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Shopping
If it's made in Ireland - or pretty much anywhere else - you can find
it in Dublin. Grafton St is home to a range of largely British-owned high-street
chain stores, but you'll find the best local boutiques in the surrounding streets.
On the north side, pedestrianised Henry St has international chain stores, as well
as Dublin's best department store, Arnott's.
Traditional Irish Products
Traditional Irish products such as crystal and knitwear remain popular choices, and you can
increasingly find innovative modern takes on the classics. But steer clear of the mass-pro-
duced junk whose joke value isn't worth the hassle of carting it home on the plane: trust us,
there's no such thing as a genuine shillelagh (Irish fighting stick) for sale anywhere in
town.
Fashion
Men's bespoke tailoring is rather thin on the ground. Designers have tried to instil a sense
of classical style in the Dublin male, but the species doesn't seem too interested - any
pressed shirt and leather shoe seems to suffice.
Streetwear is very trendy and the most obvious buyers are the city's younger consumers.
They spend their Saturdays, off-days and lunch hours ambling about Grafton St and its side
streets on the south side, or Henry St and its surrounds on the far side of the Liffey.
At the other end of the fashion spectrum, you'll find all the knit and tweed you want at
Avoca Handweavers ( Click here ) or Blarney Woollen Mills ( Click here ).
Markets
In recent years Dublin has gone gaga for markets. Which is kind of ironic, considering the
city's traditional markets, such as Moore St, were ignored by those same folks who now
can't get enough of the homemade hummus on sale at the new gourmet spots. It's all
so…Continental.
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