Avant-garde Stores
A list of the coolest avant-garde shops around.
Salt
Abbot Kinney - Venice, CA United StatesAmong the girly, beachy boutiques nearby Salt at first looks out of place, but where better than near the ocean to sell clothes that are organic and essential. Dominated by solid, understated colors, soft fabrics and loose silhouettes this is...
Scout
Third Street - Los Angeles, CA United StatesIf you need elaborate displays, too-cool-for-school salespeople and obnoxiously loud rap music to create a "hip" clothing store, you're doing something wrong. Here's an idea--let the clothes do the talking. Witness Scout. One...
Seven
SoHo - New York, NY United StatesSeven has an uncanny ability to find designers that march to the beat of their own drum. From Belgium and Japan, Germany and New York, they find creations that pay little attention to the trends and looks of the season. Some pieces scream: white...
South Willard
Third Street - Los Angeles, CA United StatesThe first time we walked into South Willard we walked right out. After all, faced with all this style and elegance in Los Angeles, is it at all surprising that we had to check the street signs and "actors" at the nearby café to confirm...
The Archive
Union Square - San Francisco, CA United StatesReader Suggested: This store is one of GQ's top 100 (men's) stores in the US.
Two See
Carnaby - London, United KingdomWhere does all that dynamic, creative fashion taught at Central St. Martins and presented at London Fashion Week go anyway? Two See, for one, is where. A fervent supporter of the young and upcoming fashion designer, most of the labels wont be...
Welcome Hunters
Chinatown - Los Angeles, CA United StatesThanks to Welcome Hunters those looking for the multitude of young, fresh, often daring design coming out of the many corners of the world can stop hunting and commence with the gathering. How to describe the aesthetic--crazy club kid meets...