City Fashion Guide: Seattle - Topic of the day 4/18/24
For all the locals or frequent visitors, what are some shops or must visit fashion sites you would recommend in the city?
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Brick & Mortar Seattle is my favorite Alden retailer hands down. They're super nice and Yenni is the best with a brannock I've seen in person
someone has to say glasswing so it'll be me
Seconding both of these, Sean at Brick & Mortar was super helpful and got me sized in a couple different lasts. Will definitely be ordering from them when I can finally drop the money on Aldens. The staff at Glasswing was also very friendly, they were attentive but not super pushy to try stuff on or buy something
Also both locations had adorable shop dogs
RIP Totokaelo
One eyed friend at Glasswing 🥹
Likelihood is a decent sneaker store
But Seattle isn’t great in general for shopping
Also it’s less exciting but the Nordstrom flagship is downtown so that’s neat if you’ve ever wanted to visit a 6 floor Nordstrom
10% sales tax oof owie ouch
It’s ok. No income tax is great.
I was visiting from the least coast so I was not reaping the benefit of no income tax haha
the cutest fuckin dog fr, such a gentle baby
Blue Owl Workshop
Glasswing
Freeman
We were on a bit of a timeline and my GF was mad at me for paying more attention to the dog than to the clothes at first haha
i haven't been yet but windthrow looks very cool https://windthrow.store
You can visit Crescent Down Works if you email them ahead of time and ask nicely. Great people, sick jackets
Brick & Mortar is the best Alden retailer for sure. As has been noted above, their staff is amazing and they have some of the best makeups. Glasswing and Blue Owl also good with very friendly staff. Freeman is nice but selection kinda limited imo
freeman feels a little stuck in the past...seattle version of taylor stitch
Going on my list for next Seattle trip for sure
but nice store
Yeah their staging is really good and the people who work there are cool. But dated selection for sure
Honestly I feel like the things to really emphasize in Seattle isn’t the shopping but the food and music scene. Tons of good places to eat and there’s always a good show happening
move to fremont, replace your whole wardrobe with this, and start a community p-patch
orient your year around the solstice parade. now that's happiness
Spoiler this
visitors are in for a surprise if they pop in for the solstice parade
jackstraw is a nice one
that doesnt get mentioned very often
Pretty surprised I’ve never heard of this place
its not a very good location, right downtown. but the guy (presumably jack?) is super nice and they are well curated
Likewise. They've got some good stuff, just not in an area i frequent at all.
they are one of very few stockists for yoko sakamoto in the US, which is how i found it
check out their sales from time to time!
Copy pasting from reddit:
Glasswing (Capitol Hill) - Great selection of premium clothing, home goods and plants. EG, Evan Kinori, Kapital, orSlow, Arpenteur, Universal Works & more. Very knowledgable staff and individualized attention if you ask for it.
Freeman (Capitol Hill) - Smaller shop with a small in-house collection. Basics with a workwear leaning aesthetic. Good socks/hats/accessories
Blue Owl (Fremont) - Denimheads through and through. Nice spot right on the water with a massive selection of Japanese and American workwear. Seems they've branched a bit into some tailoring as well fairly recently picking up some pieces from Beams Plus. They do some cool collabs with some big names in the denim world if you're into that kind of thing. Another spot with a great in store experience.
Filson (Ballard + SoDo) - An old seattle staple. Lots of good PNW standard pieces, thick wools and waterproof shells. Probably a bit overpriced with the decline in quality since its heyday.
Prism (Ballard) - Home goods, and mid-premium level clothing. Small spot with some niche items. Their online presence is bad, but they carry Corridor, Wax London, Rototo, Jungmaven and a couple other labels.
Woodland Mod (Ballard) - Not much as far as clothes go here, but a cool spot for home goods with a Japanese-Scandinavian Hygge aesthetic.
Some secondhand shops I frequent:
Buffalo Exchange (Ballard), Crossroads (U District & Capitol Hill), Red Light (U District), Fremont Vintage Mall (Fremont, duh), various Goodwills
Damn the editorializing on Filson…
Their stuff is expensive but I’m always blown away by how heavy and substantial all the clothes feel when I go to their store
they're pretty Yellowstone-y these days
Stuff will genuinely last a lifetime tho
I wouldn’t buy any of it but they can’t make me hate them, it’s like what I imagine old LL bean was
I still want a Filson Packer coat
There would be like 3 times a year it’s cold enough to wear one, but I still want one
Isn't there a Bait in Seattle
Looks like it
Yeah it’s in the same general vicinity as glasswing
Was going to suggest Blue Owl, although I see it already got a mention đź‘Ť
gotta rec Windthrow for gorp stuff
the owners are super cool and they stock interesting things
Atelier NYC is basically Totokaelo 2 with a different brand list. many of the same staff returned
cuniform is a cute little consignment shop
honestly the best fashion in the city is in downtown during the week
which sounds crazy, but hear me out
everyone is wearing a mix of stuff with a gorp lens because of necessity
I maintain that you could take photos of random people getting off the bus on 2nd Ave and they'd fit right in with a Japanese gorp magazine
This is a scorching take
old people wearing vintage REI stuff they've had for 40 years >>>