New York City places to shop
There used to be a great post on the Substack detailing places to go to in the city, and for what kind of clothes you're looking for. Off of @Benjiara 's request, I'm making this thread as a place for us to share and detail what you like to go to.
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Is there anything you're looking for in particular?
Dawg I thought you had places you wanted to promote 😂 that's what the alley oop was for
For me, personally, I like a mix of Ivy prep and what I think is Americana workwear. I also want to learn more about Latin American clothing but I wouldn't know where to start
No man walks alone is a great store (check on their website if there's anything you want to try on and call them to make an appointment)
They don't necessarily entirely fit in to the theme but here's a bunch more:
CHC*M (they have a bunch of interestinf Japanese brands, arpenteur, Margaret Howell)
Standard & strange
Blue in green
The armoury
Cueva
Wythe
Alumni and hatchet outdoor supply (I've been to the flushing store, and they can have great deals on an interesting variety of brands. Their big winter sale just ended but they'll prob have another one soon)
Aime Leone Diore
Extra Butter
Nepenthes ny
Drakes
So that's a list of stores with MFA type brands haha
There's J.Press for classic ivy
There's a store called LS Men's Clothes that does MTM tailoring for a fair price through Rochester Tailoring Company as well as Coppley etc. they also do MTM shirts for a little over $100 through individualized. They have a bunch of affordable RTW stuff lying around that you can search through
CEGO Shirtmakers makes bespoke shirts (I got my blue ocbd for $200) as well as a bit of other related stuff
Rothman's is a classic old department store and has a clearance rack. They sell Ballin wool slacks for $190 from what I remember and can order what they don't have
I would be remiss not to mention historic locations like Macy's herald square or the Bloomingdale flagship
Bergdorf Goodman and saks on fifth are classic fancy luxury department stores
You have saks off fifth, Nordstrom rack (as well as Marshalls and TJ Maxx) for off price stores that may have some finds
Outside of new clothing, NYC has a huge world of curated vintage, consignment chains and actual thrifts
NYC Vintage Map – All vintage, resale, and thrift stores in NYC
The Complete NYC Vintage, Resale and Thrift Clothing Stores Map — All stores by area and category on one map.
Here's a nice directory of them
In terms of shoe specific stores, you have Meermin, Allen Edmonds, Carmina Alden, and Red Wing for branded stores (as well as more mass market stuff like Timberland and Dr Maarten) and independent stores such as Leffot and Ground Gripper Shoe Shop
Hmm a clothing brand I missed is 3sixteen
Another interesting brand is corridor nyc
There's flagship stores for big brands like j crew and Ralph Lauren (as well as separate RRL stores)
Todd Snyder has some stores
There's work wear stores that sell dickies and Carhartt (pop's popular clothing, Cato army + navy, Dave's new york). There's a classic outdoors/sporting goods store called Paragon
Anyway that's my disorganized list of places I've been to and places I want to go (and places I thought are at least worth mentioning
There's a tailor shop in Queens called calamita tailoring that sells like nice Italian knit polos and ties for good prices. The ties were only $20
There’s a place in Soho called Schott NYC: they created the original zip-up leather motorcycle jacket (think of the ones punk rockers wear, but take the spikes and patches and shit off) and still manufacture in the same manner as they did when they got started in the early 1900s. Still a family owned business, 3rd Gen, with one of the most charming stores I’ve ever been inside. Fair warning: their leather goods are hella expensive due to the handcrafted in the USA nature of them, but you’re getting the highest quality leather in the country from them. As for their non-leather goods, I wouldn’t buy anything more than a T-shirt as all of that is made in China and imported here. Best in the game for leather though.
Are the peacoats like that as well? I thought they were still top of the line
Thank you! Just added those places to my list.
Personally I can recommend the Ralph Lauren flagship on the Upper East Side. Wonderful atmosphere
I gotta check it out! I've only been to my local RL store
They can actually have some nice deals from time to time. I got a perfect Madras camp collar shirt from them for only $60 a few months ago
I forgot the most important Nyc store of all btw: 
Their peacoats I believe still are actually, thank you for the reminder on that. I just know I got a cardigan from them recently and it was made in China, + the build quality wasn’t outstanding. It’s already lost some of its shape in the armpit
Oh also this reminds me, the MoMA design stores next to and across the street from Uniqlo have some neat items; plus all their art shirts (Kaws, Van Gogh, etc) are from Uniqlo blanks