Style & Shopping

100 Best Shops

13 Great Places to Shop for Outdoor Gear (That Aren't REI)

These retailers of rugged wares get you geared up for any adventure on the trail, waves, or, sure, pavement.

10/23/2017 By Rosin Saez and Darren Davis

100 Best Shops

Meet Seattle's New Crop of Plant Stores

5 shops to help you breathe a little life into your home or office.

10/23/2017 By Darren Davis

100 Best Shops

A Handy Gift-Buying Flowchart

Bestowing the perfect present starts with going to the right shop. Our savvy flowchart helps you find something for the people in your life who fall all along the hipness spectrum.

10/23/2017 By Rosin Saez

100 Great little Shops

Seattle's 10 Best Shops for Home and Design Goods

Pared down and minimal or rustic Pacific Northwest, these dens of decor help make homes feel, well, sweet. And stylish, too.

10/23/2017 By Rosin Saez

100 Best Shops

5 Only-in-Seattle Stores for Gags and Gifts

In need of an extremely creepy horse mask? Or maybe it’s an imported tea set you seek. These Seattle stores carry the neat and the novelty.

10/23/2017 By Darren Davis and Rosin Saez

Best of the City

Seattle's 100 Best Little Shops

A road map to Seattle’s retail scene: the old, the new, the hip, and the hidden.

10/22/2017 By Rosin Saez and Darren Davis

Sales & Events

Wear What When: October 16–22

This week's fun times include the eighth annual Runway to Freedom fashion show, a macrame plant hanger workshop, and Fremont Third Thursday.

10/16/2017 By Rosin Saez

Spectacles

Warby Parker Is Coming for the Four-Eyes on Capitol Hill

A third Seattle location for the eyewear shop opens Saturday, October 14.

10/13/2017 By Rosin Saez

Retail Wire

Moorea Seal's New Flagship Store Is Now Open Downtown

The shop's Belltown location is no more. Check out its new sweeping headquarters on First Avenue downtown.

10/13/2017 By Rosin Saez

Sales & Events

Wear What When: October 10–15

This week: Seattle Fashion Week kicks off, Blackbird hosts a skin care super sale, and Dress for Success will have major deals on designer threads.

10/10/2017 By Rosin Saez

Sales & Events

Wear What When: October 2–8

This week: Local designers pop up at Clementines and Glasswing Shop brews coffee alongside coffee-dyed clothes.

10/02/2017 By Rosin Saez

Sales & Events

Wear What When: September 27–October 1

This week brings fun for all: geeky couture fashion shows, outdoor gear expo at Filson, and Everlane pops into Nordstrom.

09/27/2017 By Rosin Saez

Style

Fall Fashion 2017: Electric Dreams

Dystopic, gritty, and utterly cool. Pile on the velvet and wool to get lost in autumn’s cinematic sartorial vibe.

09/20/2017 By Rosin Saez With Sara Marie D’Eugenio Photography by Brandon Hill

How We Got That Shot

Fall Fashion 2017: Behind the Scenes

Watch the season’s styles come together on our fashion shoot.

09/20/2017 Videography by Lou Daprile

Sales & Events

Wear What When: September 18–24

Bellevue Fashion Week is finally here, Visette Boutique blesses us with a sample sale, and Join Shop hosts a wood whittling workshop.

09/19/2017 By Rosin Saez

Retail Renovations

First Look: Mario's Remodel in Downtown Seattle

It's bigger, brighter, renovated...but its heart and soul remains ever the same.

09/13/2017 By Rosin Saez

Sales & Events

Wear What When: September 11–17

This week, Universal Standard proves exciting fashion doesn't stop at size four, Callus hosts a vintage market in Pioneer Square, and MOHAI lectures us on Seattle style.

09/11/2017 By Rosin Saez

Sales & Events

Wear What When: September 4–10

This week, Nordstrom Rack opens in Lincoln Square, Butch Blum celebrates 43 years, and Fluevog has a birthday bash.

09/04/2017 By Rosin Saez

Neighborhood Guide

Where to Shop in Fremont

From a subterranean vintage mall to a boutique of geekery, there's something for everyone in Seattle's so-called center of the universe.

09/01/2017 By Seattle Met Staff

Sales & Events

Wear What When: August 29–September 4

Adventurers, moms-to-be, and trend hounds alike: Shop sales for new fall arrivals.

08/29/2017 By Rosin Saez