Planning an international getaway? Make sure to pack light... you'll be filling up your bags with irresistible items from these shopping shrines:
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Brooklyn Bound: Zoë
Saturday, March 29, 2008
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Benelux Beckons: Marlies Dekkers
Monday, May 07, 2007
 | Store: | Marlies Dekkers |
 | Description: | ultimate intimates |
 | Website: | marliesdekkers.com |
 | Address: | Cornelis Schuystraat 13, Amsterdam |
 | Phone: | (31)-0-20-471-4146 |
 | Price Range: | $60-$90 Euros |
 | Directions: | Click here for a map |
Marlies Dekkers is a Dutch designer who’s M.O. is simple: to boost the butts and bosoms of women around the world. Step inside her “bust-ling” Amsterdam boutique and you’ll find an eye-catching array of provocative panties, sexy garters and silky undergarments surrounded by hypnotic lighting, ruby red carpets, midnight black furniture and scintillating chandeliers. Happen to bring along your sweetie? Send him to the open-concept boudoir by the back for a titillating experience unlike any other.
Photography © Marlies Dekkers
Manhattan Mania: Shop
Thursday, June 14, 2007
| | Store: | Shop |
| | Description: | A Lower East Side gem stocked with hard-to-find frocks for day-to-night |
 | Labels: | Rebecca Minkoff, Ella Moss, 3.1 Philip Lim, Kale, Charlotte Ronson, Deener, Madison Marcus and much more! |
| | Website: | iloveshop.com |
| | Address: | 105 Stanton Street (@ Ludlow) |
| | Phone: | 212-375-0304 |
 | Email: | info@iloveshop.com |
 | Hours: | Mon-Sun 12-7 |
| | Price Range: | $30-$600 |
 | Return Policy: | Store credit within 7 days. Acessories, jewelery and lingerie are final sale. |
 | Subway: | F/V to Second Avenue |
| | Directions: | Click here for a map |
Photography © Shop
Manhattan Mania: Pookie & Sebastian
Saturday, June 16, 2007
| | Store: | Pookie & Sebastian |
| | Description: | a fun, flirty, and oh so girly specialty boutique |
| | Labels: | of-the-moment lines from Citizens of Humanity, Havaianas, Carmen Flores to Cosabella |
| | Website: | pookieandsebastian.com |
| | Address: | 1488 Second Avenue, New York City (additional stores in Murray Hill & the UWS) |
| | Phone: | 212.861.0550 |
| | Email: | customerservice@pookieandsebastian.com |
| | Hours: | monday-saturday, 11-9pm; sunday, 12-7pm |
| | Price Range: | $20-$150 (a serious bargain) |
| | Return Policy: | Exchange or store credit within 14 days of purchase |
| | Subway: | take the 6 train to 77th St. |
| | Directions: | Click here for a map |
Head to this fun ‘n flirty shop for irresistible cheap ‘n chic designer knock-offs that won’t break the bank. Our faves for the season: whimsical skirts, beaded cocktail dresses, True Religion jeans, girly T’s, Cosabella undies and sparkly jewelry. Jazz up your look in a NY minute with a knockout clutch you’ll covet for years to come. And if you can’t find what you came for, don’t sweat it: there are two equally impressive sister stores in the city, plus a swanky online store. Happy shopping!
Photography © Pookie & Sebastian
Manhattan Mania: Canteloup
Friday, July 13, 2007
| | Store: | Cantaloup |
| | Description: | trendy togs to die for |
| | Address: | 1036 Lexington Avenue (@ 74th Street) |
| | Phone: | 212-249-3566 |
| | Hours: | Mon-Sat 11-7, Sun 12-6 |
| | Price Range: | $36-$1000 |
| | Return Policy: | 10 days for store credit. Sale items are final sale. |
| | Subway: | 6 to 77th Street |
| | Directions: | Click here for a map |
A mix of downtown cool with uptown sophistication, Canteloup is a super chic boutique stocked with cutting-edge designer labels from around the world. Fashion editors, celebs and the A-List crowd flock here for hipster Australian labels like Sass & Bide and Willow, Diego Binetti, La Cosa and re-worked vintage T’s from Burn ‘n Violet. As if that’s not reason enough to sprint on over, they also carry a dynamite denim selection, sexy lingerie, funky tees, cool carryalls and to-die-for jewelry by the cash. Need we say more?
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