New York's Best Offbeat Store

British footwear from brands including Dr. Martens, Ben Sherman and Fred Perry, plus variety of pants, shirts, jackets and more.

Reviews:

• “yay for 99x”
• “cool place”

99X or email 99X

Travel goods for the voyager who wants to see the world—and do it in style.

Reviews:

• “Tres Cool!”

Tips: Need a gift for a picky traveler? Try the gift card, which comes in a vintage-style, reusable vinyl card holder.

Flight 001

An exhaustive comics store for almost everyone, from superhero groupies to independent ’zine addicts.

Reviews:

• “Yay TinTin comics”
• “Awesome store!”
• “They’ve got it and more!”
• “What a comic shop should be”
• “Yay Comics!”

Tips: Check out the array of foreign-language comics from Italy, Japan, France, Spain and Germany.

Jim Hanley’s Universe or email Jim Hanley’s Universe

Unusual and exotic items for the Eastern-influenced cosmopolite.

Reviews:

• “Fab Merchandising, Lunch @ The Tea Room”
• “Valentines Day Misery!!!!”
• “best depaato in nyc”
• “TERRIBLE DELIVERY SERVICE”
• “Beautiful!”

Tips: Check out the Tea Box Cafe in the basement, where diners can enjoy bento boxes filled with Eastern and Western delicacies.

Takashimaya

State-of-the-art spectacles to be seen in.

Tips: The ultimate in high-tech glasses, Miklivision is a pair of spectacles with a tiny video camera clipped to one temple.

Alain Mikli

Another store for hoarders of relics, memorabilia and other vintage goods.

Reviews:

• “THE absolute BEST of VINTAGE”
• “Love Saves the Day!”

Love Saves the Day

The colorful world of the popular Los Angeles-based Asian art and pop-culture mag makes its way to the East Village.

Reviews:

• “Giant Robot is a Communist Organization”

Tips: Enter GRNY Gallery to see the newest shows from artists featured prominently in Giant Robot. The entrance is through the door at the right of the store’s entrance.

Giant Robot Store

Retro yet space-age kicks with enough height, style and sole to absorb the shock of NYC streets.

Reviews:

• “where good style begins”

Tips: Find more top shops for shoes around town.

John Fluevog Shoes

A veritable museum to delight the collector as well as the seamstress.

Reviews:

• “Amazing Buttons! "
• “best service to find hard to locate buttons”
• “Awful, awful experience”
• “Fabulous Buttons!”
• “Terrible Service”

Tips: Most prices are per button, although rare sets—boasting inlaid Swarovski crystal or 18th-century enamel from Japan—are also available.

Tender Buttons

Unique and original scents from a super precise perfumery.

Reviews:

• “Classic customer service + fantastic fragrances = pure heaven”

Tips: Forgo mass-marketed department store perfumes forever—Christopher works with clients to design scents that match their specifications.

CB I Hate Perfume

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