Manufacturers are now producing high quality goods. They are good because they are not mass produced for world consumption

1. New York

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In what other city do you see a toddlers running around in perfectly matching Tory Burch ballet flats and tiny purses or be able to go on curated vintage shopping sprees?
"This town has so much diversity in style and interpretations of chic," says New York-based fashion editor and stylist Stella Lee.
For something you can't simply Google up, Lee recommends vintage showroom Rare Vintage for "anyone who is visiting and in search of a shopping gem unique to NYC."
"You can find pieces from every possible era spanning the entire last century of fashion history, and from a wide range of design houses including the likes of Galanos, Dior, Givenchy, Ungaro, Pierre Cardin, Ossie Clark, and more," says Lee.
If you have the stamina to get up at ungodly hours for the city's sample sale stampedes, New York Magazine has a comprehensive guide.
Whip out the plastic at:
Rare Vintage, 24 West 57th St., New York; [phone]; open Monday-Friday 11:30 a.m.-6 p.m.
From vintage collectibles to local art and crafts: Brooklyn Flea (Fort Greene Flea), 176 Lafayette Ave., Brooklyn, open Saturday and Sunday 10 a.m.- 5 p.m., (moves to 1 Hanson Place at Ashland Pl., Fort Greene from November 24 to April)
Originally published November 2012; updated November 2013.
 
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