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Shopping - Clothing & Shoes |
Clothing & Shoes Many Ann Arborites rarely dress up, even for special occasions. Even so, someone’s buying the luxurious imported men’s suits at Renaissance, on Main, and the elegant women’s wear at Ayla across the street. For more casual women’s fashions, locals look to the comfortable natural fiber wear at downtown’s Suwanee Springs and Collected Works, in Market Place in the Kerrytown area, as well as the clean lines and contemporary stylings at Hoi Polloi, on Main. In Kerrytown Market & Shops is Mathilde’s, which showcases richly textured handbags, gorgeous scarves, and other imports. Poshh and Allure Boutique, both on East Liberty, as well as Cool Waves and its South University neighbor, YCI, bring a New York City flair to campus with their fashion-forward inventory. Looser, funkier looks can be found at Orchid Lane on East Liberty. On State, Bivouac isn’t just for workout wear and outdoor gear: the shop also sells trend-setting fashion. Beanie June, on North University, offers elegant and casual clothing for fashion-conscious women of all ages.
Inside Nickels Arcade, one Van Boven store sells fine men’s and women’s shoes; its companion location fronting State specializes in traditional men’s clothing, as does Vahan’s, on Liberty near Fifth Avenue. For more utilitarian fashion, Sam’s Store on East Liberty carries Levis and more. Children’s clothing boutiques Generations, on Main, and Keedo, in Kerrytown, offer gorgeous domestic lines and sophisticated European imports for the under-twelve set.
There are also a number of used-clothing shops in town. The Getup and Primitive Vintage, both in second-floor locations on State, sell fashions from the 1950s through the 1980s whose time has come again. On South University, Ana Banana sells used retro fashions as well as contemporary jewelry. The Klothes Kloset, in Lamp Post Plaza, and Top Drawer, in Colonial Lanes Plaza on South Industrial, sell recycled fashions on consignment. At Woodland Plaza, Children’s Orchard is a great resource for gently used kids‚ clothes and toys, as is Once Upon a Child, on Washtenaw. At least four local nonprofit shops—the PTO Thrift Shop on South Industrial, the Ann Arbor Thrift Shop on Washtenaw, the Salvation Army on State, and the St. Vincent De Paul Store on Broadway—offer bargain used clothing as well as housewares.
Ann Arbor is a walking town, and Ann Arborites like their shoes comfy. Mast Shoes, in Westgate Shopping Center, has lots of well-constructed casual footwear. Fourth Ave Birkenstock specializes in the so-ugly-they’re-beautiful shoes and sandals, as does Footprints, whose two stores on Main and South University also sell Euro-comfort footwear from Dansko, Rockport, Ara, and Tsubo.
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