New York Shopping Guide

Cobble Hill/Boerum Hill/Red Hook
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Bird

The Cobble Hill location of this Brooklyn shop—the original is in Park Slope—is not to be missed. Stockholm- and Paris-based labels are currently favored, like Filippa K, Fifth Avenue Shoe Repair, and Tsumori Chisato.
220 Smith St. (at Butler St.), 718-797-3774, shopbird.com

Products: Denim, Lingerie/Loungewear, Women's Clothing, Shoes, Bags, Jewelry
Type of Store: Boutique

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Brooklyn Collective

This tiny store's stock—silk dresses, charm necklaces, charcoal drawings—is largely by local artists and mostly limited-edition.
198 Columbia St., 718-596-6231, brooklyncollective.com

Products: Women's Clothing, Jewelry
Type of Store: Boutique
3

Brooklyn Industries

Reasonably priced casual pieces with an urban slant, like slim-cut canvas utility pants and form-fitting hoodies, are this Brooklyn-based chainlet's claim to fame. They also make great down coats.
100 Smith St. (at Atlantic Ave.), 718-596-3986, brooklynindustries.com

Products: Women's Clothing, Shoes, Bags
Type of Store: Boutique
4

Butter

The clean, skylit space is welcoming and the open floor plan easy to navigate at this recently renovated Boerum Hill classic. Nothing distracts from the spare clothing by Minden Chan, Tucker, and Tom Scott.
389 Atlantic Ave. (between Hoyt and Bond Sts.), 718-260-9033

Products: Denim, Swimwear, Women's Clothing, Shoes, Bags, Jewelry
Type of Store: Boutique
Consignment
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Consignment

This sleek spot does double duty: It sells overstock from local favorite Butter (see above) and also serves as an upscale consigner; stylists and editors routinely unload their past-season Balenciaga, Marni, and Miu Miu here.
371 Atlantic Ave. (between Hoyt and Bond Sts.), 718-522-3522

Products: Denim, Women's Clothing, Shoes, Bags, Jewelry
Type of Store: Consignment/Resale
Dear Fieldbinder
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Dear Fieldbinder

The looks here are completely spot-on, from blousy Madison Marcus shirtdresses to jewel-tone Plastic Island tops. And the environment is living-room friendly, with hanging ferns and midcentury-modern furniture.
198 Smith St. (between Baltic and Warren Sts.), 718-852-3620, dearfieldbinder.com

Products: Denim, Women's Clothing, Shoes, Bags, Jewelry
Type of Store: Boutique
7

Erie Basin

Meticulously sourced estate and antique-influenced jewelry, including scarab pendants and forged titanium rings, are sparely arranged within museum cases in this elegant, off-the-beaten-path shop.
388 Van Brunt St. (at Dikeman St.), 718-554-6147, eriebasin.com

Products: Jewelry
Type of Store: Boutique
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Frank & Bill's Antiques

One of the sole survivors on Coney Island Avenue's once-thriving antiques stretch, this tiny gem, located in a former Mexican catering hall, offers deals on furniture from the late 1800s on.
801 Coney Island Ave. (between Dorchester and Cortelyou Rds.), 718-826-2641

Products: Antique, Furniture
Type of Store: Boutique
9

Ohio Knitting Mills

Done up with old factory fixtures, like sewing table lamps and pattern-cutting tables, this unusually themed store sells bright, playful knitwear manufactured in a Cleveland mill back in the '50s.
231 Smith St. (between Butler and Douglass Sts.), 718-596-7103, ohioknittingmills.com

Products: Women's Clothing
Type of Store: Boutique
10

Saipua

In this light-drenched space you'll find fresh flowers and lush olive-oil-based soaps. Their body products—packaged in gorgeous Florentine paper—come in a range of distinctive scents like white grapefruit and coffee mint.
392 Van Brunt St., 718-624-2929, saipua.com

Products: Beauty, Gifts/Design
Type of Store: Boutique
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Swallow

Newer Japanese glass is a big draw at this gallerylike spot filled with opalescent bowls with edges so soft they appear to be melting, tiny paper-thin bud vases with organic, amorphous openings, and rainbow-hued sake glasses.
361 Smith St., Brooklyn, swallowglass.com

Products: Decorative/Lighting, Furniture, Tabletop, Gifts/Design
Type of Store: Boutique
12

Winkworth

This lingerie mecca offers an impressive selection from Paris-based Princesse Tam-Tam and antique-lace-trimmed slips from the house line, or consider springing for one of the exquisite custom-designs.
119 Columbia St., 718-243-2296

Products: Lingerie/Loungewear
Type of Store: Boutique

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