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silk cheongsam (traditional Chinese high-necked dresses) to teaware.
The big names in avant-garde fashion have landed in SoHo, but
you'll also find one-of-a-kind boutiques, such as the
Hat Shop,
120
Thompson St., between Prince and Spring streets (
&
212/219-1445
),
a full-service milliner for women.
NOLITA
Not so long ago,
Elizabeth Street
was a quiet adjunct to Little Italy.
Today it's one of the hottest shopping strips in the neighborhood
known as Nolita. Elizabeth and neighboring
Mott and Mulberry
streets
are dotted with an increasing number of shops between Hous-
ton Street and the Bowery. It's an easy walk from the Broadway/
Lafayette stop on the F, V line to the neighborhood, since it starts
just east of Lafayette Street; you can take the no. 6 train to Spring
Street, or the N, R to Prince Street, and walk east from there.
Its wall-to-wall boutiques are largely the province of shopkeepers
specializing in high-quality fashion-forward products. More and
more, it's become a beacon of ethnic designs from around the world.
Indomix
(232 Mulberry St.;
&
212/334-6356;
www.indomix.com)
offers beaded tunics and other colorful south-Asian styles by five top
designers in India. Texan-born designer and skateboarder
Tracy Feith
(209 Mulberry St.;
&
212/334-3097
) creates irresistibly pretty slip
dresses, skirts, and tops in eye-popping colors and light-as-air Indian
silk in his eponymous store on Mulberry Street.
Nolita is also an accessories bonanza; stop in at
Sigerson Morri-
son
(20 Prince St.;
&
212/219-3893
for great shoes or
Push
(240
Mulberry St.;
&
212/965-9699
) for eye-catching jewelry.
THE EAST VILLAGE
The East Village personifies bohemian hip, though many New York-
ers would argue that SoHo's gentrification has engulfed it as well.
The easiest subway access is the no. 6 train to Astor Place.
East 9th Street
between Second Avenue and Avenue A is lined
with an increasingly smart collection of boutiques, proof that the
East Village isn't just for kids anymore. Designers, including
Jill
Anderson
(331 E. 9th St.;
&
212/253-1747
) and
Huminska
(315
E. 9th St.;
&
212/677-3458
) sell excellent-quality and original
fashions for women along here.
If it's strange, illegal, or funky, it's probably available on
St. Marks
Place,
which takes over for 8th Street, running east from Third
Avenue to Avenue A. This strip is a permanent street market, with
countless T-shirt, tattoo and boho jewelry stands. The height of the
