Listed are some of the coolest independent shops in Seattle.

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A Mano

Reader Suggested: I'm a fan of shopping at small boutiques and this is definitely the one I go to for shoes in Seattle. Unusual, hard to find designers, and...

Antiques at Pike Place

For the untrained, shopping for antiques can be a stressful experience, from digging through piles and squeezing through aisles to recognizing real...

Area 51

Area 51 is the furniture store those other furniture stores don't want you to know about. Practically the size of a small lake, the warehouse...

Arundel

Do you really need a 150,000 square foot mega-bookstore to have something for everybody? Arundel Books proves that you don't. The store...

Atsui Tokyo

Reader Suggested: This downtown Seattle fashion boutique carries exclusively Japanese designer clothing for men and women. Atsui concentrates on the up and coming...

Betty Blue

You don't want Marc by Marc, you just want Marc. You wish Yohji would have the decency to write his full name on a piece of your clothing. For...

Bitters Co.

If your only experience with globalization involves talking to tech support guys in Bangalore, let Bitters Co. show you a different way. To Bitters...

Blackbird

Reader Suggested: Blackbird carries a wide array of brands from Modern Amusement to Filippa K., and the prices range greatly too. Men love my store because they...

Bluebottle Art Gallery and Store

For many in the fine art world, functional art is anathema. For Bluebottle functional art seems a perfect, easy opportunity to introduce people to...

Bop Street Records

Bop Street Records sort of sneaks up on you--walking the tree-lined streets of a neighborhood known for furniture and clothing stores, you see a...

Bud's Jazz Records

Imagine if you had a friend named Bud and he had a massive record collection. This is what Bud's house would look like. The fact that...

Butch Blum

Every city worth a visit has its retail institutions. New York has Bergdorf, Boston has Louis and Seattle has Butch Blum. The store earned its...

Chartreuse

Everything old is new again. Or so you'll discover as soon as entering Chartreuse. The seating, lighting, furniture and accessories...

City Kitchens

City Kitchens feels about as cramped as the typical city kitchen, but thankfully that's not as much because of the dearth of space as it is...

Collective

Collective combines the finds of several different eras to create a vintage furniture wonderland. The main floor groups the eclectic furniture in...

Dandelion Botanical Company

Has your little one ever asked you, "Mommy, where do high-end bath and body products come from?" We suggest you take them to Dandelion...

Deluxe Junk

Peeking inside Deluxe Junk, the displays and shelves and nooks and corners will appear to be filled with junk, garage sale fodder. Only upon...

de Medici Ming

If you've ever received the gift of jewelry, you know full well that good things come in small packages. A little box of pulpy jewels is how...

Edie's

Do you pine to be a shameless hipster? If you've already bought the classic denim and the well-worn vintage T-shirt, you know what you need...

Edie's

Do you pine to be a shameless hipster? If you've already bought the classic denim and the well-worn vintage T-shirt, you know what you need...

Egbert's

There's a certain been there, done that quality to Egbert's that's hard not to notice. They don't impress you with their...

Fancy Pants

In Fancy Pants, find both the practical and the fanciful. First, the fanciful. The store is full of unique, handmade jewelry, accessories and art....

Fini

Fini means finished in French, as in come here for 101 ideas for finishing your wardrobe. Finish your cocktail dress with a slick leather clutch....

Flora & Fauna Books

Because we can't all have green thumbs. That appears to be the crying call of appropriately subterranean Flora & Fauna Books. For the...

Goods

Goods is urban style store executed to perfection. The white-walled, wood-floored spaces is a temple to urban style. Find the latest in...

Great Jones Home

Great Jones Home is testament to the wonderful home design that's possible when you don't pay attention to price brackets or themes. The...

Greener Lifestyles

Who said "it's not easy being green"? With Greener Lifestyles it's not just easy, it's a blast. The home and accessories...

Henrybuilt

Henry probably didn't make your new table, but Scott or another craftsman probably did. Name after founder Scott Hudson's grandfather,...

Holy Cow Records

Reader Suggested: A small, independent vinyl record store in the heart of the Pike Place Market, Seattle. One the the best selections of quality LPs and 45s in the...

Impulse

You have to walk down a flight of stairs or through a narrow hallway to get to Impulse. But when you do you arrive in . . . New York? At least...

Inform Interiors

Infrom is that rare furniture store that pays homage to the past and looks toward the future. The past in this case is the iconic mid-century...

Isadora's

If you're a fan of Gucci, Prada and Louis Vuitton, then you really ought to get to know Halston and Adele Simpson. Isadora's specializes...

Jive Time

We wouldn't necessarily know a rare import record from a poke in the eye, but we know enough to recognize Jive Time as the fine record shop...

Jive Time

We wouldn't necessarily know a rare import record from a poke in the eye, but we know enough to recognize Jive Time as the fine record shop...

Kuhlman

Kuhlman is best described as New York flavor without New York fuss. The first thing to notice is the series of small, well-regarded New York and...

Laguna

Try to imagine a time when every plate didn't have "Made in China" stamped on the back--difficult, we know. Upto the 1970s, America...

Lambs Ear Shoes

Reader Suggested: Cutting edge, fashion forward lines such as Loeffler Randall, Chie Mihara and Ellen Verbeek make a perfect combination for this store. Interior is...

La Rousse

Reader Suggested: La Rousse brings an urban and classic edge to style conscious women in the Pacific Northwest. Featuring new design talent from the East and West...

LIMN

Is it a New York furniture showroom you want? A massive space complete with massively expensive avant-garde furniture, conceptual design...

Lola Pop

Reader Suggested: European clothing and shoes. French owner. Exclusive (to Seattle) lines from France and Italy. Tasteful selection.

Lucca Great Finds

Yearn for the Old Country? Where your grandfather worked the land, or, where you vacationed for a week last summer? Modeled after the charming gift...

Lucca Statuary

Your garden needs a "Bird Girl," an eerie statue to turn your pretty space into an enchanted one. The pieces enchanted gardens are made...

Metsker Maps of Seattle

Ignorant of the world. Self-centered. These are some of the many adjectives our friends from across the world use to describe Americans. If only...

Musicwerks

Musicwerks is a textbook case of why independent music shops thrive among national chains-they own their niche of goth and industrial music like...

OkOk

Walking into OKOK is like discovering a new culture--well, more like a sub-culture. This is the wonderful world of a group of creative, productive...

Paperhaus

First, high-end mustard. Then, high-end hamburgers. Now, high-end office supplies? Welcome to Paperhaus, where three-ring binders, pens, tape...

Peter Miller

Go to Bilbao to see the Guggenheim, to Stockholm to see the "Twisting Torso." Then come to Peter Miller to learn who designed them, how...

Pretty Parlor

Pretty Parlor claims to be "where Audrey Hepburn meets Judy Jetson," but it's more likely where you'll meet your next fun...

Retrofit Home

Retrofit Home strives to give your home that retro feel. Sure, one way to get that retro feel is to buy mid-century modern, but alas it's...

Roq La Rue

It has the bright lighting and the white walls, but that's pretty much all Roq La Rue has in common with a typical art gallery. The space...

Schmancy

The cousin of Seattle jewelry and accessories store Fancy, Schmancy carries items that are fancy in their own way. Intricate, clever urban vinyl...

Singles Going Steady

Seattle may be known for its grundge uprising, but at Singles Going Steady it's like punk is the only game in town. In a messy, totally punk...

Sonic Boom

Sonic Boom is the kind of independent record store you would hope to see in Seattle. The cozy (relative to mega-stores) spaces house a little bit...

Sonic Boom

Sonic Boom is the kind of independent record store you would hope to see in Seattle. The cozy (relative to mega-stores) spaces house a little bit...

Sonic Boom

Sonic Boom is the kind of independent record store you would hope to see in Seattle. The cozy (relative to mega-stores) spaces house a little bit...

Space Oddity

Reader Suggested: Space Oddity is one of the last remaining vintage furniture stores left in Seattle. We are 100% vintage mid-century modern and we have survived the...

Square Room

The room is about the only thing that's square at Square Room. The intimate gallery is filled with nature-inspired art and objects. This...

Standard Home

In a perfect world, all homes would come standard with an Eames chair and Nelson clock. In this regard, Standard Home is one small step towards...

The Elliott Bay Book Company

The Elliott Bay Book Company is the very definition of a quality neighborhood bookstore. High ceilings, wood floors and room after room of books...

The Great Wind-up

We couldn't resist so don't expect the kids to be able to. The Great Wind-up is home to several hundreds examples of, what else, wind-up...

Tininha's

It's a good thing that Tininha's specializes in Brazilian bikinis, because they'd need a good three times the floor space to carry...

Twist

When you hear the term "American craft" what's the first image that comes to mind? Beaded jewelry? Clay pottery? Go to Twist to see...

Urban Ease

Urban we'll give them, but the furniture at Urban Ease is not the type that puts one at ease. It's the type that demands your attention....

Urchin

Small, luxurious and striking--this would well describe a sea urchin. It's also a pretty good description of the items you'll find at...

Velocity Art & Design

If the Experience Music Project and the Seattle Public Library didn't convince you, Velocity Art & Design should settle the issue:...

Wall of Sound

Wall of Sound is that rare store that is both generalist and specialist all at the same time. It's hard to categorize a store that seems to...

Watson Kennedy Fine Home

The fine folks at Watson Kennedy Fine Living filled their store with spa-worthy wares, they gave you the inspiration to transform your home into a...

Watson Kennedy Fine Living

What is fine living? To some its a 60-inch plasma TV, to others it's a drop top with 22-inch shoes and for others still it's living...

Zion's Gate Records

If Dub-wise, Electroclash or IDM mean anything to you, then Zion's Gate will mean the world to you. The bumpin' record shop focuses on...

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