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WESTBURY MALL
(Clarendon St; 10am-6pm Mon-Sat, noon-5pm Sun; all city centre)
Wedged between the five-star
Westbury Hotel and the expensive jewellery stores of Johnson's Court, this small mall has
a handful of pricey, specialist shops selling everything from Persian rugs to buttons and
lace or tasteful children's wooden toys.
SHOPPING ARCADE
POWERSCOURT TOWNHOUSE SHOPPING CENTRE
SHOPPING MALL
( 01-679 4144; 59 South William St; 10am-6pm Mon-Wed & Fri, 10am-8pm Thu, 9am-6pm Sat, noon-6pm
Sun)
This absolutely gorgeous and stylish centre is in a carefully refurbished Georgian
townhouse, built between 1741 and 1744. These days it's best known for its cafes and res-
taurants but it also does a top-end, selective trade in high fashion, art, exquisite handi-
crafts and other chichi sundries.
ST STEPHEN'S GREEN SHOPPING CENTRE
( 01-478 0888; West St Stephen's Green; 9am-7pm Mon-Wed, Fri & Sat, 9am-9pm Thu, 11am-6pm Sun)
A
1980s version of a 19th-century shopping arcade, the dramatic, balconied interior and
central courtyard are a bit too grand for the nondescript chain stores within. There's a
Boots, Benetton and large Dunnes Store with supermarket, as well as last-season designer
warehouse TK Maxx.
SHOPPING MALL
HARLEQUIN
VINTAGE CLOTHING
( 01-671 0202; 13 Castle Market; 10.30am-6pm Mon-Wed, Fri & Sat, 10.30am-7pm Thu; all city centre)
A fantastically cluttered shop, jam-packed with authentic vintage clothing gems from the
1920s onwards, as well as satin gloves, top hats, snakeskin bags and jet-beaded chokers.
JENNY VANDER
( 01-677 0406; 50 Drury St)
This secondhand store oozes elegance and sophistication. Dis-
cerning fashionistas and film stylists snap up the exquisite beaded handbags, fur-trimmed
coats, richly patterned dresses and costume jewellery priced as if it were the real thing.
CLOTHING
