at a concept shop
Noventa Grados is a concept store in San Sebastian's old town, opened in August 2005 on Calle Mayor. Its founders modeled the format on international multi-brand concept stores such as 10 Corso Como in Milan and the former Colette in Paris - combining contemporary clothing, footwear, jewelry, fragrance, eyewear, art and design under one roof, alongside an in-house hairdressing salon. Two decades on, the business runs two adjoining spaces in the Parte Vieja district: the original at Calle Mayor 3 and a second location at Calle Loiola 3.
A design-led shop selecting durable furniture, household goods, tableware, and craft products from Hokkaido and elsewhere in Japan. The Hokkaido store is operated by Sapporo design company 3KG. Established 2007.
Best for Durable furniture, household goods, and craft products from Hokkaido
Daimaru Fujii Central is a stationery specialist in central Sapporo, with shopping floors and a gallery in the same building. Its history links paper trading with art supplies, while the current shop offers original stationery alongside its wider selection. Designs inspired by Sapporo landmarks appear on some of its pens, giving visitors a locally themed alternative to standard stationery.
Best for Stationery and Sapporo-themed original pens
An old apartment building converted into small artisan-run shops and workshops selling ceramics, accessories, bags, books, records, clothing, and household goods. Individual rooms from the second through fifth floors operate as separate shops and studios.
Best for Ceramics, records, and clothing from artisan-run shops in a converted apartment building
1201 South Vale Street, Seattle, WA 98108 / Seattle / United States
Georgetown shop at 1201 S. Vale St opened with the 30 Years of Misfit Lit show; the house is the US alternative-comics publisher's only complete-inventory storefront.
Best for Alternative comics from a Georgetown publisher storefront.
Feathered Friends makes down sleeping bags and insulated clothing in Seattle, with a shop carrying its own products and other outdoor gear. Peter and Carol Hickner started the business in 1972, and the family continues to produce gear in the city's SoDo district. The retail selection covers backpacking and climbing, letting shoppers compare insulation alongside equipment for their trips.
Best for Seattle-made down gear and specialist outdoor equipment
Feathered Friends connects Seattle manufacturing with an outdoor shop where buyers can compare equipment for their own trips. Down sleeping bags and insulated clothing are central to its range, with bedding offering another use for the company's insulation work. Its own products sit alongside equipment from other brands in the retail store.
Peter and Carol Hickner started making gear in 1972, working from a basement with a secondhand industrial sewing machine. The family continues that work in Seattle, with production facilities in the SoDo district. This is a specific manufacturing history for Feathered Friends products, not evidence that everything stocked in the shop is made locally.
For a visitor, the practical value is being able to compare gear in person and ask how it relates to a planned activity. The store's wider selection covers backpacking and climbing, including expedition equipment. Start with the conditions of your trip and the equipment you already own, then use the shop to examine fit and construction rather than choosing on a brand name alone.
The Milanese concept store's Seoul outpost — fashion, art, design, and publishing under one roof. The courtyard garden and gallery spaces make it a cultural destination, not just a shop.
Best for Fashion, art, design, and publishing under one roof
Seoul ready-to-wear label founded in 2016 by designer MK Lee (Mikyung Lee), known for architectural tailoring in organic cotton and other sustainable fabrics sourced from Japan and Europe. Flagship store in Seoul's Jongno district; stocked at 120+ retailers worldwide, including Printemps Paris.
Best for Minimalist Amomento womenswear and curated designer imports
Amomento is a Seoul-based ready-to-wear label founded in 2016 by designer MK Lee (Mikyung Lee), growing out of Shop Amomento, a multi-brand boutique she opened in Seoul's Jongno district in 2015. Her brother, Myeongsoo Lee, joined the company in 2016 and the label has since expanded from womenswear into a unisex/menswear line in 2021. The collections are built around structured, architectural silhouettes - oversized-shoulder shirts, curved-leg trousers, precise seam placement - made largely from organic cotton and other sustainably sourced fabrics supplied by partners in Japan and Europe. Lee has described the brand's approach as pursuing essential beauty through clothes that become more comfortable and personal as they are worn. Amomento operates a flagship store in Seoul and, per recent trade coverage, is carried by more than 120 stockists in 19 countries, including Printemps in Paris, Assembly New York, The Frankie Shop, and Slam Jam.
Boon The Shop is a Seoul luxury concept store combining international designers with selected Korean labels. Its multi-brand edit and strong presentation make it useful for comparing fashion across regions in one visit.
Korean avant-garde menswear — deconstructed tailoring, oversized silhouettes, and Paris Fashion Week regular. Pushing the boundaries of masculine dress.
Seoul fashion label LE17SEPTEMBRE, based in Seongdong-gu, producing seasonal men's and women's ready-to-wear collections - tailored separates, outerwear, and accessories - organized as Resort, Spring/Summer, and Fall/Winter drops.
Best for Draped shirting and fluid tailoring in muted tones from Seoul
LE17SEPTEMBRE is a Seoul-based fashion label offering ready-to-wear clothing and accessories for both men and women, with its registered address in Seongdong-gu, one of Seoul's fashion and design-industry districts. The brand organizes its output into seasonal collections - Resort, Spring/Summer, and Fall/Winter - alongside curated capsule groupings, covering tops, dresses, pants, skirts, outerwear, shoes, and accessories. Its business registration lists Lee Dong-gyoo as company representative.
LMC lists its Hongdae flagship at 27 Jandari-ro in Seoul's Mapo district, separate from its other retail locations. The label sells casual clothing, with hooded down jackets among the products shown in its online catalogue. Use the Hongdae listing for this branch rather than the nearby multibrand stockists that also carry LMC.
Korea's most internationally acclaimed minimalist fashion brand. Clean lines, architectural silhouettes, and impeccable tailoring. Worn by Jennie from BLACKPINK and spotted at Paris Fashion Week. The essence of understated Korean luxury.
Best for Minimalist Korean fashion and architectural tailoring
Object's Seogyo main store is in Seoul's Hongdae area on Wausan-ro 35-gil. It brings stationery together with small accessories and design goods, including work by independent creators. Browsing the collection offers a way to compare illustrated paper goods and gifts rather than search for one large brand.
Best for Illustrated stationery and independent design gifts in Hongdae
Object Hongdae is the Seogyo main store of Object, a Korean retailer that presents small design goods alongside temporary exhibitions. Its official store guide identifies the branch at 13 Wausan-ro 35-gil in Mapo-gu. The online catalogue shows the breadth of the selection. Stationery and living objects share space with character-led accessories and work sold under individual maker names. That range frames the shop as a survey of contemporary Korean character design rather than a single-brand store. The branch also treats retail space as an exhibition platform. Object's programme has used its second floor for maker pop-ups and project-led displays. A 2026 presentation by Next Design School paired a new publication with goods designed by Hongik University students and material documenting the course process. Another project, Check-in Seoul, brought together work by 46 artist teams around views of the city, with new drawings and branch-exclusive stickers. These programmes show the store's editorial role: products are grouped around a maker, process or theme, giving context to the objects on the shelves.
Seoul fashion label launched 2011 by designer Jang Hyeong-cheol with about 30 million won (~$26,000) starting capital, built on classic, workwear- and military-influenced tailoring. First two-year-college grad to show at Seoul Fashion Week (2013); youngest Korean designer at NYFW (2015).
Best for Korean tailoring
Ordinary People is a Seoul fashion label launched in 2011 by designer Jang Hyeong-cheol, who started the brand with roughly 30 million won. Jang's stated design philosophy is clothing 'ordinary people' can actually wear day to day, built around a classic silhouette with workwear and military detailing. In its first month the brand sold about 13 million won of stock across just four stores. Jang became the first designer from a two-year college to show at Seoul Fashion Week, in 2013, and in 2015 became the youngest Korean designer to stage a runway show at New York Fashion Week, as part of the government-backed 'Concept Korea' program.
Rare Market is a multi-brand fashion shop in Seoul's Cheongdam area, with an online store alongside its physical location. Dami Kwon and Jessica Jung opened it in 2014 to introduce shoppers to designers outside the familiar luxury houses. Its current online selection includes RARE outerwear and WE11DONE accessories, continuing a mix of clothing and smaller fashion pieces.
Best for Multi-brand fashion and WE11DONE pieces in Cheongdam
Gender-fluid Seoul label at its Dosan flagship. Deconstructed tailoring and experimental silhouettes that challenge conventions. Part of the new wave of Korean designers showing at Paris Fashion Week.
Best for Part of the new wave of Korean designers showing at Paris Fashion
Gender-fluid Korean fashion label exploring deconstructed tailoring and experimental silhouettes. Part of Seoul's new wave of conceptual designers pushing boundaries at Paris Fashion Week.
Best for Gender-fluid Korean fashion label exploring deconstructed tailoring and experimental silhouettes
Seoul label launched in 2015 by designer Yoona Yang as Korea's first vegan fashion brand, replacing leather and fur with cruelty-free materials across mix-and-match ready-to-wear and accessories.
Best for Korean vegan fashion without leather or wool
Vegan Tiger was established in Seoul in 2015 by designer Yoona Yang and is described in Korean press and industry directories as Korea's first vegan fashion brand. The name deliberately pairs two words that don't usually go together - 'vegetarian' and 'tiger' - to signal the brand's core idea: that eschewing animal-derived materials doesn't mean giving up strength or edge in design. The label's stated mission is to end the exploitation of fur animals by giving shoppers a wider range of cruelty-free choices, building collections from sustainable alternative materials rather than leather or fur. Its work has been covered as part of Seoul Fashion Week's broader sustainability push, and the brand's founder was profiled by The Kraze in 2021 discussing the label's origins and design philosophy. Vegan Tiger sells through its own webstore as well as multi-brand retailers such as The Selects. The company is registered with Seoul's creative-industry directory (KOCCA).
Wonder Place is a Korean fashion lifestyle select shop that brings together street brands from Korea and abroad with emerging designer labels. The Hongdae branch occupies the first floor at 176 Yanghwa-ro in Mapo-gu, Seoul, and is registered as a tax refund shop. Ranges cover women's and men's clothing plus accessories. Labels listed on its site include Ordinary Holiday and W.Standard alongside Gola and Ocean Pacific.
Best for Korean and international streetwear
Wonder Place's Hongdae branch is a current Seoul outpost of the Korean multi-brand retailer. The official store directory lists Wonder Place Seoul Hongdae at 176 Yanghwa-ro. It places the shop on the second floor in Mapo-gu. The retail model is broad and brand-led. Women's and men's clothing have separate sections from accessories. Named labels include Gola and Cobmaster, while Ordinary Holiday, THUS and Deliccent also appear. The Hongdae location brings several casual and streetwear directions into one store rather than expressing a single house aesthetic. The catalogue separates its main selection from an outlet edit and a highlighted-products section. The physical-store directory places Hongdae within a larger Korean branch network. The evidence supports describing Wonder Place as a multi-brand fashion retailer, but not promises about limited editions or claims that its selection represents every Korean youth trend. Its grounded identity rests on a named Hongdae branch and a verified Yanghwa-ro address. Separate clothing and accessory departments support a changing group of Korean and international casual labels.
Worksout is a Seoul streetwear retailer combining global brands with emerging Korean labels. Its multi-brand catalogue makes it useful for comparing limited releases, technical outerwear and sneakers across designers.
Petit Sevilla handcrafts baby clothing, changing bags and flamenco wear from Sevilla, working with trusted local ateliers to produce items like hand-sewn booties, stroller bags and mantoncillos. The brand's online shop ships throughout Europe, with flamenco pieces made to order by size and fabric choice.
Best for Baby clothing, flamenco fashion, handmade accessories
Via di Monna Agnese 7, 53100 Siena (SI), Italy / Siena / Italy
Marco Caratelli paints and sells gold-ground Sienese reproductions at Via Monna Agnese 7 using rabbit-glue gesso, Armenian bole, 23-karat gold and egg-yolk tempera.
Best for Marco Caratelli paints and sells gold-ground Sienese reproductions at Via Monna Agnese 7 using rabbit-glue.
Independent gift and design shop established 2008 with a second location in Joo Chiat; known for its resident shop cats alongside books, paper goods and vintage bric-a-brac.
Best for Books, paper goods, and design objects since 2008
Cat Socrates opened in 2008 and has grown to two locations in Singapore: the original Tiong Bahru shop at 78 Yong Siak Street and a second store at 448 Joo Chiat Road. The shop sells books and paper goods, home decor, kitchenware, fabric and sewing supplies, plants, bags and accessories, and vintage bric-a-brac, an eclectic mix rather than a single specialty category. Both locations are known locally for resident shop cats that wander among the merchandise; at the Joo Chiat store in particular, a cat named Zoozoo is often found waiting by the door to greet customers or asleep on a stack of books. The combination of an independent, deliberately mismatched design-and-gift inventory with live shop cats has made the stores a recognizable stop within Tiong Bahru's cluster of independent retail, a neighbourhood built around Singapore's oldest public housing estate.
Hope is Stockholm’s gender-fluid tailoring — boxy blazers and unisex sizing printed in every garment. The range centers on gender-fluid contemporary, with production associated with Sweden.
Swedish menswear label founded in Stockholm in 2004 by Jan Alsen, named for a Stockholm menswear shop that operated from 1949 to the early 1970s; blends English preppy influence with Italian tailoring craftsmanship.
Best for Premium menswear
Morris Stockholm was founded in 2004 by Jan Alsen, who named the brand after a menswear shop that had operated on Hamngatan in central Stockholm from 1949 into the early 1970s. That original Morris shop was known as a gathering place for men with an interest in British-made clothing, and the modern brand carries that reference forward, describing its aesthetic as English preppy fashion executed with Italian tailoring standards. The label's product range centers on classic menswear - blazers, shirts, trousers, knitwear - with particular emphasis on merino knitwear in autumn collections and linen for spring and summer. Morris sells through its own stores as well as through Nordic multi-brand retailers.
Stockholm minimalist womenswear label founded in 2001 by designer Elin Alemdar, who launched her first hand-tailored collection while studying at New York's Fashion Institute of Technology before relocating the brand to Sweden in 2003.
Best for Minimalist feminine
Stylein began in New York City in 2001, when Swedish designer Elin Alemdar - then a student at the Fashion Institute of Technology and working as a stylist - produced her first hand-tailored collection. She returned to Sweden in 2003, and the label operated out of Gothenburg until 2009, when it relocated to Stockholm. Alemdar has built Stylein around a consistently minimalist aesthetic: clean silhouettes, considered tailoring and a restrained Scandinavian palette, rather than seasonal reinvention. Now more than two decades old, the brand remains closely tied to Alemdar's own design hand as founder, chief designer and CEO, and is sold through its own channels as well as multibrand retailers such as Stockholm's Sturegallerian.
Oscar freire, são paulo / brazil / online & in Store / Portugal / Online
Cris Barros is a São Paulo-founded Brazilian womenswear label selling tailored ready-to-wear, knitwear and accessories through its online store and physical stores across São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Curitiba, Brasília, Porto Alegre, Belo Horizonte, Goiânia and Recife. The brand, registered in Santana de Parnaíba, SP, is part of Grupo SOMA.
Fabiana Milazzo is a São Paulo womenswear label built on sophistication and handmade detail, selling occasion dresses, corsets and tailoring from its boutique on Rua Bela Cintra in Jardins. The brand also runs an online store with personal-shopper support via WhatsApp.
Best for Womenswear, occasion wear, handmade detailing
Multiple locations, são paulo / brazil / online & in Store / Online
Morena Rosa is a Brazilian womenswear brand founded in 1993, selling dresses, tailoring, swimwear and accessories designed to reflect a modern, vibrant Brazilian style, alongside sister brands Iódice, Maria Valentina and Zinco. The label sells through its online store with free shipping over R$799 and a WhatsApp personal-shopper line.
Multiple locations, são paulo / brazil / online & in Store / Online
Richards is a premium Brazilian fashion label under the Inbrands group, selling tailored menswear and womenswear, linen collections and leather goods (selaria) through a full online shop with a nationwide store network. Customer service operates via WhatsApp and phone during weekday business hours.
Touijar is a ready-to-wear boutique in the heart of Tangier, producing unique, contemporary-designed clothing without the need for tailoring, from suits to standout casual pieces. The shop at 134 Avenue Haroun Er Rachid is open six days a week and sells through both its physical boutique and an online shop.
Best for Ready-to-wear, custom design, boutique fashion
Materia is a Tashkent multi-brand fashion store on Nukus Street carrying designer clothing, accessories and vintage pieces from more than twenty CIS labels.
Best for CIS designer fashion, accessories and vintage in Tashkent
36 Levinsky Street, Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel / Tel Aviv / Israel
Founded 1958 by Holocaust survivor Haim Raphael of Thessaloniki; family still sells Balkan olives, cheeses, tarama and weekend leek patties (ShukTLV; Harry’s Baked 2026).
Best for Balkan olives, cheeses, tarama and weekend leek patties.
A fashion house and atelier producing womenswear, coats, accessories, textiles, and jewelry that combine contemporary tailoring with regional embroidery and weaving references. Ruth Dayan founded Maskit in 1954 to create work for immigrant artisans; Sharon Tal and Dayan revived the house in 2014.
Best for Fashion house and atelier producing womenswear, coats, accessories, textiles
Maskit was founded in 1954 by Ruth Dayan, then wife of military commander Moshe Dayan, as Israel's first fashion house. Dayan's founding idea was practical as much as aesthetic: newly arrived immigrants carried embroidery, weaving and other decorative-arts skills with nowhere to apply them, and Maskit built a business around channeling that craft into modern ready-to-wear. In 1955 designer Finy Leitersdorf joined the house, beginning a fifteen-year design partnership that carried Maskit through its peak years. By the 1960s the label had international standing — Audrey Hepburn was among its clients — and at its height Maskit employed roughly 2,000 workers across ten locations in Israel plus a New York store, with pieces carried by Bergdorf Goodman, Neiman Marcus and Saks Fifth Avenue. The house closed in 1994. It was revived in 2013 by Nir Tal, formerly of Deloitte, and designer Sharon Tal, previously of Alexander McQueen, with backing from Iscar founder Stef Wertheimer. The revived Maskit has continued expanding physical retail beyond its original Old Jaffa atelier, opening a Dizengoff Street flagship in Tel Aviv in 2026 and operating additional branches across the Tel Aviv area. The house's identity — regional embroidery and weaving techniques worked into contemporary tailoring — remains the throughline from Dayan's founding vision to its current collections.
34 Yitzhak Sadeh Street, Tel Aviv-Yafo 64375, Israel / Tel Aviv / Israel
Founded 1997 by Hadas Kruk and Anat Stein; Judaica designed in-house and handmade in Israeli workshops (Judaica in the Spotlight; official shop locator).
Best for In-house Judaica handmade in Israeli workshops.
1LDK apartments. is a select shop in Nakameguro, across the street from the group's flagship and beside Taste AND Sense café. Men's and women's clothing share the space with home goods and smaller accessories, including tote bags and caps. The shop opened in 2012, adding a lifestyle-focused counterpart to the original 1LDK store rather than replacing it.
Best for Japanese casualwear, small accessories and home fragrance
Immaculately curated design store showcasing Japanese and international contemporary design. Furniture, lighting, ceramics, and accessories in a gallery-like setting.
Best for Immaculately curated design store showcasing Japanese and international contempo
Okinawan specialty shop with textiles, ceramics, food products, and craft spirits from Japan's southern islands. A taste of tropical Japan in the heart of Ginza. Their awamori selection is ou.
Best for Okinawan specialty shop with textiles, ceramics, food products, and craft spirit
Harajuku's sharpest select shop — Kubo Mitsuhiro's two floors inside Laforet where Vetements and Chrome Hearts hang beside unknown Tokyo graduates he bets on first. The taste-making door through which new Japanese streetwear reaches the world.
Best for Tomorrow's Tokyo names, stocked before anyone else believes.
Historic 12-floor stationery emporium founded in 1904. Fountain pens, washi paper, leather accessories, and art supplies from around the world. The 'Gift Lounge' offers same-day wrapping in exquisite.
Best for Fountain pens, washi paper, leather accessories
Founded in Tokyo in 2013 by Shinsuke Kojima, former founding editor of Japan's Huge magazine, Kaptain Sunshine reworks vintage American military and workwear silhouettes through Japanese factories — denim from Okayama and Hiroshima, leather goods from Tokyo and Kamakura — anchored by its Aoyama flagship.
Tiny, tightly curated general store with a mix of vintage and new goods. Leather accessories, hardware, grooming products, and Japanese-made household items.
Best for Tiny, tightly curated general store with a mix of vintage and new
Neighborhood is a Tokyo label founded in 1994 in Harajuku. Its online store carries the main line alongside collaborations, with recent releases including NH x Out Stand In knitwear, NH x Gimme Five sweat hoodies and NH x Kuumba incense. The company trades as Neighborhood Co., Ltd. and answers customer inquiries by email in Japanese or English.
Best for Motorcycle-inspired Japanese streetwear and leather
Postalco began in 2000 in Brooklyn and is now based in Tokyo. Its single Postalco Shop in Kyobashi carries the brand’s bags, wallets, key holders, stationery and clothing.
Best for Bags, wallets, stationery and everyday design tools
STUDIOUS Jinnan is a Shibuya multi-brand store devoted to Japanese labels, useful for discovering domestic designers that are not widely distributed abroad.
Best for Multi-brand store that exclusively stocks Japanese labels
Canadian lifestyle brand since 1973 — the salt and pepper sweatsuit, leather bags, and Canada's unofficial uniform. Official outfitter of the Canadian team at Nagano 1998; the red 'poorboy' cap sold more than 500,000 units.
Elyssa Concept Store recreates rooms of a Tunisian home to showcase handmade goods. Founder Cyrine Cherif sources clothing, leather goods, furniture, and tableware directly from artisans across Tunisia.
Best for Founder Cyrine Cherif sources clothing, leather goods, furniture
Elyssa Concept Store treats Tunisian craft retail as installation rather than shelving. Founder Cyrine Cherif, an interior architect and decorator, built the idea nearly a decade ago after visiting the medina of Tangier, where she found a single space mixing Moroccan, Jordanian, and Lebanese objects under one roof. She adapted the concept for Tunis, reconstructing entire rooms of a house inside the store: a bathroom, a living room, a gourmet corner, a kitchen, even a child's bedroom, each dressed with handmade Tunisian pieces so visitors can picture the objects in their own homes before buying. The range spans clothing, leather goods, furniture, decorative objects, and wood or copper tableware. Cherif sources by traveling to different regions of Tunisia to meet artisans directly and scout local raw materials, favoring linen and wood worked by hand. Some pieces are designed in-house; others come from a roster of Tunisian makers she selects herself. The result draws on Tunisia's layered design history, Turkish, Andalusian, and Carthaginian influences, visible in mosaics, ceramics, and woodwork reworked into contemporary forms. It's a concept-store model built specifically around craft traceability: every object is tied to a maker or region rather than an anonymous supply chain, which is the point Cherif keeps returning to when she talks about why the store exists.
Massimo Dutti Tunisia focuses on Sophisticated Spanish fashion with tailored clothing, premium fabrics, and refined style. At Les Berges du Lac, Tunis, the range centers on premium-fabric tailoring and refined casualwear from the Spanish label.
Best for Premium-fabric tailoring and refined casualwear from the Spanish label.
Vallettina Atelier is a women's fashion boutique on Strait Street in Valletta, selling resort wear, kaftans, hand-woven leather bags, and jewelry made from natural fibres like linen, silk, and EcoVero. The boutique sells both from its Valletta storefront and through its own online shop, which ships worldwide.
1406 Old Bridge Street, Granville Island, Vancouver, BC V6H 3S6 / Vancouver / Canada
Sisters Mary and Sarah Schwieger make brooms on-site with antique tools and Shaker/sorghum technique learned from their parents' Kootenay shop; they opened the Granville Island shop more than 12 years before that report.
Best for Brooms made on site with antique tools and Shaker and sorghum techniques.
Vancouver backpack and accessories brand founded in 2009 by brothers Jamie and Lyndon Cormack. Its Gastown store at 347-349 Water Street, opened June 2018 inside the historic Greenshields Building, was the company's first North American store and its largest in the world.
Best for Backpacks, travel bags and everyday carry
Herschel Supply Co. was founded in Vancouver in 2009 by brothers Jamie and Lyndon Cormack, who named the company after Herschel, Saskatchewan, the small prairie town where three generations of their family had lived. The brand built its early reputation on backpacks before expanding into luggage, bags and accessories, growing into a company sold internationally. In June 2018 it opened its Gastown store at 347-349 Water Street, on the ground floor of the historic Greenshields Building, in the neighbourhood where the company began. At roughly 5,000 square feet, the store was Herschel's first physical location in North America and, at opening, its largest store anywhere. The interior was designed by Omer Arbel, creative director of the Vancouver-and-Berlin design house Bocci, marking his first retail project; the space was one of the few retail units in Gastown that had not been subdivided over previous decades. Herschel later also opened a separate flagship on Robson Street in downtown Vancouver, positioned as a distinct location from the original Gastown store.
2170 West 4th Avenue, Vancouver, BC V6K 1N6 / Vancouver / Canada
Grandfather Wong Chew Lip founded Ming Wo Hardware in Chinatown in 1917; it evolved into a cookware house serving restaurant kitchens; remaining Vancouver doors continue after the 23 East Pender flagship closed 28 Feb 2020.
Best for Cookware from a Vancouver house founded in Chinatown in 1917.
1972 West 4th Avenue, Vancouver, BC / Vancouver / Canada
Grant McDonagh opened Zulu in 1981, after Quintessence closed, and it is still at 1972 West 4th Avenue. CBC Radio 3's Searchlight named it a finalist for Canada's best record store.
Best for A West 4th Avenue shop opened by Grant McDonagh in 1981.
Supersense runs its record pressing, letterpress printing, and film production out of a 19th-century faux-Venetian palazzo in central Vienna. The building houses dedicated spaces including a Listening Bar, a Supper Club, and a Phonocut Laboratory.
Best for On-site record pressing and letterpress printing in Vienna
Supersense operates out of what the company itself calls 'a crazy fake Venetian palazzo in the heart of Vienna,' a building from the end of the 19th century whose atmosphere the brand describes as having become 'an essential chromosome' of its identity. Rather than a single retail floor, the site is organized into named, purpose-built spaces: a Record Manufactory, a Printshop, a Film Manufactory, a Listening Bar, a Supper Club, and a Phonocut Laboratory among them, each treated as its own dedicated project rather than a display shelf within a larger store. That structure explains why Supersense reads less like a conventional shop and more like a working analog production house -- records get pressed, print gets set, and film gets handled on-site rather than only sold. The company is candid that its written philosophy is unfinished, joking it may take '345 years' to fully articulate, and instead publishes several individual staff members' own versions of that philosophy rather than a single corporate mission statement. Product lines mentioned historically include Polaroid cameras, perfumes and specialty coffee; current availability should be confirmed directly.
The Chmielna 6 umbrella workshop has operated since the late 19th century, founded by January Uprising exile Julian Gostkiewicz; fourth-generation Witold Chojnowski still sells and repairs umbrellas there.
Best for Umbrella sales and repairs in a fourth-generation Chmielna workshop.
ul. Śniadeckich 18, Warsaw, Poland / Warsaw / Poland
The Warsaw glove workshop has existed since 1946, founded by Jan Giedroyć-Juraha; daughter Anna has run the Śniadeckich 18 shop since 1 September 2015.
Best for Gloves from a Warsaw workshop operating since 1946.
ul. Poznańska 26, Warsaw, Poland / Warsaw / Poland
Adam Baryliński founded the brush workshop in 1925 after losing his sight in the Battle of Warsaw; granddaughter Urszula still makes brushes by hand at Poznańska 26.
Best for Brushes still made by hand at Poznańska 26.
ul. Poznańska 24, 00-685 Warsaw, Poland / Warsaw / Poland
Family bronze workshop founded 1862 by Jan Łopieński; Paris 1925 and other exhibition medals; now at Poznańska 24 under great-granddaughter Anna Łopieńska-Lipczyk; listed 2020 among Warsaw Historic Artistic Workshops.
Best for Historic Warsaw bronze work from a family workshop founded in 1862.
Grandfather Sylwester's Praga wicker shop dates to 1991; the sisters took it over when he planned to close, and the current shop-workshop is at Plac Hallera 5, lok. 11A.
Best for Wickerwork from a Praga family shop-workshop continued by two sisters.
A mother-and-daughter design team runs the Kamenita Street salon and develops complete women’s wardrobes there. Coats, jackets and raincoats receive particular attention, with one-off shapes forming the shop’s most specific strength.
Best for Croatian designer fashion in a Zagreb salon
Zurich bag brand founded 2008 by five designers including Christian Kaegi and Hannes Schoenegger, who wanted an everyday bag that didn't look like cycle-courier gear; developer of the Bananatex textile.
Best for Sustainable bags
QWSTION was founded in 2008 in a former industrial district of Zurich by a group of five: Sebastian Kruit, industrial designers Christian Kaegi and Fabrice Aeberhard, graphic designer Matthias Graf, and Hannes Schoenegger. Their starting brief was simple — they wanted a bag that could take them from a bike commute straight into a meeting without carrying an obvious 'cycle courier' look, and found nothing on the market that fit.
The brand's best-known material development is Bananatex, a woven textile made from the fiber of Abacá banana plants, developed as a durable, biodegradable alternative to synthetic technical fabrics. QWSTION has been B Corp certified and won the Design Preis Schweiz in 2019 as well as a German Sustainability Award, recognition tied specifically to its materials research rather than general product design.
Operations today split between the Zurich studio, where the brand originated, and Tyrol, Austria, where much of the day-to-day operational business is now run — a structure that has evolved as the company has grown beyond its original founding city.
The Flingern showroom occupies old-building rooms and mixes design classics, vintage furniture, lighting and one-off objects. Its team also handles residential and commercial interiors, from colour and lighting plans through renovation and installation.
Best for Unique interior items, design objects; concept store in Flingern's creative district
A Loja do Gato Galáctico is a Whimsical gift shop, offering cute stationery, plush toys, accessories and pop culture merchandise. At Vila Madalena, the range centers on cute stationery, plush toys, and pop culture merchandise.
Best for Cute stationery, plush toys, and pop culture merchandise
Born of BRAC in 1978 to bring rural Bangladeshi craft to market, Aarong grew into the country's beloved lifestyle house — jamdani, nakshi kantha, brass, leather and clothing from tens of thousands of artisan hands. The flagship in Dhaka is the front door of an entire craft economy.
Best for Handcrafted Bengal craft from 65,000 artisans
Agaton Hantverk is an artisan-run gallery and shop at Hamngatan 33 in Marstrand, founded in 2007, where a group of craftspeople make and sell handmade work. The collective spans ceramics, woven rag rugs, leather, silver, glass fusing, smithing and woodwork.
Alara Lagos was founded by Reni Folawiyo on Akin Olugbade Street in Lagos. It describes itself as West Africa's first fashion and lifestyle concept store, pairing African and international designers under one roof.
Best for African and international designer concept store
Four tailors working out of a Shela studio cut and stitch handloom, block-print cotton and peace-silk garments, using only natural fibers and passing fabric offcuts to an island recycling initiative. The label sidesteps seasonal fashion cycles, favoring simple, considered pieces over trend-driven collections.
Best for Handloom and block-print cotton and silk clothing
Lamb farmers Ansarve craft lambskin slippers, gloves, hats and bags plus Merino and Gotland yarn and hides, all made from their own flock. The farm sits 20 minutes south of Visby and runs a year-round shop on Adelsgatan in the old town.
ARTEmani in Lübeck — Hand-cut coloured glass from the Rotter Glas manufactory, ceramics, textiles, leather, jewelry and wood from rotating Kunsthandwerker artists.
Best for Hand-cut coloured glass from the Rotter Glas manufactory, ceramics, textiles, leather, jewelry
Article 721 is a Vieux-Limoilou boutique open since November 2012 at 721, 3e Avenue in Québec. It sells work by Québec artists and designers alongside vintage and second-hand finds, with greeting cards and posters as the core of its online catalogue. The owners describe a mission of making local talent shine, and online orders are processed twice a week.
Best for Québec-made design, gifts, and stationery
Article 721 has occupied 721, 3e Avenue in Vieux-Limoilou, Québec, since November 2012. The shop describes itself as a small eclectic universe built from the work of Québec artists and designers, mixed with a collection of vintage and second-hand finds. Its two voices are Émilie H. and Marilyn B. L., who write on the site about following intuition and about a place where creativity has room. The stated mission is to make local artists and talent shine, and the search for new objects never stops. Greeting cards and posters lead the online catalogue, with stickers close behind them. Stationery and accessories complete the list of departments, and orders placed on the web are processed twice a week. The shop notes, with some pride, a rumour that a full tour of its shelves can take hours or even days. Makers who want to present their work are asked to write, and only selected applications receive a reply. Voilà Québec lists it under Limoilou shopping as a card and stationery boutique on 3e Avenue. In-store pickup and home delivery are both offered for online purchases.
Visit official site ↗
Visit official site ↗
Visit official site ↗
Visit official site ↗
Visit official site ↗
Visit official site ↗
Visit official site ↗
Visit official site ↗
Visit official site ↗
Visit official site ↗
Visit official site ↗
Visit official site ↗
Visit official site ↗
Visit official site ↗
Visit official site ↗
Visit official site ↗
Visit official site ↗
Visit official site ↗
Visit official site ↗
Visit official site ↗
Visit official site ↗
Visit official site ↗
Visit official site ↗
Visit official site ↗
Visit official site ↗
Visit official site ↗
Visit official site ↗
Visit official site ↗
Visit official site ↗
Visit Instagram ↗
Visit official site ↗
Visit official site ↗
Visit official site ↗
Visit official site ↗
Visit official site ↗
Visit official site ↗
Visit official site ↗
Visit official site ↗
Visit official site ↗
Visit official site ↗
Visit official site ↗
Visit official site ↗
Visit official site ↗
Visit official site ↗
Visit official site ↗
Visit official site ↗
Visit official site ↗
Visit official site ↗
Visit official site ↗
Visit official site ↗
Visit official site ↗
Visit official site ↗
Visit official site ↗
Visit official site ↗
Visit official site ↗
Visit official site ↗
Visit official site ↗
Visit official site ↗
Visit official site ↗
Visit official site ↗
Visit official site ↗
Visit official site ↗
Visit official site ↗
Visit official site ↗
Visit official site ↗
Visit official site ↗
Visit official site ↗
Visit official site ↗
Visit official site ↗
Visit official site ↗
Visit official site ↗
Visit official site ↗
Visit official site ↗
Visit official site ↗
Visit official site ↗
Visit official site ↗
Visit official site ↗
Visit official site ↗
Visit official site ↗
Visit official site ↗
Visit official site ↗
Visit official site ↗
Visit official site ↗
Visit official site ↗
Visit official site ↗
Visit official site ↗
Visit official site ↗
Visit official site ↗
Visit official site ↗
Visit official site ↗
Visit official site ↗
Visit official site ↗
Visit official site ↗
Visit official site ↗
Visit official site ↗
Visit official site ↗
Visit official site ↗
Visit official site ↗
Visit official site ↗
Visit official site ↗
Visit official site ↗
Visit official site ↗
Visit official site ↗
Visit official site ↗
Visit official site ↗
Visit official site ↗
Visit official site ↗
Visit official site ↗
Visit official site ↗
Visit official site ↗
Visit official site ↗
Visit official site ↗
Visit official site ↗
Visit official site ↗
Visit official site ↗
Visit official site ↗
Visit official site ↗
Visit official site ↗
Visit official site ↗
Visit official site ↗
Visit official site ↗
Visit official site ↗
Visit official site ↗
Visit official site ↗
Visit official site ↗
Visit official site ↗
Visit official site ↗
Visit official site ↗
Visit official site ↗
Visit official site ↗
Visit official site ↗
Visit official site ↗
Visit official site ↗
Visit official site ↗
Visit official site ↗