Boston-area 'cool clothes' shopping

[jbsegal]

So, where do (female) people go around here to buy their goth/retro/clubbing/vintage-styled clothing?

Asking for someone else on my friends list who's despairing of Boston's ability to provide.

Comments

[ceelove]

Well, Garment District, obviously. Unfortunately, I've heard my ravekid-pants outlet, Ozone, has closed. And there's Poor Little Rich Girl in Davis Square, if that's her thing.

[magid]

Second the Garment District (though there's some chance it will be put out of business by rezoning or some such thing... :-( ).

[moominmolly]

According to their website, even if they are forced to move, they will reopen in another location.

[moominmolly]

I can usually find fun things in the Garment District or on Hootenanny's sales racks. If you're into sociology, go to the Garment District early on Saturday mornings for the bizarre ritual that is Dollar-A-Pound. (Hootenanny's in The Garage in Harvard Square.)

And, actually, a surprising amount of fun stuff pops up at Target if you don't mind dropping by every few weeks. Sadly, the best Target stuff comes up about a month before Halloween -- right after they put the Halloween stuff out but before the shelves get picked clean. :) I'm not sure that counts, though.

[catya]

thrift stores....

[coraline]

given that i do almost all my clothing shopping in boston... i'd say there's plenty.
hootenanny, garment district/$-a-pound, plus the various goodwills and salvation armies (including the huge salvation army which is in some town near here which i'm currently blanking on.)
poor little rich girl, and there's a bunch of other clothing stores like it in harvard square -- there's one on arrow street (which also sells antiques, but i've found some very good clothing there) and of course oona's...

[pumpkin_pi]

Are you thinking of the Salvation Army on Route 1 in Saugus? It's pretty darn huge.

[coraline]

yes! thank you, i knew i was some random town i don't ever go to for any other reason, on some single-digit local highway route, but couldn't remember the name.

i need to go back there.

[wolfkitn]

we should go sometime -- i suspect we're close enough to the same size that shopping together would be useful and practical (not to mention, er, fun? :) ).