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Adirondack Style
American Indian Arts & Crafts
Antiques
Arts and Crafts
Auction Houses / Galleries
Bath & Body
Bespoke
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Canoes
Children's Clothing
Chocolates
Comparison & Search Engines
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Gardening
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Home Furnishings
Housekeeping
Jeans
Jewelry and Watches
Kayaks
Kitchen & Cookware
Leather Goods
Linens, Bedding, Towels
Menswear
Museum Shops
Music
Outdoor Clothing & Gear
Pens & Stationery
Sample Sales
Spa Shops
Tableware
Textbooks
Tools
Toys
Vintage & Consignment
Western
Womenswear
Youthwear
A La Vieille Russie - Jewelry, snuff boxes, Faberge, silver, Russian icons and works of art.
A. Testoni - Founded in Bologna, Italy by Amedeo Testoni in 1929, the firm makes shoes and accessories for men and women.
Aaron Faber Gallery - 20th and 21st century jewelry
ABC Carpet & Home
Abt Electronics - Chicago
Acorn Designs - Trumansburg, New York. Bookmarks, notepads, journals and notecards. "Images from nature on ecological papers." (800-299-3997)
AddALL: Book Searching and Price Comparison - Allows you to search and compare book price at 41 bookstores.
Advanced Book Exchange
Abercrombie & Fitch
Adam + Eve - Luxury tees
Adidas - Athletic footwear
Adirondack Style: Designers and Craftsmen
Abiding Branches - Rustic Furnishings by Anto Parseghian, King Ferry, New York. (315-364-7982)
Adirondack Museum Rustic Fair - Blue Mountain Lake. Held annually at the Adirondack Museum the first weekend after Labor Day.
Adirondack Rustic Creations - David Daby, Vermontville, New York (518-891-2557)
Adirondack Rustic Furnishings - Phil Kellogg, South Glen Falls, New York (518-792-0017)
Adirondack Rustics Gallery - Barry & Matthew Gregson, Schroon Lake, New York (518 532-0020)
Adirondack Trading Post - William Betrus, Saranac (518-293-1240)
Bald Mountain Rustics - Steve Bowers, Keene, New York (518-576-9116)
Bookman Rustic Furniture - Russ DeFonce, Long Lake (518-624-6015)
Thomas W. Brady Furniture Maker - Bolton Landing, New York (518-644-9801)
William R. Gleaves Woodworking - Northville (518-863-6927)
Jason Henderson - Contemporary rustic furniture. Bolton Landing, New York.
George Jaques Rustic Furniture - Keene Valley, New York (518-576-2214)
Gone Wild Creations - Antler chandeliers created by Brant G. Davis, Ellicottville, New York (716-699-6300)
Ralph Kylloe Rustic Design Gallery - Lake George. Kylloe is an authority on the Indiana Hickory Furniture Movement and is a designer for the Old Hickory Furniture Company in
Shelbyville, Indiana.
Major Pieces - Jay Dawson, Saranac Lake, New York (518-891-5075)
Meet the Masters of North Country Folklife - Profile of Tom Phillips, rustic furniture maker (04/06/04). North Country Public Radio, Project of TAUNY (Traditional Arts in Upstate New York).
Tom Nicholas Custom Woodwork - Schuyler Falls
Red Truck Clay Works - Located in Chestertown (518-494- 2074) and Blue Mountain Lake (518-352-7611)
Rustic Cottage - Jeffersonville
Rustic Homestead - Tom Welch, Minerva, New York (518-251-4038)
Rustic Show - Danbury, CT. With list of participating artists
Sampson Bog Studio - Barney Bellinger, Mayfield (518-661-6563). Bellinger will be presenting a lecture on November 15th for the Doyle+Design series at Doyle New York: "Founded by
furniture artist Barney Bellinger, Sampson Bog Studio is more than a rustic furniture manufacturer. It is an art studio where bark, twigs and natural materials are gathered into the hands of
an individual inspired by the romance and mystery of logging trails, wildlife refuges, fly fishing sites, and the Great Camps of the Adirondacks. Mr. Bellinger's understanding of various
woods is part book-learned and part inherited wisdom from a grandfather who worked in lumber camps in the early 1900s and spent cherished time in later years sharing secrets of the
woods. Furniture created by Mr. Bellinger has been exhibited at the National Museum of Wildlife Art, the Adirondack Museum, and the Ralph Kylloe Gallery, and appears in the permanent
collections of the Orvis Company and the Smithsonian Institution."
Saranac Hollow Woodworking - Saranac. Owner Hal Moore makes Furniture and sells flooring, doors and lumber.
Pete Schoonmaker - Gloversville, New York (518-725-4521). Makes a very handsome Adirondack Westport chair in teak-oiled mahogany ($525).
Traditional Arts in Upstate New York
Youngs Studio & Gallery - Jay. Sue Burdick Young and Terry Young.
Adrienne Vittadini
Aeropostale
Agnelle - Saint Junien, France, glovemakers.
Agnes B. - Boutiques in Boston, New York, Los Angeles & San Francisco
Aigle - Outdoor clothing "based on three common principles: quality, function, and gimmick-free elegance."
Airwalk - Athletic footwear
Alain Gauthier - Chemises, Paris
Alan Flusser - New York. Custom tailored clothing for men.
Alapage - French online book and music store
Alden Shoes of Carmel
Alden of New England - Men's shoes
Alfred Sargent - Shoemaker
Allders - UK department store
Allen-Edmonds - Men's shoes. Port Washington, Wisconsin
Alessi
Alexander McQueen - Menswear
Allen Solly - Relaxed formal wear
Alpineer - Crested Butte, Colorado, store sells outdoor clothing and equipment
Altona - Caroline Freese, Palm Beach
Altrec - Outdoor gear
Amanda Wakeley - London
Amazon.com - To find sales, search for special offers, On Sale Now , clearance, Bargain Books, 4-for-3 promotion , Today's Deals, Friday Sale , amazon.com outlet , outlet
recommendations , 50% off , 75% off etc.
American Eagle Outfitters
American Girl - Pleasant Company, the manufacturer of the American Girls Collection of dolls.
Anali - Fine linens and accessories
Anderson & Sheppard - Bespoke tailors, Savile Row
Andrew Marc
Anichini - Tunbridge, Vermont. Luxury textiles
Anita's Ocarinas - Anita Feng makes these ancient folk instruments from a smooth, high-fire clay.
Ann Taylor
Anne Fontaine
Anne Klein
Annick Goutal Parfums - Paris
Anthropoligie - Clothing, accessories, home decor and furniture.
American Indian Arts & Crafts
Iroquois Doll Makers - Located on the Cattaraugus Indian Reservation, home of the Seneca Nation of Indians.
Antiques
A La Vieille Russie - Jewelry, snuff boxes, Faberge, silver, Russian icons and works of art.
Wartski - London
Antonio Berardi
Antonio Fusco - Milano
A.P.C. - Paris
Apple Ipods
April Cornell - Women's clothing, housewares, linen
Aquarius Records - Oldest independent record store in San Francisco
Arche Shoes
Ariat
Armani Exchange
Arnesco Scandinavia - Danish contemporary design products for home and office.
Art and Craft Shows - Searchable database of arts and crafts events.
Arc'teryx - Outdoor clothing and gear
Arts and Crafts
American Craft Council
Art and Craft Shows - Searchable database of arts and crafts events.
Bear Creek Glass - Founded in 2004 by Joseph Thompson in Birmingham, Alabama. Artisans in the studio create chandeliers, pendant lights, bowls and vases.
Great Barrington Pottery
Oregon Wool Growers Association - The Gilkeson Family Farm sells small wool rugs, hats and felted soaps.
SOFA - Sculpture Objects & Functional Art Expositions - Holds two shows annually in Chicago and New York
Arthur Price of England - Silversmiths, cutlers. Web address no longer works (8/20/08). See DIME Working Papers on Intellectural Property Rights.
Arte Italica
Artelano - Paris. Contemporary furniture.
Arnys - Paris. See photographs by David Henry of Staircase at Arnys and portraits of the owners - Jean Grimbert and Michel Grimbert.
Ascot Chang - Shirtmaker
Ashworth - "Golf inspired sportswear"
Asics - Footwear for running, volleyball, track and field.
Asolo - Italian company makes outdoor gear.
Asprey - London
Asprey & Garrard - Jewelry
A.T. Cross Co. - Pens
Auction Houses / Galleries
Adam A. Weschler's & Sons - Washington, D.C.
Bonhams London
Bukowskis Auktioner - Stockholm
Christie's - New York & London auction gallery
Dorotheum Auction House - Austrian auction house
Galeries Lafayette
Gazette de l'Hotel Drouot - Paris auction house. With catalogues, a search engine and links to auctioneers. Gazette Web is the auction sales weekly magazine.
Lunds Auctioneers & Appraisers - Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Nagel Auctions - Stuttgarter Kunst Auktionshaus
Phillips New York
Skinner - Boston
Sloan's Auctioneers & Appraisers - Washington D.C. and Miami
Sotheby's - New York (and London) auction gallery
Stockholms Auktionsverk - Stockholm
Swann Auction Galleries - New York
Auping - Dutch company sells, beds, linens and accessories.
Aurora Fernandez - Swimwear (Spain)
Auto - "Located in New York City's meatpacking district and co-owned by husband and wife Renata Bokalo and Roman Luba...sells design-driven home, fashion and baby accessories,
bedding, fine jewelry, furniture, books, art and gift items."
Aveda - Plant-based beauty products, with a strong environmental sustainability policy
Avventura - Men's shoes, boots & leather goods
Avoca - 11 Suffolk Street, Dublin. Rugs, throws, scarves, tweeds, linens and pottery, teas and jams from Ireland.
Austin Reed - Designer garments, U.K.
Baby Phat
Balducci's - "Food lover's market."
Bally - Shoes and clothing
Banana Republic
Bang & Olufsen - Danish company manufactures high-end audio and video products.
Barbara Bui - Paris, Milan, New York
Barbour - Men's and women's outdoor activity and country sport clothing. They have an outlet in Milford, New Hampshire, just off Route 101 at 55 Meadowbrook Drive (603-673-1313)
Barclay-Crocker - Fine soaps and toiletries
Bardwil Home - Their Lenox Platinum towels are "made from a combination of ultra soft premium cotton and bamboo fibers. These fibers result in a yarn which creates an extremely soft
and absorbent towel with the feel of cashmere."
Barker Black - "Epitome of English refinement....on select shoes the skull and crossbone logo is painstakingly tacked into the sole by hand."
Barmah Hats - "Australia's best bush hats."
Barnes & Noble - "World's largest bookseller online"
Barneys New York
Le Baron - Canadian outdoor products (Kamik, Sorel, Danner boots)
Armand Basi
Bass Pro Shops
Bates Mill Store - Bedspreads (Lewiston, Maine)
Battistoni - Guglielmo Battistoni started as a shirt maker in 1946
Baume et Mercier - Fine watches, Geneva
BCBG
Bear Creek Glass - Founded in 2004 by Joseph Thompson in Birmingham, Alabama, artisans in the studio create chandeliers, pendant lights, bowls and vases.
Beatties - UK department store
Bebe - Women's clothing
Become - Search engine for shopping research is in beta. You need to register to try it out.
Bed Bath & Beyond
Bedo - Montreal. Urban wear for men and women
Belvest - Menswear, Milano
Benneton
Bennington Potters - Bennington, Vermont.
Benson and Clegg - London shirtmakers
Bentley & Skinner - London Jewellers. See their Cufflinks
Bergdorf Goodman - U.S. department store
Bernardaud - Paris. Fine China
Bershka
Bath & Body
Annick Goutal Parfums - Paris
Aveda - Plant-based beauty products, with a strong environmental sustainability policy
Badger - "Simple blends of traditionally processed botanicals brimming with life force. They are completely natural and chemical-free."
Barclay-Crocker - Fine soaps and toiletries
Baronessa Cali - Known for Tarocco olive oil and blood orange skincare products
Bigelow Chemists - New York. (Bath & Body Works sells their Premium Shave Cream with eucalyptus oil for $10)
Bobbi Brown - Cosmetics
Body Shop - Skin and hair care
Bronnley - "Makers of the best soaps in the world."
Burt's Bees
Castle Forbes Collection
Caswell-Massey - Soaps, toiletries, gifts
Clarins - Paris
Claus Porto - Italian luxury soaps
Clinique
Coty
Crabtree & Evelyn
Eskandar
European Soaps Ltd.
Floris of London - Perfumers to Her Majesty the Queen
Fragrance
Fresh - Known for their hand-milled soaps, but they also sell products for "skincare, makeup, fragrance, haircare, bodycare and home."
Geo. F Trumper - London. "Gentlemen's fragrances and grooming products."
Gessato - Men's luxury skin care products. Founded in New York in 2005 by Cristina Lanza and Davide Carbone.
Gianna Rose Atelier - "Fine soap and personal care gifts and accessories."
Gilchrist & Soames - London.
Guerlain
Honey House
Jane de Dananche - Paris. Skincare products.
Jane Iredale Mineral Cosmetics
Kiehl's - New York pharmacy has been in business for over 150 years.
Malin and Goetz - Skincare
Mayari Goatmilk Soaps - Bucksport, Maine
Miller et Bertaux
Mistral - "Thirty soap fragrances, as well as a full range of Mistral-scented personal care products." They sell lovely shea butter hand creams (Melon Pear, Grapefruit Red Currant, Vanilla
Apricot, Green Fig)
Molton Brown - UK
Natura
Neal's Yard Remedies - London. "Organic skin and body care, and natural remedies."
Nude Skincare - Created by Bryan Meehan
L'Occitane en Provence
Officina Profumo Farmaceutica di Santa Maria Novella - Via della Scala 16, Firenze / Florence. See Heaven Scent by Mishal Husain, Smithsonian Magazine, February, 2008.
Origins - Skincare products
Panier des Sens - Soaps, bath oils, body lotions from Provence. They have a very nice Green Tomato Shea Butter Soap.
Pecksniffs - "Pecksniff's is still family owned, and one of the last truly independent British fragance houses."
Perfume
Perfume Bay
PerfumMania
Perscriptives
ProTerra
Redken
Roger & Gallet - Paris. "Créateur de parfums, eaux de toilette, eau de Cologne."
Sally Beauty Supplies
Les Salons de Palais Royal Shiseido - Paris. Serge Lutens, Parfumier
Savon de Marseille - Olive oil soaps from the south of France.
Scottish Fine Soaps
Sephora
Shu Uemura
Stila Cosmetics
Taylor of Old Bond Street - London. "shaving, straight edge razor, aftershave, mens gifts, luxury gifts, skin products."
Thymes Ltd. - Bath, body and home products.
Tom's Of Maine - "Natural personal care products"
Truefitt & Hill - London. "In 1805, William Francis Truefitt opened his first Gentlemen's Barber Shop at 2 Cross-Lane, Long Acre, London. Over the years clients have included the Royal
Family, CEOs, members of Parliament, dignitaries, and countless celebrities."
Bespoke
Term used for custom-made suits, shirts and shoes. Journalist Peter Howarth it thus: "In brief, the elements that go into making a pukka bespoke product: you start from scratch with
measuring sessions, individual patterns are created, horsehair canvasses for inside the garment are washed, softened and hand-shaped over the knee, there's a great deal of hand-
making, three fittings, six to 10 weeks waiting time, 65.5 manufacturing hours and a price tag of about Pounds 2,750 for a two-piece. Personal tailoring, on the other hand, is where you
take an existing garment and make a version of it, largely by machine to the customer's specifications. You can change fabrics and linings and details and in four to six weeks have a
pretty special result starting at that magical Pounds 695 for a two-piece." (Tailored to a Suitable Price, Financial Times, 27 November 2004.)
Further amplification is provided by Ray A. Smith in his A Real Savile Row, Wall Street Journal, April14-15, 2007. "William Skinner worries that customers will think that made-to-
measure, which typically involves using a stock pattern that is then adjusted to fit the client's measurements and taste, is the same thing as bespoke or custom...Custom suits are made
entirely from scratch - mostly by hand, in a process that can take at least two or three fittings and at least eight weeks. More than 20 measurements are taken for a besopke garment."
Thomas Mahon provides much helpful information on his website, English Cut. See, in particular, his What is Bespoke?.
Other resources include The London Cut: Savile Row Bespoke Tailoring, an exhibition held in the Palazzo Pitti in Florence in January and February 2007, the Custom Tailors & Designers
Association of America which has a Find a Tailor database, and Savile Row Bespoke an association formed in 2004 "to protect and to develop the art of bespoke tailoring as practised in
the Row and the surrounding streets" which provides a member list. Bespoke tailors, many located on Savile Row, include:
Anderson & Sheppard
Dege & Skinner
Henry Poole
Huntsman
Gieves and Hawkes
Timothy Everest
Bespoke shoemakers or bootmakers include:
Berluti
John Lobb
George Cleverley & Co.
Edward Green - Jermyn Street, London. Bespoke shoes and boots. "Finest shoes in England for the discerning few."
J. Amesbury & Co
Handmade Shoes for Men - Book by Laszlo Vass & Magda Molnar
Bespone shirtmakers include:
Hilditch & Key - Jermyn Street, London.
Steven Hitchcock
Coles
Turnball and Asser
Thomas Pink
Best & Co.
Best Book Buys - Bookstore comparison service searches 26 online bookstores.
Best Buy
Best Things - "Company devoted to the sale of high quality goods offered at the best possible prices without sacrificing service."
Betsey Johnson
Better Business Bureau Search - You can also Locate A Better Business Bureau
Betty Barclay
Bettye Muller - Women's designer shoes.
Bexley - "Fine [French] shoes for men."
Bibliopoly - Beta version of multilinqual online database of rare books for sale from the stock of leading and specialised dealers.
Bigelow Chemists - New York
Bio Emerging Designers - 29 Prince Street, New York
Birkenstock
Bisazza - Manufacturer of glass mosaic for floors and walls located in Vicenza, Italy.
Bisou-Bisou
Bleuforet - des chaussettes et collants
Blockbuster Video
Bloomingdale's
Blue Plate Fashion - "Young, contemporary fashion." Skirts, tops, bed spreads, dresses, shoes, bags.
Blue Willi's
Bluefly - "Outlet store in your home" sells Prada, Calvin Klein, Donna Karan, Gucci at a discount
Bluemarine
Blundstones - Boots, footwear (Tasmania)
Boats
Electric Launch Company (Elco) - Athens, New York, company is the "recognized premier manufacturer of fine quality electric launches and electric drive systems."
Hacker Boat Company - Silver Bay, New York (on Lake George)
Hilmark Boats - Campbell River, British Columbia, Canada. Known for their "high quality, handcrafted, traditional Wooden Boats including the Tyee Row Boat, the beautiful Campbell River
Classic Row Boat, as well as new traditionally designed wooden lapstrake boats from W. J. Simmons of Duck Trap Woodworking."
Willie Boats - "Custom aluminum boat manufacturer specializing in drift and power boats" located Central Point, Oregon.
Boda Nova
Bodega Chocolates
Boden
Bodleian Library Shopping Arcade - University of Oxford
Bodum - Kitchenware. See Tested: Bodum Canteen Glass, New York Magazine, August 13, 2007.
Body Shop - Skin and hair care
Bol.com - "World's most international media and entertainment store." Offers books, music, dvd/video and gifts.
Bolle - Eyewear, sunglasses
Bombay Company
Bombons Blanxart - Barcelona chocolate maker
Bobbi Brown - Cosmetics
Le bon marché - Paris department store
Bon-Ton
Bonpoint - Paris. Children's clothing.
Books
aLibris - Used, rare, out-of-print
Amazon.com - Look for Today's Deals, Clearance, Friday Sale, amazon.com outlet and outlet recommendations.
Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America (ABAA) - Lists dealers by specialty and has a Search Page
AddALL: Book Searching and Price Comparison - Allows you to search and compare book price at 41 bookstores.
Advanced Book Exchange (ABE) - "Search 13,500 booksellers selling 80 million books."
Antiqbook - Netherlands Antiquarian Booksellers' Network. "Unites more than 400 independent booksellers from all over the world."
Barnes and Noble
Best Book Buys - Bookstore comparison service searches 26 online bookstores
Biblio
Bibliopoly
BookFinder - "Compare prices on over 100 million books for sale."
BookSense - National marketing campaign on behalf of the independent bookstores of America. Book Sense Bestseller List is based on sales from over 350 independent bookstores
across America. Book Sense 76 Picks is a bi-monthly selection of eclectic new books chosen by independent booksellers.
DealTime, a comparison shopping engine for books, music and video,
Ebay
ISBN - "Quick way to compare the prices of any in-print and many out-of-print books at 14 online bookstores."
Site de libraires professionnels du livre d'occasion, anciens et modernes - M. Pascal Chartier. "589 librairies, 3 060 687 livres d'occasion, anciens et modernes." The Annuaire
électronique is searchable by region, name and specialty.
Strand Bookstore - New York. "18 miles of books."
Used Book Search - "Search 60 million used books worldwide."
Bose - "Acoustic wave music system"
Botkier - Luxury handbags
Bottega Veneta
Boussac Fadini
Bowling's Last Stand - Bear Lake, Michigan, company sells sturdy steel Christmas tree stands.
Brahmin Leather Works
Brigatti - "Tutto per tutti gli sport" (Milano)
Brio - Swedish toy manufacturer
Brioni - Italian menswear
Bronnley - "Makers of the best soaps in the world."
Brook Taverner - British orporate and retail tailors
Brooklyn Industries - T-shirts, hoodies, bags
Brookstone
Brooks Brothers - Check out their Audubon Collection
Browns - London. Created by Joan Burstein with her husband Sidney in 1970.
Bruno Magli - Shoes
BTC Elements - "Sustainable and fairly traded products" including bamboo and organic denim.
Buck Knives
Buffalo Boots - (Requires Shockwave)
Bulgari - Contemporary Italian jewellers
Bulthaup étoile - Paris
Bunnies by the Bay
Burberry
Burlington Arcade - London. "The world’s very first shopping Arcade, opened in 1819 to great acclaim and now recognised as a historic and architectural masterpiece."
Burlington Coat Factory
Burning Torch - Los Angeles company founded in 1999 by designer Karyn Craven. "The collections are driven by a vision that melds vintage, modern, organic and global sentiments.
Unique to the company is Craven's commitment to recycling materials and to the idea that the energy of all time and history is in each and every garment."
Burpee Seeds & Plants
Burt's Bees
Burton - Gear for snowboarders
Buy.com
Buyer's Index - "Search 20,000 Web shopping sites and mail order catalogs with over 300 million product offerings."
Byblos
C&C California
C.R. Gibson - Photograph albums, scrapbooks, journals, stationery
Cabela's - Hunting, fishing and outdoor gear
Cacharel
California Closets
Callaway Golf
Catherine Zadeh
Calypso - Christiane Celle
Camper
Campmor - "Gear for camping, backpacking, mountaineering, hiking, trekking, canoeing, kayaking, in-line skating, and bicycling."
La Canadienne
Canali - Menswear
Canoes
Books on Canoeing include:
Reflections from Canoe Country - by Chris Angus, Syracuse University Press, 1999.
The Canoe: An Illustrated History - by Jim Poling, Countryman Press, 2001.
Rushton and His Times in American Canoeing - by Atwood Manley, Syracuse University Press, 1977.
Canoe makers include:
American Eagle Canoes - Cocoa, Florida
American Traders - Brattleboro, Vermont
Bearwood Canoe Company - Parry Sound, Ontario
Bell Canoe Works - Princeton, Minnesota
Bending Branches - Canoe and kayak paddles
Bent Tree
Bluewater Canoes - New Liskeard, Ontario
Carrying Place Canoe and Boat Works - Kleinburg, Ontario. "For over 30 years, canoe builder and designer Joe Ziemba has been custom building wooden canoes in cedar canvas and
cedar strip epoxy."
Clearwater Design - Picton, Ontario
Clipper Canoes -Abbotsford, British Columbia
Cranberry Creek Canoes -Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin
Dagger - Easley, South Carolina
Esquif
Feather -Sarasota, Florida. Cedar strip canoes.
Fletcher Canoes - Atikokan, Ontario
Gatz - Köln (Cologne), Germany
GRB Newman Designs - John and Gene Newman, Canton, NY (315-386-1363) - formerly Grasse River Boatworks
Great Canadian Canoe Co. - Sutton, Massachusetts
Grumman - Aluminum canoes
Headwater Wooden Boat Shop - Buckhorn, Ontario
Hellman - Nelson, BC, Canada
Hemlock Canoe Works - Dave Curtis, Hemlock, New York (585-367-3040)
Hornbeck
Hurley
Joe River - Traditional birchbark canoes made in Alcove, Quebec (819-459-2477)
Langford Canoe Co. - Dwight, Ontario. "Canada's oldest and most trusted manufacturer of canoes." They make classic cedar, assymmetrical and symetrical and specialized canoes. (800-
337-1006). They provide a helpful Canoe Tutorial. There are several Factory Outlets.
Lost in the Woods
Mad River Canoe
Merrimack
Mid-Canada Fiberglass
Mohawk
Navarro
Northwoods
Nova Craft
Oak Orchard
Old Town - Old Town, Maine
Osagian Canoes - Lebanon, Missouri (417-532-7288 or 866-532-3565)
Les Canots Pasquinel - Trois-Rivières, Quebec. Canots de cèdre (cedar canots
Placid Boatworks - Lake Placid, New York (518-524-2949)
Radisson/Sportspal
Ranger
Red River Canoe & Paddle - Lorette, Manitoba
Savage River
Scott
Shearwater
Souris River Canoes - Atikokan, Ontario, Canada.
Stockton
Superior Canoes - Scott Smith
Swift - Gravenhurst, Ontario
Upper Canada Paddle
Vermont
Vermont Canoe & Kayak - (802-496-5889)
Wenonah
Westport
Wood Song.
See also Maine Journeys Canoe, WCHA's Online Builder's Catalogs and Wooden Canoe Directory of Builders & Suppliers.
Canterbury Leather International Ltd. - New Zealand. Sheepskin footwear and outerwear.
Cappellini - Arosio, Italy. Giulio Cappellini has commissioned designers and architects from all of the world to create a Collezione of contemporary furniture.
Carhartt - "Original equipment for the active worker."
Carolina Herrara
Carrot & Stick Press - Oakland, California. Antique letterpress stationery. The bamboo placemats are quite nice. (See Collection)
Carson Pirie Scott - Regional department store chain (Chicago, Milwaukee, and central Illinois)
Carter's - Clothes for infants
Cartier
Casch - Copenhagen
Cassina - Contemporary furniture.
Castañer - Shoes
Caswell-Massey - Soaps, toiletries, gifts
Catalog City - Umbrella site for catalogue retailers
CatalogSite
Catherine Malandrino
CDBaby - Online record store that sells CDs by independent musicians. Allows you to listen to generous portions of music (try Deb Talan's Forgiven from her Something Burning CD).
CDnow - Online music store
CD Universe - Online music and video store.
Celine - Paris
Century 21 - 22 Cortlandt St. New York. Discount store for designer clothers. (212-227-9092)
Cesare Attolini - Napoli
Chaco - Footwear for outdoors
Le Chameau - French firm. "Since 1927, Le Chameau has been dedicated to creating exceptionally comfortable and refined collections of boots, shoes and clothing for all lovers of nature.
Chanel
Charbonnel et Walker - Chocolatier
Charles Jourdan - Women's shoes, Paris
Charles Tyrwhitt - Makers of fine shirts, Jermyn Street, London
Chatham Marine - British firm sells "casual, marine clothing & shoes for men & women."
Chaumet - Paris.
Charvet - Jean-Claude Colban. See What's My Line? Only the Most Prestigious Shirtmaker in the World by Josh Patner, New York Times Magazine, Spring, 2006, p. 88. "The stiching on a
standard collar is four millmeters from the edge," he says, explaining the special magic of a custom-made shirt. "In bespoke we can make it closer if you prefer...And we never fuse
collars. When the collar is fused, it is dead."
Chelsea Premium Outlets - Woodbury Common in Central Valley, New York, off the NY State Thruway (I-87) in Harriman, has 220 outlet stores, including Eileen Fisher, Fendi and Oilily.
Cheaney - "Shoemakers since 1886"
Chester Barrie - "Classic, English & Hand Tailored"
Chie Mihara Shoes
Children's Clothing
Baby Gap
Best & Co.
Bonpoint - Paris
Bunnies by the Bay
Carter's - Clothes for infants
Gymboree - Children's clothing and gifts
Gap Kids
Hanna Andersson - "Soft clothes of the nicest European quality for kids and their families"
Jacadi - Paris
Juicy Couture - See the Juicy Couture Baby line
Maclaren
Oilily - Dutch children's and women's clothing company
OshKosh B'Gosh
Sons & Daughters
Chinaberry - Online book store for families.
Chippewa Boots - See also Snakeboots
Chocolates
Aeschbach Chocolatier - Switzerland
Berzelii Choklad & Konfekt - Sweden
Bodega Chocolates
Bombons Blanxart - Barcelona chocolate maker
Burdick Chocolate - New Hampshire
Charbonnel et Walker - Chocolatier
Chocolaterie Bernard Callebaut
Chocolates El Rey - Venezuela
Cocomira Confections Inc. - Toronto. Creator of Hazelnut Crunch, Espresso Crunch and Maple Crunch.
Cocoa & Chocolate Links
Cocoa Mill Chocolate Company - Lexington, Virginia
Cote d'Or - Belgium
Dagoba Organic Chocolates - "On July 7, 2001, Frederick Schilling and his girlfriend, Tracey Holderman, arrived in New York to attend the Fancy Food Show and launch Dagoba, an
organic-chocolate company." (Notes of a Gastronome, "Extreme Chocolate," by Bill Buford, the New Yorker, October 29, 2007, p. 68.
Dolfin - Belgium
Fauchon - Paris
Ghirardelli
Ghraoui Chocolate - Damascus, Syria
Godiva Chocolatier
Green & Black's - Organic
Guittard - California
Hershey
J. Emanuel Chocolatier
Jacques Torres Chocolate
Linda Grishman Chocolates - Burlington, Vermont
Lindt
Maglio - Italy
La Maison du Chocolat - Paris. Their $10.00 Cuana bar is 73% cocoa.
Mars
Michel Richart
La Praline - Sweden
Recchiuti Confections
Scharffen-Berger
See's Candies
Teuscher
Toblerone
Valrhona
Venchi - Italy
Vosges
Yves Thuriès - Chocolatier
Chopard - Watches & jewellery (Geneva)
Christian Dior
Christian Lacroix - Couturier
Christie's - New York & London auction gallery
Christofle - Paris
Church's English Shoes
Cintamini - Icelandic outdoor clothing
Cinzia Rocca
Circuit City - Computers, electronics
Citizens of Humanity - Jeans
Clae - Athletic footwear
Clarks - Shoes
Clinique
Clint Orms - Engravers and Silversmiths. "Our belt buckle styles are named after the counties of Texas."
The Clog Store - Located in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, it claims to be the largest clog store in the world. Other sources for clogs include Cool Shoes, Dansko and Solvang.
Clovis Backpack Co. - Custom backpacks
Coach - Leathergoods, including handbags, briefcases, footwear, men's and women's accessories, business and travel items.
Cobra & Bellamy - Jewelry. 149 Sloane St., London
Coldwater Creek
Cole Haan
Colette - 213 rue Saint-Honoré, Paris. "Style, design, art, food."
Company Store - Home products
Comparison Services & Search Engines
Biz Rate - Shopping comparison service also evaluates and rates stores by category.
Become
Buyer's Index
DealTime - Comparison shopping engine for books, music and video
FatWallet
Froogle - By Google
Lycos Bizrate
My Simon
Nextag
PriceGrabber
Refund Please - Retail Price Drop Tool. A similar service is Price Protectr.
Shopzilla
Yahoo Shopping - See their SmartSort
CompUSA
Conifer - "Purveyors of specialty foods". Canterbury Cuisine, Canterbury Naturals, Fisher Fair Scones.
Conran
Container Store
Corneliani - "Fratelli Claudio & Carlalberto Corneliani S.p.A. with headquarters in Mantua, is an international leader in quality menswear, with decades of experience dedicated
exclusively to fine men’s apparel. Founded in the Thirties, Corneliani was one of the pioneers of clothing manufacture in Italy, and found definitive consolidation in the second half of
the Fifties."
Consumer Resources
Advertising Standards Authority - "Regulates the content of advertisements, sales promotions and direct marketing in the UK."
Better Business Bureau Search - You can also Locate A Better Business Bureau
Boing Boing - "A Directory of wonderful things."
Buyer's Index - "Search 20,000 Web shopping sites and mail order catalogs with over 300 million product offerings."
Consumer Research
Leo J. Shapiro & Associates - Chicago
ConsumerSearch - Excerpts of product reviews from various publications
CostHelper - Costs of Services
National Retail Federation
New Yorker Magazine
Letter From Nova Scotia: Rag Time: What I Bought Last Summer - By Calvin Trillin, New Yorker Magazine, September 25, 2006. Article about the bargains at Guy's Frenchys.
Organic Consumers Association
Ripoff Report By Consumers, For Consumers - Over 347,000 reports.
SeenON - Search for clothing and accessories and other products seen on television. A similar site is Starstyle and StarBrand.
Cotswold Woollen Weavers - Filkins, Gloucestershire, UK
Country Curtains - Stockbridge, Massachusetts
Coupons, Rebates, Alerts
CouponMountain.com
WOW-Coupons.com
CouponCraze.com
SlickDeals.net
FatWallet.com
GottaDeal.com
MrRebates.com
Ebates.com
FareAlert.com
CourierWare
Coveside Conservation Products - "Handcrafted habitats for threatened and endangered species."
Crabtree & Evelyn
Crane - Stationery, invitations.
Crate & Barrel
Creation Baumann -Swiss textile company from Langenthal
Critics' Choice Video
Crockett & Jones - London. "Makers of fine English footwear since 1879."
Crocs - Footwear. See Chic Paris Boutique Tries to Sell Crocs, Heard on the Runway, Wall Street Journal, 25 February 2007.
Cuddledown of Maine - Down comforters, linens, bedding and furniture
Cyrillus
Dale of Norwary - Sweaters. ""World-leading producer of water repellent wool products."
Dana Buchman
Danish Furniture Online - Homepage of the Association of Danish Furniture Industries. The Manufacturers' Index provides more than 120 links to Danish furniture manufacturers and
exporters, listed alphabetically and by type.
Danner Footwear
Dansko - Clogs. See also Dansko Outlet
D. Porthault - Fine linens. Paris.
Dara Lamb - New York. "Finest Hand-Tailored Clothing For Women."
David Goldie - Town & Country Clothing
David Linley - "We concentrate on subtle details - hints of colour, contrasting textures and fine marquetry." (Son of Princess Margaret and Lord Snowdon.)
Davies and Sons - Savile Row tailor
Daxon - France
DDC Lab - Roberto Crivello and Savania Davies-Keiller
DealTime - Comparison shopping engine for books, music and video
Debenhams - "Britain's favourite department store."
DealTime - "Free, independent, comparative shopping service that scours the entire Web, including online retailers, auctions, and classifieds, for products consumers want at the prices
they are willing to pay."
Dean & Deluca - Gourmet foods
Decorating Studio - Offers a number of home decorating, home improvement & interior design links.
Dege & Skinner - Bespoke tailors in Savile Row, London
Dehillerin - Eric Dehillerin, located in Paris, has been selling copper cookware since 1820.
Delias
DeLorme - Maps
Delivery Services
The following companies provide shipping, mailing, delivery services:
DHL,
Federal Express,
United Parcel Service and the
United States Postal Service. All offer printable shipping labels and customs documents, online tracking and arrival confirmation.
UShip, a "community of feedback-rated mover, carriers, transporters and independent drivers", ships furniture, cars and other large objects. See their categorized directory.
Department Stores
Allders - UK
Au Printemps - Paris
Beatties - UK
Bergdorf Goodman - U.S.
Bloomingdale's
Le Bon Marché - Paris
Bon-Ton - US
Carson Pirie Scott - Regional department store chain (Chicago, Milwaukee, and central Illinois)
Debenhams - "Britain's favourite department store."
Federated Department Stores
Galeries Lafayette - Paris
Gumps - "Legendary San Francisco house-and-home store"
Harrods - London
Harvey Nichols - UK
Holt Renfrew
House of Fraser - UK
Hudson's Bay Company - Canada
J. C. Penney
John Lewis - UK
Kmart - US
Lord & Taylor - US
Lowe's
Marks & Spencer UK
Marshalls
Macy's
Muji Online - Japan
Neiman Marcus
Ogilvy
Le Printemps - Paris. Owned by François Pinault of the PPR Group
Saks Fifth Avenue
La Samaritaine - Paris
Seibu Department Stores - Toyko
Selfridges & Co - UK
Spiegel
Stockmann - Helsinki, Finland
Takashimaya - Japan
Target
Wal-Mart
Denby Pottery
Descarga Online! - "Source for hard to find tropical Latin compact discs, videos, books, instructional material and percussion instruments."
Design House Stockholm
DesignAddict
Design Within Reach
Devi Kroell - Accessories
Dewey Trading Company - Collection of Pendleton blankets.
Dewolfson - Down, linens, and Abyss Super Pile towels. "Winning our hearts was the $56 Super Pile Towel from DeWoolfson...our Best Overall" (Catalog Critic: Weighing in on heavy
towels, Wall Street Journal, April 14, 2006).
Dexter Shoe Company
Diesel
Dior
Directories
Furniture Society - Trade group of independent craftsmen has a List of Members
HomePortfolio - Searchable directory helps locate thousands of home products, including furniture, appliances, tile & stone and lighting.
International Council of Shopping Centers
Dockers
Dolce & Gabbana - With Sitemap
Donald J. Pliner - Shoes and handbags
Donna Karan
Dooney & Burke - Leathergoods. Their factory is in CT. (1 Regent Streeet, Norwalk, 06855, Phone: 203-853-7515) The Annual Dooney & Burke tent sale is held in December. (Call 800-347-
5000)
Dragons of Walton Street - London. Hand-painted children's furniture.
Dresdner Porzellan - Saxon Porcelain Manufactory was founded in Dresden in 1872.
Droog Design - The use of industrial and recycled materials is emphasized by this Dutch design firm established in 1993. "The Droog collection features over 180 designs by over a
hundred designers, in the product categories of lighting, furniture, tabletop, kitchen, bathroom, accessory and various. Droog products are chosen or commissioned based on the
curatorial criteria laid out by founders Renny Ramakers and Gjis Bakker. They need to combine functionality and conceptual clarity with a keen expression of awareness of cultural and
technological references and contexts." Some examples of their products: Birdhouse by Marcel Wanders, 2005; 85 lamps chandelier by Rody Graumans, 1993; Treetrunk Bench by Jurgen
Bey, 1999; and Heat wave electric radiator by Joris Laarman, 2003.
Drugstore.com
Dunham Boots - Founded in 1885 in Brattleboro, Vermont by George and Charles Dunham
Dunhill - London. "Luxury goods for men"
DVD Discounts - "Lowest cost DVD Movies anywhere."
eBay - Online auctions. Other auction sites include Bidville, Sell, Overstock Auctions, and Yahoo Auctions.
Earth and Elements - Furniture
Eastern Mountain Sports
L'Eclaireur - Paris
Ecco - Shoes. See also Ecco Usa
Ede & Ravenscroft
Eddie Bauer
Edward Green - Jermyn Street, London. Bespoke shoes and boots. "Finest shoes in England for the discerning few."
Edward Sexton - Savile Row, London
Edwards Ham - S. Wallace Edwards and Sons
Edwin Watts Golf
Eileen Fisher
Electronics
Abt Electronics - Chicago
Apple Ipods
Bang & Olufsen - Danish company manufactures high-end audio and video products.
Best Buy
Bose - "Acoustic wave music system"
Circuit City - Computers, electronics
CompUSA
Jawbone - Bluetooth headset designed by Yves Béhar of Fuseproject
Outpost - Computers
Pacemaker - See For Disc Jockeys as Well as Desk Jockeys by Ann Eisenberg, New York Times, January 20, 2008. "One of the new players, the Pacemaker (520 euros, or about $760),
created by a small Swedish company, Tonium, reduces the basic D.J. equipment of dual players and mixer to a device the size of a peanut-butter-and-jelly sandwich. The Pacemaker has
a 120-gigabyte hard drive, fits in the palm of the hand, runs on batteries and has a built-in mixer to layer tunes seamlessly so the music never stops."
Price Watch - Computer resources.
Samsung
Ellen Tracy - Women's clothing in natural fabrics
Ellington Leather Goods
Ellos - Sweden
eLuxury
Elvang - Danish company specializes in throws and pillows made from Alpaca wool
Emma Hope - London. "Regalia for Feet".
Emmett - London shirtmakers
Empire Canvas Works - Solon Springs, Wisconsin. "Traditional outerwear for winter adventures. Hand crafted in northern Minnesota." Great mittens and boots.
Enyce Clothing Co.
Engineered Garments - Daiki Suzuki's menswear line.
Ermenegildo Zegna - Menswear. See article - Annals of Technology: Solar Chic: Dressing Off the Grid by Henry Alford, New Yorker Magazine, September 24, 2007 about their Solar Ski
Jacket. "He pointed out two two-inch-by-three-inch solar panels embedded in the jacket’s removable Nehru-style collar. The panels are wired to a battery in the breast pocket which is
the size of a deck of cards; with four hours’ worth of sun, the battery can be used to charge five- and six-volt appliances like cell phones and iPods."
Erotokritos - Paris
Ertl Toys
Escada - Germany
Eskandar
Esprit
Ethan Allen Inc.
EthnicGrocer - Sells ingredients for ethnic foods. (See also Chefshop)
Etienne Aigner - Handbags, footwear, fashion accessories.
Etro
Eureka Camping Center - Binghamton, New York, factory outlet sells tents, backpacks, sleeping bags, canoes, kayaks and camping accessories. They have an annual tent sale in March.
ExOfficio
Fabulous Stationery
Façonnable -
Fashion Designers
Alphabetical by last name
Haider Ackermann
Philippe Adec
agnès b.
Alena Akhmadullina
Akris
Hardy Amies
Aquascutum
Gustavo Arango
Giorgia Armani
Badgley Mischka
Christopher Bailey - Burberry
Balenciaga
Pierre Balmain - Paris
Armand Basi
Baum und Pferdgarten
BCBG
Geoffrey Beene
Anait Bian
Dirk Bikkembergs
Graeme Black
Lie Sang Bong
Bottega Veneta
Anne Bowen
Veronique Branquinho
Thom Browne - 100 Hudson Street, New York
Dana Buchman
Burberry
Stephen Burrows
Cacharel
Ally Capellinio
Isabela Capeto
Pierre Cardin (1922 - )
Casch - Copenhagen
Oleg Cassini
Robert Cavalli
Celine
Richard Chai
Georges Chakra
Hussein Chalayan
Chanel
Igor Chapurin
Cherry Chau
Chloe
Jimmy Choo
Doo Ri Chung
Franco Ciambella
Claudia Ciuti
Kenneth Cole
Christophe Coppens - Tokyo. "An innovative milliner, Coppens boasts an oeuvre of witty headwear that has gained him fame at home, where he counts members of Belgium's royal family
as clients, as well as further afield." ("Mad as a Hatter, Charlotte Vaudrey, Frame Magazine, Nov/Dec 2006)
André Courrèges - Paris
Emma Cook
Zero Maria Cornejo
Esteban Cortazar
Costume National
James Coviello
Custo-Barcelona
Oscar de la Renta
Giles Deacon
Anne Demeulemeester (1959 - ) - Born in Kortrijk, Belgium
Diesel
Christian Dior
Dolce & Gabbana
Duckie Brown
Alber Elvaz - Lanvin
Eleykishimoto Ellesse
Erotokritos
Etro
Cesare Fabbri
Nicole Farhi
Jacques Fath
Tracy Feith
Fendi
Gianfranco Ferre
Erin Fetherston
Anne Fontaine
Mariano Fortuny (1871-1949)
John Galliano
Jean Paul Gaultier
Nicolas Ghesquiere - Balenciaga
Elspeth Gibson
Romeo Gigli
Gina Shoes
Marithe and Francois Girbaud
Givenchy
Georgina Goodman
Martin Grant
Gucci
Sari Gueron - "A '97 graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design, Sari apprenticed with John Galliano in Paris and has worked with Oscar de la Renta in New York."
Anna Gulmann - Copenhagen
Douglas Hannant
Anne Valérie Hash
Heatherette
Hermes
Carolina Herrara
Allegra Hicks
Anya Hindmarch
Lisa Ho
Monique l'Huillier
Iceberg
Roksanda Illincic
Marc Jacobs
Julia Jentzsch
Betsey Johnson
Wolfgang Joop,
Charles Jourdan
Donna Karan
Rei Kawakubo
Dice Kayek
Kenzo
Waleed Khairzada
Calvin Klein
Jean Paul Knott
Sophia Kokosalaki
Michael Kors
Holly Kristen
Atil Kutoglu
Christian Louboutin
Christian Lacroix
Karl Lagerfeld
Derek Lam
Adrienne Landau
Helmut Lang
Lanvin
Ralph Lauren
Nanette Lepore - See Lepore's trip to fashion's fast lane by Samantha Critchell, Daily Herald, July 11, 2006.
Luella
Lutz & Patmos
Jenne Maag
Stella McCartney
Alexander McQueen
Maison Martin Margiela
Catherine Malandrino
Marni
Marcel Marongiu
Joanna Mastroianni
Toni Maticevski
MaxMara
J. Mendel
Carlos Miele
Nicole Miller
Missoni
Miu Miu
Edward Molyneux (1891 - 1974) - See his red Day dress, 1942 at the Victoria & Albert Museum.
Roland Mouret
Angelo Mozzillo
Munthe plus Simonsen - Copenhagen
MySelf Kai Kuehne
Hiromichi Nakano
Kosta Naum
Charles Nolan
Nolita
Akiko Ogawa
Dragana Ognjenovic
Rick Owens
Thakoon Panichgul
Phoebe Philo (1973- ) - British designer, born in Paris, designs for Chloe
Bruno Pieters
Stefano Pilati - Yves St. Laurent
Alexandre Plokhov (Cloak)
Paul Poiret (1879 - 1944)
Ports 1961
Zac Posen
Paco Rabanne
Prada
Project Alabama
Emilio Pucci
Gareth Pugh
Lilly Pulitzer
Paco Rabanne
Tracy Reese
Brian Reyes
Doo.Ri
Clements Ribeiro
John Ribbe
Nina Ricci
Stefano Ricci
Rochas
Rodarte
David Rodriguez
Narciso Rodriquez
Alice Roi
Cynthia Rowley
Sonia Rykiel
Elie Saab
Behnaz Sarafpour
Yves Saint Laurent
Jil Sander
Rupert Sanderson Shoes
Fausto Sarli
Elsa Schiaparelli (1890-1973) - See her Hand-knitted wool jumper, 1927 (Image from the Victoria & Albert Museum, Number T.388-1974)
Proenza Schouler - Lazaro Hernandez and Jack McCollough
Jasmin Shokrian
Sigerson Morrison
Denis Simachev
Raf Simons - Jil Sander
Dominique Sirop
Hedi Slimane - Dior Homme. See Pretty Things, a profile of Slimane by by Nick Paumgarten in the March 20, 2006 New Yorker.
Paul Smith
Peter Som
Franck Sorbier
Kate Spade
Camilla Staerk - London
Olivier Strelli
Gharani Strok
Jill Stuart
Anna Sui
Elie Tahari
Jun Takahashi
Rebecca Taylor
Alice Temperley
Yeohlee Teng
Thakoon
ThreeasFour
Olivier Theyskens - Rochas
Zang Toi
Nadya Toto
Ellen Tracy
Philip Treacy
Trussardi
Undercover
Emanuel Ungaro (1933- ) - See his Day dress and jacket, 1966. (Image from the Victoria & Albert Museum, Number T.320&A-1978)
Valentino
Giambattista Valli
Carmen Marc Valvo
Dries Van Noten
Af Vandervorst
John Varvatos
Louis Verdad
Ashleigh Verrier
Viktor & Rolf
Roger Vivier
Diane von Furstenberg
Saeyoung Vu
Louis Vuitton
Vera Wang
Junya Watanabe
Vivienne Westwood
Matthew Williamson
Christian Wijnants
Charles Frederick Worth (1825-1895) - See his Brique designed in 1924 (image from the Victoria and Albert Museum)
Yohji Yamamoto
Yeohlee
Gaspard Yurkievich
Zaldy
Ronit Zilkha
Zoran -214 Sullivan Street, New York
Eyewear
Marcolin
Oakley
Zeal Optics
F & B Specialty Linen - "Fine European linens for bed, bath, & table."
Fauchon - Paris. Gourmet foods.
FTD
FAO Schwarz
Federated Department Stores
FedEx
Fendi
Fila
Fingerhut
Fiorelli - Leather goods
Fisher-Price
Fiskars - Tools, home & garden
Flax
Flax Art & Design - San Francisco art supply store.
Flax Designs - They have an annual barn sale in Ithaca, NY
Florida Citrus
Florida Gift Fruit Shippers Association has a list of members. Honeybells, technically known as minneola tangelos, look like bell-shaped oranges but are actually a cross between a
Duncan grapefruit and a Dancy tangerine. Available in January only. Some shippers include
Al's Family Farms - Vero Beach. Indian River Citrus, Honeybells, Gift Baskets, Vidalia Onions, Pecans, Cakes, Tomatoes.
Cushman's Fruit Company - West Palm Beach
Dereus Groves - Lakeland (863-688-8893 or 800-311-7455)
Florida Orange Shop - Citra (800-672-6439)
Hale Groves - Wabasso (800-562-4502)
Lang Sun Country Groves - Lake Alfred (863-956-1460 or 800-535-1199)
Mack's Groves - Pompano Beach and Lauderdale-by-the-Sea (800-327-3525, 954-776-0910 or 954-941-4528)
Nokomis Groves - 800-426-5274 or 941-488-5274
Orange Ring - Haines City (863-422-1938)
Palm Beach Groves - Lantana (800 327-3208)
Spykes Grove - Davie (800 327-9713)
Floris of London - Perfumers to Her Majesty the Queen
Florists' Transworld Delivery (FTD)
FNAC - French book, music and video retailer. Provides interviews, reviews and a daily cultural "newspaper".
Fogdog Sports
Foot Locker
Footwear
A. Testoni - Founded in Bologna, Italy by Amedeo Testoni in 1929, the firm makes shoes and accessories for men and women.
Addison Craig
Adidas - Athletic footwear
Airwalk - Athletic footwear
Aku - Trekking and outdoor footwear
Alden Shoes of Carmel
Alden of New England - Men's shoes. Middleborough, Massachusetts
Aldo Shoes
Alfred Sargent - Shoemaker
Allen-Edmonds - Men's shoes. Port Washington, Wisconsin
Arche Shoes
Ariat - Riding boots. See the Women's Cognac Lizard Print Mules
Asics - Footwear for running, volleyball, track and field.
Avventura - Men's shoes, boots & leather goods
Baffin - Boots "designed for extreme conditions"
Bally
Barker Black - "Epitome of English refinement....on select shoes the skull and crossbone logo is painstakingly tacked into the sole by hand."
Bettye Muller
Bexley - "Fine [French] shoes for men."
Birkenstock
Berluti - Men's shoes.
Blundstones - Boots, footwear (Tasmania)
Born Shoes
Brian Atwood
Bruno Magli
Buffalo Boots
La Canadienne
Castañer
Chaco
Charles Jourdan - Women's shoes, Paris
Cheaney - "Shoemakers since 1886"
Chie Mihara Shoes
Chippewa Boots - See also Snakeboots
Christian Louboutin
Church's English Shoes
Clae - Athletic footwear
Clarks - Shoes
Coach
Cole Haan
Converse - Athletic footwear. (Owned by Nike). The Skidgrip was introduced in 1940.
Crockett & Jones - London. "Makers of fine English footwear since 1879."
Crocs
Danner Footwear
Dansko - Clogs. See also Dansko Outlet
Devi Kroell
Dexter Shoe Company
Donald J. Pliner
Dublin Clothing - Offers a selection of boots including the Dublin River Tall Boots
Dunham Boots - Founded in 1885 in Brattleboro, Vermont by George and Charles Dunham
Ecco - Shoes. See also Ecco Usa
Edward Green - Jermyn Street, London. Bespoke shoes and boots. "Finest shoes in England for the discerning few."
Emma Hope - London. "Regalia for Feet"
Endless - "Built by Amazon.com in response to customers' desires to shop a destination dedicated to shoes and handbags."
Etienne Aigner
Fendi
Finish Line - Athletic Footwear
Foot Locker - Athletic footwear
Foster & Son -83 Jermyn Street, London. "One of the oldest-established handmade bespoke shoe and boot makers in the World."
Fratelli Rossetti - Italian shoes
French Sole - New York store offers "world's best and most original ballet flats. With over 500 styles"
Frye Boots
G. H. Bass - Shoes
Garmont - Hiking boots
George Cleverley & Co.
Georgina Goodman - Designer shoes, UK
Geox - Montebelluna, Italy, company makes "ventilated" footwear
Gianmarco Lorenzi
Gina Shoes
Goody Goody Shoes
Grenson Shoes - "England's master shoemaker"
H.S. Trask - Men's shoes
Harry's Shoes
Hunter Boot Limited - Wellingtons
Il Maestro - Mischa Bergshoeff, Dutch shoemaker, Gouda
J. Amesbury & Co
James Taylor & Son - London
Jildor Shoes
Jimmy Choo
John Lobb
Johnston & Murphy - Footwear and accessories for men
Keen Footwear
Kenneth Cole
Kino Sandals - Key West. "Vversatile and inexpensive."
Kurt Geiger
Loake Shoes - U.K.
London Sole - Ballet flats
Ludwig Reiter - Men's shoes (Schuhmanufaktur). Vienna
Manolo Blahnik
Matt Bernson
Mephisto - Footwear (France)
Merrell - Outdoor footwear
Montrail - Outdoor footwear
New & Lingwood - Jermyn St., London
Nike - Athletic footwear
Nine West
Nocona Boots - Western boots, many in exotic leathers (crocodile, ostrich, snake, lizard, stingray, shark). For additional information about the company see the entry on Nocona Boot
Company in the Handbook of Texas Online.
Pedro Garcia
Pierre Hardy - Men's and women's shoes
Piperlime - "Fresh, online shoe shop from the Gap Inc."
Puma - Athletic footwear
Reebok
Rockport
Rupert Sanderson Shoes
Sebago - Rockford, Michigan. Casual footwear.
Sergio Rossi - Italian footwear
Shipton and Heneage Shoes - London
Shoeline
Shoemania
Sigerson Morrison
Sofft Shoe Co.
Solvang - Clogs
Sorel - "durable, comfortable, cold-weather footwear since 1908."
Steger Mukluks - Ely, Minnesota firm sells native styled moosehide winter boots and moccasins
Stegmann - Woolfelt Clogs
Stuart Weitzman - Shoes
Stubbs & Wootton - Shoes & accessories (Palm Beach, New York, South Hampton). "The Stubbs and Wootton name is synonymous with slipper."
Sue London - Foldable calfskin flats
Sutor Mantellassi - Milano
Tamino Crisci - "Finest shoemaker since 1919" (Milano)
The Tannery - Boston.
Taryn Rose - Footwear
Timberland - "Boot. Brand. Belief"
Tod's - Founded by Diego Della Valle and known for its classic gommino (racing moccasin or driving shoe). See, for example:
Model XXM0GW05471, "Tod's signature Gommini, in chocolate brown suede is the embodiment of casual luxury."
Model XXM0EO00SD0 - "the original driving shoe in deep brown lizard, a timeless classic."
Model XXM0GW05471 - "The pinnacle of driving shoes in this deep chocolate brown alligator."
Tory Burch - The Reva is a "distinctive $195 ballet slipper with a double-T logo on a brass-plated buckle." See Tory Burch Fashioned a Business Model First by Teri Agins, Wall Street
Journal, February 5, 2008.
Trickers - London. "Hand-made & bench-made English footwear since 1829."
UGG Boots - Australia
Ulu Boot
Vael Project - Atletic footwear
Vasque - Hiking boots. The Luna (women) and Zephyr (men) are recommended for day hiking.
Valenkis - Russian wool boot
Via Spiga - Footwear
Wellington Boots
Zappos - Over 500 shoe brands
Fortnum & Mason - London store "supplying gourmet and quality goods to the world since 1707."
Fortunoff
Fossil
Foster & Son -83 Jermyn Street, London. "One of the oldest-established handmade bespoke shoe and boot makers in the World."
Franchetti Bond - Handbags, shoes, gifts & accessories. The Tassle Loafer is on sale.
Fratelli Rossetti - Italian shoes
Fred Leighton
French Sole - New York store offers "world's best and most original ballet flats. With over 500 styles"
Fresh - Known for their hand-milled soaps, but they also sell products for "skincare, makeup, fragrance, haircare, bodycare and home."
Frette - Italian linens.
Frontgate - "Enhancing your life at home...needs for the home, pool, patio, and garden."
Frye Boots
Fuller Brush Company
Furla - Luxury and leather goods. See also Furla USA
G. H. Bass - Shoes
G-Star Raw
Gadget Guru Online - Andy Pargh
Galeries Lafayette - Paris
Gander Mountain - Hunting, fishing and camping gear.
Gap
Gardening
Authentic Provence - West Palm Beach
Digital Librarian: Nurseries and Catalogs
Fiskars - Tools, home & garden
Goldsmith Birdhouses - Rochester-based artist Karl Goldsmith specializes in creative birdhouses.
Jackson & Perkins - World's largest grower of roses.
Kelly-Moore Paints
Marston and Langinger - Garden rooms
Smith & Hawken
White Flower Farm - Litchfield, Connecticut nursery provides selections from their catalogue
Garmont - Hiking Boots and gear for trekking and mountaineering
Garnet Hill
Gayle Warwick - Hand embroidered bed and table linens.
Gazette de l'Hotel Drouot - Paris auction house.
Geiger - Austria
General Trading Company - Sloane Square, London.
Gentry de Paris - Fine lingerie
Georg Jensen
George Smith - Hand-made furniture and fabrics
Georgina Goodman - Designer shoes, UK
Geox - Montebelluna, Italy, company makes "ventilated" footwear.
Gessato - Men's luxury skin care products. Founded in New York in 2005 by Cristina Lanza and Davide Carbone.
Giorgio Armani
German Marketplace
Ghraoui Chocolate - Damascus, Syria
Ghurka - Norwalk, Connecticut firm sells travel gear, handbags and accessories. Location: 349 Connecticut Ave., Norwalk, CT 06850 (203-853-4747)
Gianna Rose Atelier - "Fine soap and personal care gifts and accessories."
Gianluca Isaia - Neapolitan tailor
Gieves and Hawkes - Savile Row, London
Givenchy
Glam
Global Electronic Music Marketplace (GEMM) - Over 3,200.000 new & used cds and vinyl. Specializes in hard-to-find titles. For example, try a search for Tom Tom Club (Chris Frantz and
Tina Weymouth, formerly of the Talking Heads).
Godiva Chocolatier
Goldsmith Birdhouses - Rochester-based artist Karl Goldsmith specializes in creative birdhouses.
Golf
Ashworth - "Golf inspired sportswear."
Bridgestone
Callaway Golf
Edwin Watts Golf
Footjoy - Golf shoes. Their Reelfit shoe uses a dial on the back of the shoe instead of laces.
Golfsmith - Custom-built golf clubs
Page & Tuttle
Ping
Pinnacle Golf
Taylor Made- Golf shoes
Titleist
Walter Genuin
Golfsmith - Custom-built golf clubs
Goody Goody Shoes
Gore-Tex Outerwear
Gourmet Foods, Ethnic, Organic....
Agata & Valentina - New York
Ahmad Tea - London.
Balducci's
Blue Bell Creameries - Brenham, Texas. This ice cream was on Forbes Magazine's "50 of America's Best list" in 2001.
Chefshop
Conifer - "Purveyors of specialty foods" - . Canterbury Cuisine, Canterbury Naturals, Fisher Fair Scones.
Dean & Deluca - Gourmet foods
Edwards Ham - S. Wallace Edwards and Sons
EthnicGrocer - Sells ingredients for ethnic foods.
Fauchon - Paris.
Fortnum & Mason - London store "supplying gourmet and quality goods to the world since 1707."
Gouranyat & Son - Paris. See Paris: Goumanyat & Son Royaume, New York Times (Travel Section), November 18, 2007. "The shop's signature product is the noblest of spices: saffron,
which the Thiercelin family has been buying, packaging and selling since 1809 when saffron was cultivated near their small farm in the Loiret region of France..."
Harry and David
Jacksons of Piccadilly - Teas
Kalustyan's - "Over 4,000 variety of spices, herbs, sweets, coffee, tea and healthy snacks."
Koa Coffee
Marché International Rungis - Paris market is the "largest wholesale market in the world for fresh products."
Mariage frères - 35 rue du Bourg-Tibourg, Paris. Teas from around the world. "Maison de thé à Paris depuis 1854."
Old Chatham Sheepherding Company - Old Chatham, New York
Omaha Steaks
Paxton & Whitfield - British and French cheeses in London, Bath, Stratford upon Avon
Pop's Beef Jerky - Bishop, Texas
Le Sanctuaire - 2710 Main Street, Santa Monica, California (310-581-8999). "The Barneys of cooking stores" (Posh Spice, by Christine Muhlke, New York Times Magazine, March 4, 2007,
p. 59)
Shortbread House of Edinburgh Ltd
SOS Chefs of New York
Swiss Colony
Torn Ranch - Novato, California
Turkey Joints - Seasonal candy, available from October until May, created in Rome, New York.
Utz - Hanover, Pennsylvania, compnay makes snack foods, including Gramdma Utz's Handcooked Potato Chips
Valvona & Crolla - Edinburgh
Williams-Sonoma
WholeFoods Market - Search for Stores
Zabar's - New York deli at 2245 Broadway at 80th St.
Gracious Home - New York
Graff Diamonds - London
Graham Kandiah
Gramicci - Outdoor clothing
Great Barrington Pottery
Green Loop - "Eco-fashion"
Grenfell Handicrafts, Ltd. - Hand embroidered clothing. P.O. Box 280, St. Anthony, Newfoundland, AOK450 Canada, info@grenfell-properties.com
Grenson Shoes - "England's master shoemaker"
G-Star
Gucci
Guild
Gumps - "Legendary San Francisco house-and-home store"
Gymboree - Children's clothing and gifts
H&B Recordings Direct - Classical
H & M - Swedish fashion retailer (Hennes & Mauritz AB)
H.S. Trask - Men's shoes
Hacker Boat Company - Silver Bay, New York (on Lake George)
Hackett - Menswear, Jermyn Street, London
Haggar
Hamilton & Inches - Edinburgh. Jewellery and luxury goods.
Hamleys of London - "Finest toyshop in the world"
Hammacher Schlemmer
Handbags
Botkier
Bottega Veneta
Brahmin Leather Works
Coach
Devi Kroell
Donald J. Pliner
Dooney & Burke - Leathergoods. Their factory is in CT. (1 Regent Streeet, Norwalk, 06855, Phone: 203-853-7515) The Annual Dooney & Burke tent sale is held in December. (Call 800-347-
5000)
Etienne Aigner
Franchetti Bond - Handbags, shoes, gifts & accessories
Furla
Ghurka - Norwalk, Connecticut firm sells travel gear, handbags and accessories
Gucci
Hayden Harnett - Handbags and accessories.
Hermes - Only 100 Birkin Bags are made each year and you can't get on a waiting list. The April 20, 2005 sale included eleven Hermes handbags from a single owner. See Hermes Birkin
Bag Sells for $64,800 at Doyle New York's Auction of Couture, Textiles & Accessories on April 20, 2005. There are photographs of the Royal Blue Ostrich Birkin Bag, the Etrusque
Crocodile Kelly Bag and the Black Crocodile Birkin with Pave Diamonds which sold for $64,800.
Hideo Wakamatsu
Isabella Fiore
Judith Lieber - Evening bags
Just Campagne - Paris
Kate Spade
Lambertson Truex
Lancel - Paris. " Sacs, sacs à main, bagages et maroquinerie de luxe."
Schedoni - Handbags, leather accessories.
Smythson - 40 Bond Street, London. "Personalised stationery & luxury leather goods."
Stone Mountain
T. Anthony Ltd.
Tanner Krolle - 38 Old Bond Street, London.
Taryn Rose
Tumi - Luggage, backpacks, messenger bags
Vera Bradley
Vuitton
Vy & Elle - Founded in 2002 by Nicola Freegard and Robin Janson who are "dedicated to eco conscious products."
HandsOnToys, Inc. - Toobers&Zots, Flashball, & Wiggly Giggly
Hanna Andersson - "Soft clothes of the nicest European quality for kids and their families"
Hansa Toys USA - Stuffed animals
Harden Furniture
Harrods - London
Harry Winston - Jewelry
Harry's Shoes
Hart, Schaffner & Marx - Clothing for men
Hartmann - Luggage, business cases and personal leather accessories.
Harvey Nichols - UK department store
Harvie & Hudson - London firm known for their broad striped shirts. (They made shirts for Rudolph Valentino.)
Hasbro - Toys
Havlick Snowshoe Company - Mayfield, New York company sells aluminum and wood framed snowshoes and hand-woven pack baskets.
Hawes and Curtis - London shirtmakers
Hay - Furniture. Copenhagen and Horsens, Denmark.
Hayden Harnett - Handbags and accessories
Headwear
Barmah Hats - "Australia's best bush hats."
Christine A. Moore Millinery
Christophe Coppens - Tokyo. "An innovative milliner, Coppens boasts an oeuvre of witty headwear that has gained him fame at home, where he counts members of Belgium's royal family
as clients, as well as further afield." ("Mad as a Hatter, Charlotte Vaudrey, Frame Magazine, Nov/Dec 2006)
Eggcup Designs - "Hand made fine ladies hats."
James Lock & Co. Ltd. - London hatters. "Ladies & gentlemen's hats and country clothing."
Kangol - Hats
Lillie and Cohoe Hats
O'Farrell Hat Company - Makers of custom-made hats, Durango, Colorado. (800-895-7098)
Tilley Endurables - Hat and travel clothing company founded by Canadian Alex Tilley in 1980. There is a nice selection of women's hats including the Tilley Raffia Hat and the Women's
Casablanca Hat.
Hearth Song - Toys, crafts, games
Helix Musical Instruments - Australian James Corr specialises in unique hand made instruments which include, harps, lyres, psalteries, marimbas, xylophones, tuned and untuned
percussion and a range of multi-cultural instruments.
Henri Bendel
Henry Poole - Bespoke tailors, Savile Row
Henry Rose - Master tailor, London
Herman Miller - Home and office furniture
Hermes
Hershey Foods
Hickey Freeman - Menswear. They have a factory outlet in Rochester, New York
Hidepark Leather Company - Check out their Ladies Gilets [vests] and Waistcoats
Hilditch & Key - Bespoke shirtmakers, Jermyn Street, London.
Historic Charleston Foundation Online Store
Höganäs Keramik - Ceramics (in Swedish only)
Hoggs of Fife - "Famous Scottish countrywear."
Hollister
Holland & Holland - London
Hollywould
Holmegaard - Art glass (in Swedish only)
Holt Renfrew - Canadian department store
Home Decorators
Home Furnishings
ABC Carpet & Home
Artelano - Paris. Contemporary furniture.
Bombay Company
C.H. Becksvoort Furniture Maker - New Gloucester
Cappellini - Arosio, Italy. Giulio Cappellini has commissioned designers and architects from all of the world to create a Collezione of contemporary furniture.
Conran Shop
Crate and Barrel
Danish Furniture Online - Homepage of the Association of Danish Furniture Industries. The Manufacturers' Index provides more than 120 links to Danish furniture manufacturers and
exporters, listed alphabetically and by type.
David Linley - "We concentrate on subtle details - hints of colour, contrasting textures and fine marquetry."
David Smith - Handcrafted 18th century reproductions
Dragons of Walton Street - London. Hand-painted children's furniture.
Droog Design - The use of industrial and recycled materials is emphasized by this Dutch design firm established in 1993. "The Droog collection features over 180 designs by over a
hundred designers, in the product categories of lighting, furniture, tabletop, kitchen, bathroom, accessory and various. Droog products are chosen or commissioned based on the
curatorial criteria laid out by founders Renny Ramakers and Gjis Bakker. They need to combine functionality and conceptual clarity with a keen expression of awareness of cultural and
technological references and contexts." Some examples of their products:
Ethan Allen Inc.
Frederick Duckloe & Bros. - Portland, Pennsylvania manufacturers of Windsor chairs
Furniture Society - Trade group of independent craftsmen has a List of Members
George Smith - Hand-made furniture and fabrics
Harden Furniture
Hay - Copenhagen and Horsens, Denmark.
Herman Miller - Home and office furniture
Historic Charleston Foundation Online Store
Home Depot
HomePortfolio - Searchable directory helps locate thousands of home products, including furniture, appliances, tile & stone and lighting.
IKEA
Jonathan Adler Furniture
Knoll
Laura Ashley Home
Levenger - Furniture and lighting for libraries
Liebherr - The 24" Freestanding Refrigerator & Freezer "is perfect for small space kitchens, condo living or for those who don't require large capacity refrigeration. It features New
SwingLine doors with beveled edges and integrated opening mechanism make opening effortless and extremely energy efficient." Model CS 1301 door hinges left, without IceMaker.
Ligne Roset - Contemporary French furniture
Mackenzie-Childs - Aurora, New York
Maine Cottage Furniture - Yarmouth
Maurice Villency - Contemporary furniture. The Rivoli sofa - in the Living collection - has a handsome hardwood frame and is upholstered in Italian leather.
Maxalto - Contemporary Italian furnitue.
Mitchell Gold - Furniture
Molteni & C - Contemporary Italian furniture.
Natuzzi - Home furnishings
New Moon Rugs - The Mesa Collection by John Kurtz is a "collection of Classic Native American patterns and color schemes that have been transformed into contemporary
interpretations that are uniquely American."
Oriac Design - Designer furniture and accessories
Oriental Furniture - Wide assortment of Shoji Screens
Phillips Collection - Home furnishings
Pier I Imports
Pierre Deux French Country
Poltrona Frau - Italian furniture maker
Pottery Barn
Room & Board - Furniture and home furnishings
Scott Jordan Furniture - New York
South Cone Trading Company - "World leader in sustainable furniture."
Staples Cabinet Makers - Stephen Staples of Plainville, Massachusetts, creates "hand crafted furniture art made from reclaimed antique woods of historic New England."
Stickley Furniture - Manlius, New York
Thos. Moser Cabinetmakers
Venetucci Manufacturers Outlet - Westbrook, Connecticut (860-399-6477)
Weatherend Estate Furniture - Rockland, Maine
West Elm
Workbench Furniture
Home Depot
HomePortfolio - Searchable directory helps locate thousands of home products, including furniture, appliances, tile & stone and lighting.
Horchow Collection
Horny Toad
Hot Wheels
Hourihan - "Jimmy Hourihan and Family have been making women's quality Capes and Coats in Dublin, for more than 50 years."
House of Bruar - Perthshire, Scotland. Country clothing.
Housekeeping
Dyson Vacuum Cleaners
Karl's Appliance Stores - New Jersey chain
Method - Company founded by Eric Ryan & Adam Lowry makes "naturally-derived, biodegradable" cleaning products.
Miele Appliances - German manufacturers of high quality Vacuum Cleaners and other appliances.
Oreck - Upright vacuum cleaners
Stark's Vacuum Cleaners - Seattle. (Shipping and handling costs are $10 to $15.)
Hudson's Bay Company
Hugo Boss
Hurley - Footwear and swimwear for the skateboarder and surfer. (Owned by Nike)
Icelandic Design - Sweaters
Ike Behar - Miami Lakes, Florida, shirt-maker
IKEA
Intermix
Irish Linen Company
Isaia - Napoli. "World's only true modern sartorial brand of men's apparel."
Isabella Fiore - Handbags, small leather goods, footwear
Italo Ferretti - Men's ties (cravatta)
Iznik Tiles and Ceramics - Istanbul, Turkey
J. Amesbury & Co - Bespoke Shoemakers, London
JBrand Jeans
J. Crew
J. C. Penney
J. W. Cooper - "Fine handmade boots, belts, buckles & accessories."
J. Jill - Women's clothing
J. McLaughlin - "Perennial preppy favorites" for men and women
J. Peterman
J. Press - Menswear
Le Jacquard Français - French company specializes in damask linen for table, kitchen, bathroom
Jacques Torres Chocolate
Jackson & Perkins - World's largest grower of roses.
Jacksons of Piccadilly - Teas
Jaeger - "Classic clothing for men and women"
James Lock & Co. Ltd. - London hatters. "Ladies & gentlemen's hats and country clothing."
James II Galleries - Nineteenth century decorative arts
James Taylor & Son - Shoes. London
Jamin Puech - Paris
Jane de Dananche - Paris. Skincare products.
Jasper Conran - Men & women's clothing, home furnishings, jewellry, fragrance (son of Terence Conran)
Jean-Paul Gaultier
Jhane Barnes - Menswear collection, textiles, home furnishings, carpets and furniture
Jean-Claude Jitrois - Paris
Jeans
Blue Cult
Chip and Pepper - Los Angeles. (Chip and Pepper Foster are brothers and identical-twins)
Citizens of Humanity
Diesel
Earnest Sewn
Evisu
French Dressing Jeans
G-Star - "Jeans made by and for denim connaisseurs."
Indigo Palms by Tommy Bahama - Hurricane Pass Outfitters
JBrand Jeans
Joe's Jeans
Kasil
Lee
Levi's - Capital E style is recommended, the Red Tab collection has 15 fits
Loomstate - Organic cotton
Lucky Brand - Created by Gene Montesano and Barry Perlman in 1990
Marithe & Francois Girbaud - Paris. Jeans and footwear.
Paige Premium Denim - The Skyline Drive style is recommended
Paper, Denim & Cloth
Replay
Rock and Republic
Self Edge - 714 Valencia Street, San Francisco. See Foraging San Francisco Self Edge New York Times, November 4, 2007. "According to Kiya Babzani, the owner of Self Edge, some of
the labels sold at the store, which include Iron Heart and Flat Head, are available nowhere else in North America."
Serfontaine
Seven for all Mankind - The "Margot" style is recommended
True Religion Brand Jeans
Tummy Tuck Jeans - Not Your Daughter's Jeans
Jeri Rice - Seattle
Jewelry and Watches
A La Vieille Russie - Jewelry, snuff boxes, Faberge, silver, Russian icons and works of art.
Aaron Faber Gallery - 20th and 21st century jewelry
Asprey & Garrard - Jewelry
Audemars Piguet - Swiss luxury watchmaker
Bailey Banks & Biddle
Baume et Mercier - Fine watches, Geneva
Bedat & Co. - Geneva
Bentley & Skinner - London. See their Cufflinks
Blancpain
Boucheron - Paris
Breguet - Swiss watch maker
Buccellati
Bulgari - Contemporary Italian jewellers
Cartier
Chaumet - Paris
Chimento
Chopard - Geneva
Cobra & Bellamy - Jewelry. 149 Sloane St., London
David Morris International - London
Dior Joaillerie
F. P. Journe - François-Paul Journe, Geneva watchmaker
Favero Jewels - Vicenza
Fossil
Fortunoff
Franck Muller
Fred Leighton
Georg Jensen
Graff Diamonds - London
Greenleaf & Crosby
Hamilton & Inches - Edinburgh. Jewellery and luxury goods.
Hamilton Jewelers
Harry Winston - Jewelry
IWC - International Watch Company, Schaffhausen, Switzerland
Jaeger-LeCoultre - "Manufacture de haute horlogerie"
Jean Dunand
Jewelry by Gauthier
Joan Hornig
John Hardy - Jewelry
Hublot - Geneva watchmaker
John Landrum Bryant - New York
Kaufmann de Suisse -Palm Beach, New York, Montreal
Keshi Zuni Collection - Arts & crafts from the Zuni Pueblo. Items for sale include traditional Zuni jewelry, fetish carvings and medicine bags.
A. Lange & Söhne - German watches
Louis Glick
Lux Bond & Green - Jewelry, watches and gifts
Marion Cage
Martin Braun
Mauri Pioppo - "Fine Jewelry"
NOMOS Glashütte - German watchmaker
Oris - Swiss-made watches
Panerai - Neuchatel, Switzerland
Patek Philippe - Geneva
S. J. Phillips - Antique jewellery
Piaget
Roger Dubuis
Rolex
Stephanie Sersich - Topsham, Maine. See the Temptress Collar of "handmade glass beads and button, turquoise, horn, shell, carnelian, glass beads, floss and waxed linen."
Stephen Dweck - Jewelry
Stephen Webster
Temple St. Clair - New York. "From the signature rock crystal amulets to one-of-a-kind cocktail rings, Temple St. Clair is known for modern classic style and an impeccable use of fine
colored gemstones and distinctive gold work."
Thomas Prescher
Tiffany & Co.
Tourneau
Ulysse Nardin - Swiss watchmaker
Vacheron Constantin - Watches
Van Cleef & Arpels
Wartski - London
Yamron
Jildor Shoes
Joan Hornig - Jewelry
John Hardy - Jewelry
John Landrum Bryant - New York. Fine jewelry
John Lewis - UK department store
John Lobb - See also John Lobb Ltd and John Lobb Paris
Johnston & Murphy - Footwear and accessories for men
Johnson Woolen Mills - Johnson, Vermont. Manufactures woolen shirts, jackets, blankets and the famous iceman's pants.
Jonathan Adler Furniture
JoS. A. Bank Clothiers
Josef Seibel
Joules Clothing
Judith Lieber - Evening bags, jewelry, shoes
Juicy Couture
Juliska Glassware
Just Campagne - Paris
HomePortfolio - Searchable directory helps locate thousands of home products, including furniture, appliances, tile & stone and lighting.
K B Toys
Kaight - New York. "Eco-boutique dedicated to advancing the image of green fashion."
Kale Miles - Leathergoods. See This Belt is $18,000, by Aja Mangum, the Annals of Excess, New York Magazine, January 21-28, 2008. The Hudson, Modernist, and Mercer belts have
platinum buckles and are cut and assembled by hand in Maine. "For what the company says are 'competitive reasons', it won't release the name of the English tannery that supplies the
leather, although it is supposedly the oldest in the world, founded during the Roman Empire. The leather is cut from a specific spot on a particular breed of cow. Typical cowhides cost a
few hundred dollars; Kale Miles pays "in the thousands" for theirs."
Kaliyana - Karina Ackert
Kangol - Hats
Kayaks
Boreal Design Kayaks
Current Designs Kayaks
Dagger Kayaks
Eddyline Kayaks
Emotion Kayaks
Impex Kayaks
Liquidlogic Kayaks
Necky Kayaks
Ocean Kayak
Perception Kayaks
Pyranha Kayaks
Riot Kayaks
Wave Sport
Wilderness Systems
Kmart
Kamehemeha Garment Company - Tropical shirts
Kate Spade
Keen Footwear
Kelly B Couture - "Organic cotton: cotton grown, processed, and produced without the use of pesticides and other toxic chemicals."
Kenneth Cole
Kensie
Keshi Zuni Collection - Arts & crafts from the Zuni Pueblo. Items for sale include traditional Zuni jewelry, fetish carvings and medicine bags.
Kiehl's - New York pharmacy has been in business for over 150 years.
Kilgour - Savile Row tailors
King & Allen - London. "Bespoke tailoring."
Kinloch Anderson - Edinburgh. Tartans, tweeds, kilts, highland dress
Kiton - Menswear. See The Best of the Worsted: Why the old art of the tailor is still found in modern Naples by Michael Specter, New Yorker Magazine, January 17, 2000. "Kiton, which
Paone started in 1953, makes some of the world's finest--and most expensive--clothes."
Kleinberg Sherrill - Belts, handbags, jewelry, footwear
Kitchen & Cookware
Karl's Appliance Stores - New Jersey chain
Cookware
All-Clad Metalcrafters - Located in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, southwest of Pittsburgh. (724-745-8300). See High-end pots that no one would pan, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, October 15,
2000. "All-Clad confines itself to an exclusive-in-this-area seconds sale twice a year at Crate in the Green Tree Shopping Center; Kitchen Shelf, Westmoreland Mall; and Ladbroke at the
Meadows. Thousands of people come to the track looking for substantial discounts."
Alessi
Bodum - Kitchenware. See Tested: Bodum Canteen Glass, New York Magazine, August 13, 2007.
Bourgeat - Professional kitchen utensils. The Excellence line can be used on induction cooktops
Le Creuset
Cuisinart
Dehillerin - Eric Dehillerin, located in Paris, has been selling copper cookware since 1820.
Demeyere Cookware - Belgium (the Apollo, Sirocco, and Atlantis lines can be used on induction cooktops)
Falk Culinair Copper Cookware - Belgium
Lacanche - French professional kitchen ranges
Mauviel - Located in Villedieu-les-Poêles in Normandy, their Induc'Inox cookware line is specifically designed for induction (multi-layered multi-layered stainless steel 18/10, high
conductibility - distributes the heat evenly and quickly, 2 mm thick).
Oxo International - Kitchen tools and housewares
Le Sanctuaire - 2710 Main Street, Santa Monica, California (310-581-8999). "The Barneys of cooking stores" (Posh Spice, by Christine Muhlke, New York Times Magazine, March 4, 2007,
p. 59)
Simple Human - "Tools for efficient living."
Sub-Zero & Wolf
Vic Firth Gourmet - "Professional quality peppermills, salt mills and rolling pins." Located in Newport, Maine. (800-894-5970)
Viking
William Bounds Limited - Salt and pepper mills
Koa Coffee
Kreiss Collection - Furniture, fabrics, linens
L.L. Bean
Lacoste
Lafuma - French outdoor clothing
Lalique
Lambertson Truex - Accessories
Lamsa - "Located in four cities in Saudi Arabia, Lamsa is a trading establishment which specializes in traditional and modern Saudi and Arabian dresses and fashion. It also offers a wide
range of Arabic and Oriental silver antiques and jewelry."
Lamy - German company is "one of the leading writing instrument manufacturers."
Lancel - Leather goods. Paris
Lancome - See also Lancome Paris
Lands' End
Lane Crawford - Hong Kong
La Perla - Bologna
Lars Bolander - "Antiques, accessories & interior design."
Laura Ashley
Leather Goods & Luggage
April in Paris - San Francisco
Avventura - Men's shoes, boots & leather goods
Brahmin Leather Works
Canterbury Leather International Ltd. - New Zealand. Sheepskin footwear and outerwear.
Coach - Leathergoods, including handbags, briefcases, footwear, men's and women's accessories, business and travel items.
Dooney & Burke - Leathergoods. Their factory is in CT. (1 Regent Streeet, Norwalk, 06855, Phone: 203-853-7515) The Annual Dooney & Burke tent sale is held in December. (Call 800-347-
5000)
Ellington Leather Goods
Fiorelli - Leather goods
Furla - Luxury and leather goods. See also Furla USA
Ghurka - Norwalk, Connecticut firm sells travel gear, handbags and accessories
Goyard - Paris. "Maison E. GOYARD, Paris France - Malle Goyard, malletier de luxe, bagages de luxe."
Hartmann - Luggage, business cases and personal leather accessories.
Hidepark Leather Company - Check out their Ladies Gilets [vests] and Waistcoats
Kale Miles - Leathergoods. See This Belt is $18,000, by Aja Mangum, The Annals of Excess, New York Magazine, January 21-28, 2008. The Hudson, Modernist, and Mercer belts have
platinum buckles and are cut and assembled by hand in Maine. "For what the company says are 'competitive reasons', it won’t release the name of the English tannery that supplies
the leather, although it is supposedly the oldest in the world, founded during the Roman Empire. The leather is cut from a specific spot on a particular breed of cow. Typical cowhides cost
a few hundred dollars; Kale Miles pays “in the thousands†for theirs."
Lancel - Paris. Founded in 1876. " Sacs, sacs à main, bagages et maroquinerie de luxe."
Martin Dingman Leather Goods - Diamond City, Arkansas
Nocona Boots - Western boots, many in exotic leathers (crocodile, ostrich, snake, lizard, stingray, shark). For additional information about the company see the entry on Nocona Boot
Company in the Handbook of Texas Online.
Schedoni - Handbags, leather accessories.
Smith & Canova - "Fine leathergoods & accessories"
Smythson - 40 Bond Street, London. "Personalised stationery & luxury leather goods."
Swiss Freitag
T. Anthony Ltd. - "Theodore Anthony once designed cosmetic cases for Elizabeth Arden. But in 1946, he decided to set off in his own direction and open his own shop on Upper Madison
Avenue in Manhattan."
Tanner Krolle - 38 Old Bond Street, London. Leather goods.
Tardini - Modena, Italia
Tod's - Leather goods
Tumi - Luggage, backpacks, messenger bags
Valextra
Vuitton
Zero Halliburton - Aluminum laptop cases
Lee Allison - Ties
Lego - And there's also Lego Mindstorms which has kits for constructing droids and robots
Lenox Collections
Leron - New York. "Custom linens for bed, bath, dining and entertaining."
LetsBuyIt.com - Swedish "co-shopping" site, founded by John Palmer, where items are offered for sale for a designated period, and as more people buy, prices drop.
Letts of London - "World's most prestigious diaries."
Levenger - "Tools for serious readers"
Levi's
Liberty of London
Liberty Graphics - Small company in Central Maine that sells screen-printed tee-shirt designs by talented nature artists using only water-based inks.
Librarie Alapage - "All the available books in France"
Lie-Nielsen Toolworks - "Makers of heirloom quality tools" in Warren, Maine.
Ligne Roset - Contemporary French furniture
Lighting Universe
Lillian Vernon
Lilly Pulitzer
Lilly on line
The Limited
Limited Brands - Parent company of Victoria's Secret, Bath & Body Works, Express, the Limited, C.O. Bigelow, White Barn Candle Co., Henry Bendel
Linda Grishman Chocolates - Burlington, Vermont
Linens, Bedding, Towels
Anali - Fine linens and accessories
Anichini - Tunbridge, Vermont. Luxury textiles
Auping
Bardwil Home - Their Lenox Platinum towels are "made from a combination of ultra soft premium cotton and bamboo fibers. These fibers result in a yarn which creates an extremely soft
and absorbent towel with the feel of cashmere."
Bates Mill Store - Bedspreads (Lewiston, Maine)
Cotswold Woollen Weavers - Filkins, Gloucestershire, UK
Cuddledown of Maine - Down comforters, linens, bedding and furniture
Leron - New York. "Custom linens for bed, bath, dining and entertaining."
Dewolfson - Down, linens, and Abyss Super Pile towels. "Winning our hearts was the $56 Super Pile Towel from DeWoolfson...our Best Overall" (Catalog Critic: Weighing in on heavy
towels, Wall Street Journal, April 14, 2006).
D. Porthault - Fine linens. Paris.
Dewey Trading Company - Collection of Pendleton blankets.
Elvang - Danish company specializes in throws and pillows made from Alpaca wool
F & B Specialty Linen - "Fine European linens for bed, bath, & table."
Frette - Italian linens.
Garnet Hill
Gayle Warwick - Hand embroidered bed and table linens.
Hudson's Bay Company
Irish Linen Company
Le Jacquard Français - French company specializes in damask linen for table, kitchen, bathroom
Kreiss Collection
Martex
Northwest Pendleton - Blankets
Peacock Alley - Bed and bath linens, blankets
Pendleton Woolen Mills
Peter Reed - "Luxury linens since 1861"
Pine Cone Hill - Quilts, bedding, furniture.
Pratesi
Scandia Down - "Fine down and feather products" (comforters, pillows, linens, towels, bathrobes, booties)
Schweitzer Linen
Sferra Linens
Westpoint Stevens
Yves Delorme - Part of the family-owned French company Fremaux Delorme, they sell fine linens for the bath and table, as well as furniture
Linda Loudermilk - "Luxury eco"
Links of London - Jewelry & gifts
Liz Claiborne
Lladró - Porcelain art
Loake Shoes - U.K.
Loehmanns
London Sole - Ballet flats
Longmire - Cufflinks
Lord & Taylor
Loro Piana
Louis Boston
Louis Vuitton
Loulou de la Falaise - Paris
Lowe's
Luciano Barbera
Ludwig Reiter - Men's shoes. Vienna
Luigi Borrelli - Menswear
Lutwyche Bespoke - London
Lux Bond & Green - Jewelry, watches and gifts
Luxury Finder - Shop by category or brand.
Lynn Chase - Dinnerware
Lyra - Personal digital player
Mac & Jac
Mackenzie-Childs - Aurora, New York
Macy's
Madame Alexander Dolls
Made in Scotland
Madeleine Vionnet - "Madeleine Vionnet (1876-1975) is recognized as one of the greatest dressmaker of the twentieth century"
Maine Cottage Furniture - Yarmouth
La Maison du Chocolat - Paris. Their $10.00 Cuana bar is 73% cocoa.
Malin and Goetz - Skincare
Mandarina Duck - Paris
Mango - "Fast fashion" label
Manufactum
Map Shop - Upton upon Severn, Worcestershire [UK]
Mappin & Webb - Silversmiths
Marché International Rungis - Paris market is the "largest wholesale market in the world for fresh products."
Mariage frères - 35 rue du Bourg-Tibourg, Paris. Teas from around the world. "Maison de thé à Paris depuis 1854."
Marie Claire Maison - Directory of French furniture & textiles shops
Marimekko - Finnish textiles and clothing company
Marithe & Francois Girbaud - Paris. Jeans and footwear.
Marks & Spencer UK
Marmot Mountain Works - Outdoor clothing and equipment
Marshalls
Martin Dingman Leather Goods - Diamond City, Arkansas
Massimo Dutti
MasterCard International
Matchbox
Maurice Sedwell - Savile Row, London
Maxalto - Contemporary Italian furnitue.
Mayari Goatmilk Soaps - Bucksport, Maine
Menswear
Alan Flusser Custom Shop - New York
Alexander McQueen
Allen Solly - Relaxed formal wear
Anderson & Sheppard - Bespoke tailors, Savile Row
Anthony J. Hewitt - Savile Row bespoke tailors
Arnys - Paris. See photographs by David Henry of Staircase at Arnys and portraits of the owners - Jean Grimbert and Michel Grimbert.
Ascot Chang - Shirtmaker
Belvest - Milano
Benson and Clegg - "Exclusive Tailors & Shirtmakers"
Brioni - Italian menswear
Brook Taverner - British orporate and retail tailors
Brooks Brothers - Check out the ties in the Audubon Collection
Burberry
Canali
Cesare Attolini - Napoli
Charles Tyrwhitt - Makers of fine shirts, Jermyn Street, London
Charvet - Jean-Claude Colban. See What's My Line? Only the Most Prestigious Shirtmaker in the World by Josh Patner, New York Times Magazine, Spring, 2006, p. 88. "The stiching on a
standard collar is four millmeters from the edge," he says, explaining the special magic of a custom-made shirt. "In bespoke we can make it closer if you prefer...And we never fuse
collars. When the collar is fused, it is dead."
Chester Barrie - Savile Row. "Classic, English & Hand Tailored"
Coles
Corneliani - "Fratelli Claudio & Carlalberto Corneliani S.p.A. with headquarters in Mantua, is an international leader in quality menswear, with decades of experience dedicated
exclusively to fine men's apparel. Founded in the Thirties, Corneliani was one of the pioneers of clothing manufacture in Italy, and found definitive consolidation in the second half of the
Fifties."
Davies and Sons - Savile Row bespoke tailors
Dege & Skinner - Bespoke tailors, Savile Row, London
Dunhill - London. "Luxury goods for men."
Ede & Ravenscroft
Edward Sexton - Savile Row, London
Emmett - London shirtmakers
Ermenegildo Zegna - Menswear. See article - Annals of Technology: Solar Chic: Dressing Off the Grid by Henry Alford, New Yorker Magazine, September 24, 2007 about their Solar Ski
Jacket. "He pointed out two two-inch-by-three-inch solar panels embedded in the jacket’s removable Nehru-style collar. The panels are wired to a battery in the breast pocket which is
the size of a deck of cards; with four hours’ worth of sun, the battery can be used to charge five- and six-volt appliances like cell phones and iPods."
Gieves and Hawkes
Gianluca Isaia - Neapolitan tailor
Giorgio Armani
Hackett - Jermyn Street, London
Hart, Schaffner & Marx - Clothing for men
Hardy Amies
Harvie & Hudson - London firm known for their broad striped shirts. (They made shirts for Rudolph Valentino.)
Hawes and Curtis - London shirtmakers
Henry Poole - Bespoke tailors, Savile Row
Hermes - Ties
Hickey Freeman - Menswear. They have a factory outlet in Rochester, New York
Hilditch & Key - Bespoke shirtmakers, Jermyn Street, London.
Huntsman
Ike Behar - Miami Lakes, Florida, shirt-maker.
Isaia - Napoli. "World's only true modern sartorial brand of men's apparel."
Italo Ferretti - Cravatta (ties)
J. McLaughlin - "Perennial preppy favorites" for men and women
J. Peterman
J. Press - Menswear
James Lock & Co. Ltd. - London hatters. "Ladies & gentlemen's hats and country clothing."
Joseph Abboud
Kendi Ties
Kilgour - Savile Row tailors
King & Allen - London. "Bespoke tailoring."
Kiton - Neapolitan tailors. See The Best of the Worsted: Why the old art of the tailor is still found in modern Naples by Michael Specter, New Yorker Magazine, January 17, 2000. "Kiton,
which Paone started in 1953, makes some of the world's finest--and most expensive--clothes."
Lands' End
Lee Allison - Ties
Loro Piana
Louis Boston
Luciano Barbera
Luigi Borrelli - Menswear
Lutwyche Bespoke - London
Maurice Sedwell - Savile Row, London
Mitchells and Richards - Westport & Greenwich CT
Nick Bronson - Scarves (cravatte - vestaglie - foulard - sciarpe) Via Nicola D'Apulia, 9 - 20125 Milano
Norton & Sons - Savile Row bespoke suits
Oxxford Clothes - Tailored clothing
Ozwald Boateng - London
Paul Smith - U.K.
Paul Stuart
Polo.com - Ralph Lauren
Reiss - London
Richard Anderson - Savile Row bespoke tailor
Richard James - Savile Row, London
Robert Talbott - Ties, shirts and accessories
Ron Herman - Los Angeles
Scabal
Spencer Hart - British tailors
Stefano Ricci - Menswear
Steven Hitchcock
SU214 - UK
Thomas Pink - "The most beautiful shirts in the world"; Jermyn Street, London
Timothy Everest - London. "We provide a full, handmade bespoke suit, crafted on the premises to Savile Row standards, but with a youthful edge."
Turnbull & Asser - Shirtmakers and clothiers
Mephisto - Footwear (France)
Merlin Bicycles
Merrell - Outdoor footwear
Method - Company founded by Eric Ryan & Adam Lowry makes "naturally-derived, biodegradable" cleaning products.
Michael C. Fina
Michael Kors
Mikasa
Miller et Bertaux - Perfume
Mistral - "Thirty soap fragrances, as well as a full range of Mistral-scented personal care products." They sell lovely shea butter hand creams (Melon Pear, Grapefruit Red Currant, Vanilla
Apricot, Green Fig)
Mitchell Gold - Furniture
Mitchells / Richards - Westport & Greenwich
Miu Miu - Paris
Modern Amusement
Molteni & C - Contemporary Italian furniture.
Montblanc - Watches, pens, writing paper
Moosejaw Mountaineering
Molton Brown - UK
Montrail - Outdoor footwear
Moss
Mottahedah - Dinnerware, giftware
Mountain Gear
Mountain Hardwear - Outdoor gear and clothing
Mountain Sports - Arlington, Texas
Movies Unlimited - "Movie collector's website"
Mueller - German crafts "wide range of traditional goods, made by craftsmen and women from the Erzgebirge mountain [area]"
Muji Online - Japanese department store
Munthe plus Simonsen - Copenhagen. Women's clothing.
Museum Shops
British Museum Store
Metropolitan Museum of Art Gift & Book Shop
MoMA Online Store
Morgan Library Shop
Smithsonian Store
Victoria and Albert Museum Shop
Winterthur Gifts
Music
Alapage - French online book and music store
Angel
Anita's Ocarinas - Anita Feng makes these ancient folk instruments from a smooth, high-fire clay.
Aquarius Records - Oldest independent record store in San Francisco
CDBaby - Online record store that sells CDs by independent musicians. Allows you to listen to generous portions of music (try Deb Talan's Forgiven from her Something Burning CD).
CDnow
Descarga Online! - "Source for hard to find tropical Latin compact discs, videos, books, instructional material and percussion instruments."
Deutsche Grammophon
EMI
FolkWeb
Global Electronic Music Marketplace (GEMM) - Over 3,200.000 new & used cds and vinyl. Specializes in hard-to-find titles. For example, try a search for Tom Tom Club (Chris Frantz and
Tina Weymouth, formerly of the Talking Heads).
H&B Recordings Direct - Classical
Hänssler
Harmonia Mundi
Helix Musical Instruments - Australian James Corr specialises in unique hand made instruments which include, harps, lyres, psalteries, marimbas, xylophones, tuned and untuned
percussion and a range of multi-cultural instruments.
Kairos
London Symphony Orchestra
Mode
Naxos
Nonesuch
RCA
Reference Recordings
SONY Classical
Telarc
Tower Records
Virgin Classics
Warner
Musto - Sailing clothing and gear
N. Peal
Nambe - Serving pieces and decorative accessories
National Retail Federation
Natuzzi - Home furnishings
Neal's Yard Remedies - London. "Organic skin and body care, and natural remedies."
Neesh by D.A.R.
Neiman Marcus
Net-a-Porter - Fashion website founded by Natalie Massenet in 2000 sells more than 50 luxury brands.
New & Lingwood - "Shirtmakers, hosiers and shoemakers"
New England Artisans Guild - Their "work revives the styles and philosophy of the Anglo-American Arts & Crafts Movement."
New Moon Rugs - The Mesa Collection by John Kurtz is a "collection of Classic Native American patterns and color schemes that have been transformed into contemporary
interpretations that are uniquely American."
Nextag - Comparison shopping search engine
Nicholas K - Women's and men's clothing and accessories
Nicole Farhi
Nicole Miller
Nike - Athletic footwear
Nine West - Shoes
Nocona Boots - Western boots, many in exotic leathers (crocodile, ostrich, snake, lizard, stingray, shark). For additional information about the company see the entry on Nocona Boot
Company in the Handbook of Texas Online
Nordstrom
Noritake
Norm Thompsom
North Face - Outdoor clothing and gear
Northwest Pendleton - Blankets
Norton & Sons - Savile Row bespoke suits
NRS (Northwest River Supplies)
Oakley - Sunglasses
Obermeyer - Skiwear
L'Occitane en Provence - Bath & body products
Odin New York
O'Farrell Hat Company - Makers of custom-made hats, Durango, Colorado.
Office Depot
Old Navy
Oilily - Dutch children's and women's clothing company
Old Town Canoe
Ogilvy
Olivier Strelli - Belgian designer
Oliviers & Co
Omaha Steaks
OnlineOfficeSupplies
Oreck - Upright vacuum cleaners
Oriac Design - Designer furniture and accessories
Origins - Skincare products
Orrefors - Swedish glassworks
Orvis - "Total fly fishing resource"
OshKosh B'Gosh
Outdoor Clothing & Gear
Adirondack Mountain Club Online Store
Adventure Medical Kits - "First aid kits and survival tools for wilderness medicine, family outings, and travel."
Aigle - Outdoor clothing "based on three common principles: quality, function, and gimmick-free elegance."
Aku - Trekking and outdoor footwear
Alpineer - Crested Butte, Colorado
Altrec - Outdoor gear
Arc'teryx
Asolo
Barbour - Men's and women's outdoor activity and country sport clothing. They have an outlet in Milford, New Hampshire, just off Route 101 at 55 Meadowbrook Drive (603-673-1313)
Bass Pro Shops
Black Diamond
Brunton - Their Wind River Range is one of the best camp stoves with 30,000 BTUs ($462). They also sell portable solar panels. The Solaris 26 ($451) is made for charging laptops. The L5
5-Watt LED Headlamp is the "brightest LED headlamp available."
Buck Knives
Burton - Gear for snowboarders
Cabela's - Hunting, fishing and outdoor gear
Campmor - "Gear for camping, backpacking, mountaineering, hiking, trekking, canoeing, kayaking, in-line skating, and bicycling."
Cascade Designs
Chaco - Footwear
Chatham Marine - British firm sells "casual, marine clothing & shoes for men & women."
Chippewa Boots - See also Snakeboots
Cintamini - Icelandic outdoor clothing
Coleman
Columbia
Danner Footwear
Delorme - Maps, navigation devices
Dick's Sporting Goods
Driza-Bone - Queensland, Australia, company known for their oilskin coats.
Dunham Boots - Founded in 1885 in Brattleboro, Vermont by George and Charles Dunham
Eastern Mountain Sports
Empire Canvas Works - Solon Springs, Wisconsin. "Traditional outerwear for winter adventures. Hand crafted in northern Minnesota." Great mittens and boots.
Ermenegildo Zegna - Menswear. See article - Annals of Technology: Solar Chic: Dressing Off the Grid by Henry Alford, New Yorker Magazine, September 24, 2007 about their Solar Ski
Jacket. "He pointed out two two-inch-by-three-inch solar panels embedded in the jacket’s removable Nehru-style collar. The panels are wired to a battery in the breast pocket which is
the size of a deck of cards; with four hours’ worth of sun, the battery can be used to charge five- and six-volt appliances like cell phones and iPods."
Eureka Camping Center - Binghamton, New York, factory outlet sells tents, backpacks, sleeping bags, canoes, kayaks and camping accessories. They have an annual tent sale in March.
F. M. Allen - " Luxury African Safari specialists."
Gander Mountain - Hunting, fishing and camping gear.
Garmont - Hiking Boots and gear for trekking and mountaineering
Gordini - Essex Junction, Vermont
Gore-Tex Outerwear
Gramicci - Outdoor clothing
Gregory Mountain Products - Backpacks. The Shasta is described as "for the traditionalist, "All i want is a tube with a suspension!" Stripped down to the essentials with a price to match."
Grenfell Handicrafts, Ltd. - Hand embroidered clothing from Newfoundland. You can see the items in the catalog. The High-Topped Ladies Duffle Slippers are made of hand-embroidered
wool with a Moosehide-lined sole and can be used as boot liners. The Hand embroidered Baby Bunting Bag is made of 100% wool with a soft flannel lining and has a rabbit fur-trimmed
hood. (P.O. Box 280, St. Anthony, Newfoundland, AOK450 Canada, info@grenfell-properties.com)
Havlick Snowshoe Company - Mayfield, New York company sells aluminum and wood framed snowshoes and hand-woven pack baskets.
Hoggs of Fife - "Famous Scottish countrywear."
Integral Designs - "Innovative Gear for Self Propelled Adventurers."
JanSport
Keen Footwear
Kelty
L.L. Bean
Lafuma - French outdoor clothing
Latulippe - Quebec
Le Baron - Canadian outdoor products (Kamik, Sorel, Danner boots)
Le Chameau - French firm. "Since 1927, Le Chameau has been dedicated to creating exceptionally comfortable and refined collections of boots, shoes and clothing for all lovers of nature.
Lowe Alpine
Map Shop - Upton upon Severn, Worcestershire [UK]
Marmot Mountain Works - Outdoor clothing and equipment
Merlin Bicycles
Merrell - Outdoor footwear
Montrail - Outdoor footwear
Moosejaw Mountaineering
Mountain Equipment Co-op (MEC)
Mountain Gear
Mountain Hardwear - Outdoor gear and clothing
Mountain Sports - Arlington, Texas
MSR Mountain Safety Research
Musto - Sailing clothing and gear
North Face
NRS (Northwest River Supplies) - Moscow, Idaho
Oakley
Obermeyer - Skiwear
O'Farrell Hat Company - Makers of custom-made hats, Durango, Colorado.
Orvis - "Total fly fishing resource."
Osprey Packs
Outbound
Outdoor Research
Outdoor World
Patagonia - "Environmentally conscious makers of quality soutdoor clothing." See
Let My People Go Surfing: The Education of a Reluctant Businessman (2006) by Yvon Chouinard. You can "search inside" this book at Amazon.com.
Pearl Izumi - Broomfield, Colorado supplier of outdoor and fitness items
Performance Bicycle
Petzl - "Gear & techniques for rock climbing, ice climbing, mountaineering."
Princeton Tec - Known for their headlamps
Rab - Outdoor equipment, clothing, sleeping bags
Rand McNally
REI - Outdoor gear and clothing. There's also an REI-Outlet
Royal Robbins - Outdoor & Travel Clothes
Salomon Sports
Scarpa
Schwinn
Sigg - Swiss engineered water bottles
Skeppshult Bikes - Swedish manufacturer of classic bicycles, many models have an upright seat position.
Sierra Designs - Tents, sleeping bags, men's and women's outdoor clothing
Sierra Trading Post - Closeouts, overstocks and seconds
66 [Degrees] North - Iceland
Sorel - "Durable, comfortable, cold-weather footwear since 1908."
Specialized - Mountain bikes
Spyder - Skiwear
Sugoi - Vancouver, British Columbia
Swiss Army - Watches, knives, sunglasses, travel gear, apparal. Now officially known as Victorinox Swiss Army. Any of the Classic SD sterling hammered pocket knives (Style Number:
53029) would make a fine gift (USD: $100.00).
Swany America - Performance gloves
TDS Saddlers - Check out their Dublin Tall River Boots
Thule Car Rack Systems
Tilley Endurables - "Finest hats and travel clothing in the world."
Timberland - "Boot. Brand. Belief"
Vasque - Hiking boots. The Luna (women) and Zephyr (men) are recommended for day hiking.
Wenger - Manufacturer of Swiss Army knives, footwear, outdoor gear, watches. See also Wenger Switzerland.
Woods Canada - Outdoor goods
Outdoor World
Outpost - Computers
Overstock - Sells products from failed e-tailers
Oxo International - Kitchen tools and housewares
Oxxford Clothes - Tailored clothing
Oysho
Pacific Chai
Paco Rabanne
Pampered Chef
Pangaya - "Online eco-chic retailer that cares about two things: sustainability and fashion" for women
Panier des Sens - Soaps, bath oils, body lotions from Provence. They have a very nice Green Tomato Shea Butter Soap.
Papworth Travel Goods - UK
Parkleigh - Rochester, New York
Patagonia - "Environmentally conscious makers of quality soutdoor clothing." See Let My People Go Surfing: The Education of a Reluctant Businessman (2006) by Yvon Chouinard. You
can "search inside" this book at Amazon.
Patek Philippe - Geneva
Paul & Joe - Paris boutique
Paul Smith - U.K.
Paul Stuart
Paul's Harness Shop - Equestrian merchandise, Colorado Springs
Paxton & Whitfield - British and French cheeses in London, Bath, Stratford upon Avon
Peacock Alley - Bed and bath linens, blankets
Pearl Izumi - Broomfield, Colorado supplier of outdoor and fitness items
Pecksniffs - "Pecksniff's is still family owned, and one of the last truly independent British fragance houses."
Pedro Garcia - Shoes
Pehnaligons
Pendleton Woolen Mills
Pens & Stationery
Acorn Designs - Trumansburg, New York. Bookmarks, notepads, journals and notecards. "Images from nature on ecological papers." (800-299-3997)
Aurora - Torino, Italy, manufacuturers of pens, leather goods, paper.
Bexley Pens - Columbus, Ohio
Bittner - Carmel by the Sea, California
Brause
Caran d'Ache - Geneva
Conklin Pen Company - Englishtown, New Jersey
A.T. Cross Co. - Pens
Carrot & Stick Press - Oakland, California. Antique letterpress stationery. The bamboo placemats are quite nice. (See Collection)
Cavallini Papers & Co. - San Francisco
Conway Stewart - "Britain's foremost luxury pen maker since 1905."
Crane - Stationery, invitations.
David Oscarson
Dempsey and Carroll - New York. "Stationery engravers since 1878."
Diamine Inks
Elco Paper
Embrey Papers - Los Angeles
Fabulous Stationery
Grifos - Champdepraz, Italy
J. Herbin - Paris. "Calligraphy supplies, fine writing ink, calligraphy pens, sealing wax, pen ink cartridges, reed and bamboo pens."
Ink Flow - "Fine pen retailers"
Jac Zagoory Designs
Joon - "Fine writing instruments." (New York)
Julie Holcomb Printers
Lallie
Lamy - German company is "one of the leading writing instrument manufacturers."
Michel Perchin
Montblanc - Watches, pens, writing paper
Montegrappa 1912
Monteverde Pens - Canoga Park, California
Mrs. John L. Strong - New York. "To touch a Mrs. John L. Strong envelope, always creamy vanilla and handlined in colored tissue, is to enter the Frette-linen world of stationery. " (From
Paper's Mate by Victoria Mather, Town & Country, November 2004).
Namiki
Neenah Paper - See their Eames Paper Collection, fine parchments inspired by Ray and Charles Eames.
Omas
Parafernalia
Parker Pens
Pelikan
Pierre Belvédère Essence du Papier
Rotring - Hamburg, Germany
S.T. Dupont - Paris
Saint Clair Stationers
Set Editions - Brooklyn
Skripta-Paris - Fine pens & stationery, Paris. Other brands to look for: Omas, Pelikan, Namiki, Waterman, Shaeffer and Aurora.
Smythson - 40 Bond Street, London. "Personalised stationery & luxury leather goods." The 2007 Edition Tenth Anniversary Fashion Diaries designed by Alexander McQueen, Angela
Missoni, Zac Posen, and Giambattista Valli are quite nice.
Think Pens
Visconti
Stacy Claire Boyd
Waterman Pens
Watermark Stationery
William Arthur
Performance Bicycle
Perscriptives
Peter Jones - London
Peter Scott - Hawick, Scotland. "Finest Scottish Knitwear Since 1878."
Philippe Matignon - Italian hosiery. "Classic line... from very sheer to very opaque tights, stay-ups, stockings, knee socks and pop socks, maybe also embellished with fine stay-up laces
and socks."
Phillips Collection - Home furnishings
PhotoWorks - Send in roll of film and have your pictures posted online within a few days and shipped on CD-ROM, with accompanying prints
Piaget
Pickett - Burlington Arcade,London
Pier I Imports
Pierre Cardin
Pierre Frey
Pierre Hardy - Men's and women's shoes
Pine Cone Hill - Quilts, bedding, furniture.
Piperlime - "Fresh, online shoe shop from the Gap Inc."
Pleats Please
Polo.com - Ralph Lauren
Poltrona Frau - Italian furniture maker
Ports 1961
Pottery Barn
Practical Sailing Solutions
Prada
Prana
Pratesi
Price Watch - Computer resources.
Pringle of Scotland
Priceline.com
Primrose Bordier - French linens
Le Printemps - Paris department store
Project Alabama - "Exceptional work of over 150 artisans."
Prorasi - Italian shaving creams
Puiforcat - Paris. Silver and cutlery.
Pull and Bear
Puma
Pylones - French novelty store
Q Collection - Anthony Cochran and Jesse Johnson combine "high-end, stylish design with the purest and most environmentally-friendly materials available."
Rag & Bone
Rand McNally
Randall Made Knives - Hand-crafted knives by Bo and Gary Randall of Orlando, Florida.
Real Goods - "Sustainable living"
Redcats
RedEnveolpe - Gifts
Redken
Reebok
Reed and Barton - Silver
REI - Outdoor gear and clothing. There's also an REI-Outlet
Reiss - Menswear, London
Restoration Hardware
Richard Anderson - Savile Row bespoke tailor
Richard James - Savile Row, London
Riedel - Georg Riedel is an Austrian manufacturer of wine glasses. Riedel also owns Spiegelau
Robin Bruce - Furniture
Robb Report: Magazine for the Affluent Lifestyle - "Features articles about the latest exotic and collector cars, speed and luxury boats, art and collectibles, audio and video equipment,
trends for the home, and the hottest vacation spots."
Robbe & Berking - Germany. Silver flatware
Robert Talbott - Ties, shirts and accessories
Rocky Mountain Clothing - Denver
Rocco Barocco
Rockport
Rodeo Drive - Official site of "one of the most famous and elegant shopping districts in the world."
Roger & Gallet - Paris. "Créateur de parfums, eaux de toilette, eau de Cologne."
Ron Herman - Menswear. Los Angeles
Room & Board - Furniture and home furnishings
Rörstrand - Swedish porcelain.
Rosenthal USA - Dinnerware, flatware, stemware. See also Rosenthal
Royal Copenhagen
Royal Crown Derby
Royal Robbins - Outdoor & Travel Clothes
Royal Scandinavia - Royal Copenhagen, Orrefors, Kosta Boda, Boda Nova, Holmegaard, Höganäs Keramik and Venini.
Royal Worcester
Rupert Sanderson Shoes
Russell & Bromley - Clothing (UK)
S. J. Phillips - Antique jewellery
S.T. Dupont
St. John Knits
Saks Fifth Avenue
Sally Beauty Supplies
Salomon Sports
Salvatore Ferragamo
La Samaritaine - Paris department store
Samsonite - Luggage. Marc Newson's Scope series is interesting.
Sample Sales
Billion Dollar Babes
Budget Fashionista
Clothingline
Daily Candy - Sends email announcements of sample sales to subscribers
Lazar Shopping
New York Magazine: Sales & Bargains - They have a 12-Month New York Sales Calendar
Showroom Seven
Soiffer-Haskin
Top Button
Savon de Marseille - Olive oil soaps from the south of France
Scandia Down - "Fine down and feather products" (comforters, pillows, linens, towels, bathrobes, booties)
Schedoni - Italian handbags, leather accessories.
Schott - Leather jackets and motorcycle apparel
Schweitzer Linen
Schwinn
Scoop NYC
Scott Jordan Furniture - New York
Scottish Fine Soaps
Searle - New York
Sears
Sebago - Rockford, Michigan. Casual footwear.
See's Candies
Seibu Department Stores - Toyko
Seize sur Vingt - New York. 243 Elizabeth St. (212-343-0476). Founded by James and Gwendolyn Jurney in 1998. "We make finely tailored clothing for men and women, whose fabrics and
fit are both youthful and elegant. We have men and women’s custom and ready-to-wear shirts and suits, sportswear, shoes, and beautifully made accessories."
Selfridges of London - UK department store
Sephora
Sergio Rossi - Italian footwear
Sferra Linens
Shackleton Thomas - Bridgewater, Vermont. Charles Shackleton Furniture and Miranda Thomas Pottery
Sharper Image
Skeppshult Bikes - Swedish manufacturer of classic bicycles, many models have an upright seat position.
Sheplers Western Wear - "World’s largest western stores & catalog"
Shipton and Heneage Shoes - London
Shiseido
Shoe Mania
Shoeline
Shortbread House of Edinburgh Ltd
ShopVogue
Shu Uemura
Sierra Designs - Tents, sleeping bags, men's and women's outdoor clothing
Sierra Trading Post - Closeouts, overstocks and seconds
Sigerson Morrison - Shoes
Sigrid Olsen
Simon Pearce - Glass and pottery designer located in Quechee, Vermont.
Simple Human - "Tools for efficient living."
66 North - Iceland
Skripta-Paris - Fine pens & stationery, Paris. Other brands to look for: Omas, Pelikan, Namiki, Waterman, Shaeffer and Aurora.
SkyMall
Small Luxury Hotels of the World - Collection of over 230 small luxury hotels worldwide, with full hotel details, photographs, on-line reservations; from Open World
Smith & Canova - "Fine leathergoods & accessories"
Smith & Hawken
Smithsonian Online Catalogue
Smythson - 40 Bond Street, London. "Personalised stationery & luxury leather goods."
Sofft Shoe Co.
Solvang - Clogs
Sorel - "Durable, comfortable, cold-weather footwear since 1908."
Souleiado - Cotton printed fabrics and table linens found in the Provence region of France.
Sonia Rykiel
Sons & Daughters - New York shop sells children's clothing and toys
Sotheby's - New York (and London) auction gallery
Sovietski Collection - "Distinctive timepieces, optics, gifts and collectibles from a bygone era."
Spa Shops
Golden Door - Escondido, Ca.
Mandarin Oriental,
Miraval Resort - Catalina, Arizona
Specialized - Mountain bikes
Speedo - Swimwear
Spencer Hart - British tailors
Sperry-Topsider
Spiegel
Spode
Spyder - Skiwear
Stapf Tirol - Austria
Standard Style
Stanley Works - Tools, hardware and specialty hardware
Stark's Vacuum Cleaners - Seattle. (Shipping and handling costs are $10 to $15.)
Stefano Ricci - Menswear
Steger Mukluks - Ely, Minnesota firm sells native styled moosehide winter boots and moccasins
Stephen Dweck - Jewelry
Stephen Webster - "Luxury Jewellery."
Steuben Glass - Corning, New York
Stewart + Brown - Organic clothing
Stickley Furniture - Manlius, New York
Stila Cosmetics
Stilleben - Copenhagen. "Represents young Danish potters and ceramic designers as well as Scandinavian Porcelain manufacturers such as Royal Copenhagen, Hoganas and Iittala."
Stockmann - Department store in Helsinki, Finland
Steven Stolman
Stone Mountain - Handbags
Stuart Weitzman - Shoes
Stubbs & Wootton - Shoes & accessories (Palm Beach, New York, South Hampton). "The Stubbs and Wootton name is synonymous with slipper."
Sue London - Foldable calfskin flats
SU214 - UK menswear store
Sugoi - Vancouver, British Columbia
Sunglass Hut International
Surface to Air
Sutor Mantellassi - Milano. Men's shoes.
Swany America - Performance gloves
Swarovski - Crystal
Swatch
Swiss Army - Watches, knives, sunglasses, travel gear, apparal
Swiss Colony
Tableware
Arthur Price of England - Silversmiths
Bennington Potters - Bennington, Vermont.
Christofle - Paris
Denby Pottery
Fortunoff
Georg Jensen
Höganäs Keramik - Ceramics (in Swedish only)
Juliska Glassware
Koninklijke Tichelaar Makkum - Earthenware and tile factory was founded in 1594 and is considered to be the oldest company in the Netherlands. "Makkumer earthenware is entirely
handcrafted and handpainted."
Lenox
Lynn Chase - Dinnerware
Mappin & Webb - Silversmiths
Marc Blackwell - New York. Tabletop and home items.
Mikasa
Mottahedah - Dinnerware, giftware
Nambe - Serving pieces and decorative accessories
Noritake
Oneida
Orrefors - Swedish glassworks
Portmeirion
Puiforcat - Paris. Silver and cutlery.
Reed and Barton - Silver
Riedel - Georg Riedel is an Austrian manufacturer of stemware. Riedel also owns Spiegelau. In their July 7-8, 2007, Wine Notes column in the Wall Street Journal, Dorothy Gaiter and John
Brecher recommend the Spiegelau Vino Grande Burgundy wine glasses (#451 00 00, $49.95 for a set of six) as a good everyday glass that "will help both reds and whites show their
best."
Robbe & Berking - Germany. Silver flatware
Rörstrand - Swedish porcelain.
Rosenthal USA - Dinnerware, flatware, stemware
Royal Copenhagen
Royal Crown Derby - Derbyshire
Royal Doulton - Minton, Royal Albert. "Royal Doulton, as evidenced by the name, enjoys the distinction of a "Royal Warrant". A Royal Warrant is bestowed upon people or companies who
have regularly supplied members of the Royal Family with goods or services. It is regarded as a mark of supreme excellence and quality. It cannot, of course, be bought or sold. King
Edward awarded the first of five Royal Warrants to Royal Doulton in 1901. The Doulton Company then became The Royal Doulton Company."
Royal Scandinavia - Royal Copenhagen, Orrefors, Kosta Boda, Boda Nova, Holmegaard, Höganäs Keramik and Venini.
Royal Tichelaar Makkum - "Netherlands' oldest company." See tiles and ceramics.
Simon Pearce - Glass and pottery designer located in Quechee, Vermont.
Spiegelau -
Spode
Steuben Glass - Corning, New York
Stilleben - Copenhagen. "Represents young Danish potters and ceramic designers as well as Scandinavian Porcelain manufacturers such as Royal Copenhagen, Hoganas and Iittala."
Thomas Goode - China, porcelain and glass tableware (London)
Towle Silversmiths
Vietri - Italian dinnerware
Villeroy & Boch
Wallace Silversmiths
Waterford Crystal
Wedgwood
William Yeoward Crystal
Williams-Sonoma
T. Anthony Ltd. - Leathergoods
TAG Heuer - Swiss sports watches
Takashimaya - Japanese department store
Talbots
Tall Couture
Tamino Crisci - "Finest shoemaker since 1919" (Milano)
Tanner Krolle - 38 Old Bond Street, London. Leather goods.
The Tannery - Boston. Shoes
Target
Taryn Rose - Footwear
Temple St. Clair - Fine jewelry
Teri Jon
Territory Ahead - "Exceptional clothing for men & women"
Teva Sport Sandals
Textbooks
Amazon.com
Bigwords
Cheapbooks
eCampus
efollet
Textbooks.com - Division of Barnes & Noble
VarsityBooks
Theory
Thos. Moser Cabinetmakers
Thomas Goode - China, porcelain and glass tableware (London)
Thomas Pink - "The most beautiful shirts in the world"; Jermyn Street, London
Threadless -"Makes funny and satirical T-shirts. But they are a little different from those made by other T-shirt companies. All Threadless shirts are designed and approved by the site's
members." See NPR story: Web T-Shirt Company Builds a Community, Business , Morning Edition, December 11, 2006.
Thule Car Rack Systems
Thymes Ltd. - Bath, body and home products.
La Tienda - "The best of Spain in America"
Tiffany & Co.
Tilley Endurables - "Finest hats and travel clothing in the world."
Timberland - "Boot. Brand. Belief"
Timbuk2 - Messenger bags
Timothy Everest - London. "We provide a full, handmade bespoke suit, crafted on the premises to Savile Row standards, but with a youthful edge."
Tire Rack - "Stocks one of the largest selections of high quality wheels available anywhere."
Tod's - Leather goods
Todd Oldham
Today's Man - Menswear
Tomas Maier - Swimwear
Tommy Bahama
Tommy Hilfiger
Tomotsu
Tom's Of Maine - "Natural personal care products"
Tools
Bahco - "World's largest handtools manufacturers."
Buck Knives
Lie-Nielsen Toolworks - "Makers of heirloom quality tools" in Warren, Maine.
Lee Valley Tools - Woodworking and gardening tools. Sells carbon steel garden forks made in England
Randall Made Knives - Hand-crafted knives by Bo and Gary Randall of Orlando, Florida.
Swiss Army
Topshop
Tory Burch - Sportswear and accessories for women. See Tory Burch See Tory Burch Fashioned a Business Model First by Teri Agins, Wall Street Journal, February 5, 2008.
Tower Records
Towle Silversmiths
Toys
Toy Awards: Family Life Best Learning Tools, Family Fun, Parents' Choice, National Parenting Center Seal of Approval, Dr. Toy
Adora Dolls
American Girl - Dolls
Baby Einstein
Boom Whackers - Whacky Music, Inc.
Brainy Baby
Breyer Horses
Brio - Swedish toy manufacturer
Construction Toys
Corolle Dolls
Cranium
Crocodile Creek
Cuboro
Darda
Eeboo
Edushape
Ertl Toys
FAO Schwarz
Fatbrain Toys
Fischertechnik
Fisher-Price - Division of Mattel
Folkmanis - Puppets
Gamewright
Götz Puppenmanufaktur - Rödental, Germany. Dolls
Gregg Fleishman - Los Angeles architect designs playground structures
Haba
Hamleys of London - "Finest toyshop in the world"
HandsOnToys, Inc. - Toobers&Zots, Flashball, & Wiggly Giggly
Hasbro - Toys
Hansa Toys USA - Stuffed animals
Hearth Song - Toys, crafts, games
Infinitoy - Creators of ZOOB construction sets.
International Playthings
K B Toys
Kapla - Building 'plank' designed by Tom van der Bruggen
Kazoo Toys
K'nex
Kids Preferred
Learning Resources
Lego
Lilliput Play Homes - Children's playhouses manufactured in Finleyville, Pennsylvania.
Lincoln Logs - Designed in 1916 by John Lloyd Wright, son of Frank Lloyd Wright
Little Tikes
Madame Alexander - Dolls
Manhattan Toy - Maker of Skwish Classic
Matchbox
Meccano
Melissa and Doug - 800-284-3948
Museum of Modern Art Design Store
New York Public Library Shops
Nilo Toys - Activity tables, accessories, storage
Oppenheim Toy Portfolio - With list of Platinum Award Winners 2007
Playmobil
Radio Flyer - Trikes, bikes, wagons
Ravensburger - Puzzles
Rokenbok
Sassy
Selecta Wood Toys - Germany
Sirch & Bitzer - German firm makes handsome wooden sleds (rodelschlitten) and riding toys.
Skullduggery - Fossil replicas and science kits
Small World Toys - Neurosmith
Tiny Love - Soft developmental toys for babies and toddlers
Tomy Toys
Toy Industry Association - Sponsor of the American International Fall Toy Show in New York and the Toy of the Year Awards (T.O.T.Y.).
Toy Wishes Magazine 2005 Hot Dozen - Pdf format
Toys"R"Us
Uncle Goose Toys - Maker of Groovie Blocks
Uncle Milton
Velocity Art and Design - Their Modern Playshed ($2995), a prefab designed by Ryan Grey Smith, can be customized by adding "deck, colorful floor tiles, indoor/outdoor colored panels,
and whiteboard, chalkboard, or finished birch ply panels." See Bauhaus Meets the Playhouse In Homeowners' Backyards by Jessie Knadler, Wall Street Journal, April 15-16, 2006.
Viking Toys
Warner Bros. Studio Store
Wild Planet
Trader Joe's Specialty Grocery Stores
Trickers - London. "Hand-made & bench-made English footwear since 1829."
Trovata - "Rustic prep" clothing line founded in 2001 by John Whitledge, Josia Lamberto-Egan, Jeff Halmos and Sam Shipley. See A Split in Fashiondom: Can This Label Be Saved? by
Eric Wilson, New York Times, March 22, 2007, p. G1. "''They designed the clothes they wanted to wear themselves,'' said Michael Macko, the vice president for men's fashion for Saks
Fifth Avenue. ''The four of them really were the label, and there wasn't another one like them at the time.''
True Religion - Jeans
Tumi - Luggage, backpacks, messenger bags
Turkey Joints - Seasonal candy, available from October until May, created in Rome, New York
Turnbull & Asser - Shirtmakers and clothiers
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UGG Boots - Australia
Ulu Boot
Umbra - Home decorative accessories, housewares and gift items.
Uncommon Goods
Urban Outfitters
Valenkis - Russian wool boot
Van Cleef & Arpels
Vans
Vasque - Hiking boots. The Luna (women) and Zephyr (men) are recommended for day hiking.
Venetucci Manufacturers Outlet - 433 Boston Post Rd, Westbrook, Connecticut (860-399-6477). Features new stock, prototypes, samples, closeouts, discontinued items and overruns of
furniture, accessories, tableware and gift items.
Venini - Italian art glass
Vera Bradley
Vermont Country Store
Vertbaudet - Maternity and children's clothing
Via Spiga
Victoria and Richard - Victoria and Richard Mackenzie-Childs, Aurora, New York
Victoria's Secret - Lingerie, bath & fragrance, bedding
Vietri - Italian dinnerware
Vilebrequin - Men's beachwear
Villeroy & Boch
Venini - Italian art glass
Vineyard Vines - Clothing for men, women & children
Vintage, Thrift, Consignment, Resale, Used etc.
Acquired Taste - 210 E. 10th St., New York City (212-995-5064)
Allan and Suzi
Cancer Care Thrift Shop, 1480 3rd Ave., New York City (212-879-9868)
City Opera Thrift Shop - 222 E. 23rd St., New York City (212-684-5344)
Designer Resale - 324 E. 81st St., New York City (212-734-3639)
Elle W Collection - 864 Lexington Ave., New York City
Encore Resale - 1132 Madison Ave., New York City (212 879-2850)
Fashiondig
INA - New York. Four locations: Soho:101 Thompson St. (212.941.4757); Nolita: 21 Prince St. Between Mott and Elizabeth (212.334.9048); Uptown: 208 E 73 St. Between 2nd and 3rd
(212.249.0014); and Soho Men: 262 Mott St. Between Prince and Houston (212.334.2210).
Kavanagh's - 146 E. 49th St., New York City. Mary Kavanagh is the owner. (212-702-0152)
Marmalade - 172 Ludlow St., New York City (212-473-8070)
Michael's: the Consignment Shop for Women - 1041 Madison Ave., New York City (212-737-7273)
Out of the Closet. 220 E 81st., New York City (212-472-3573)
RustyZipper
Spence-Chapin Thrift Shop - 1473 Third Ave., New York City (212-737-8448)
Tamara's Pret-A-Reporter - 235 E. 81st St. (212-717-2691)
VintageVixen
Vy & Elle - Founded in 2002 by Nicola Freegard and Robin Janson who are "dedicated to eco conscious products."
Western
Clint Orms
Comstock Heritage - James Stegman
J. W. Cooper
Nocona Boots - Western boots, many in exotic leathers (crocodile, ostrich, snake, lizard, stingray, shark). For additional information about the company see the entry on Nocona Boot
Company in the Handbook of Texas Online.
Rocky Mountain Clothing - Denver
Seidel's Saddlery - Cody, Wyoming
Sheplers Western Wear - "World's largest western stores & catalog"
Vogt's Silversmiths - Woodland, California
Vivre - Founded by Eva Jeanbart-Lorenzotti in 2001 to meet the needs of the affluent online shopper.
Vuitton
Wallace Silversmiths
Wal-Mart
Walter Genuin - Golf & Sportswear
Warner Brothers Studio Store
Wartski - London antique dealers, specialising in fine jewellery, silver and Russian works of art
Waterford Crystal
Weatherend Estate Furniture - Rockland, Maine
Wedgwood USA
Wee Forest Folk - Small family business in Carlisle, Massachusetts, hand casts and paints miniature mice. See, for example, the Thanksgiving Family Gathering.
West Elm - "Furniture, accessories for modern homes."
Westpoint Stevens
Wet Seal
White Flower Farm - Litchfield, Connecticut nursery provides selections from their catalogue
William Yeoward Crystal
Williams-Sonoma
Winterthur Gifts
Woods Canada - Outdoor goods
Woolrich - To get information on the Woolrich Original Company Store, 39 Boardman Drive, Woolrich, Pa. (Avis) call 570-769-7401
Womenswear
Adrienne Vittadini
Alain Gauthier - Chemises, Paris
Amanda Wakeley - London
Ann Taylor
Beklina - Organic, sustainable clothing
Chicos
Dara Lamb - New York. "Finest Hand-Tailored Clothing For Women."
Donna Karan
Donna Ricco
Eileen Fisher
Ellen Tracy - Women's clothing in natural fabrics
Eskandar
Esprit
525 America
Flax Designs - They have an annual barn sale in Ithaca (April 27-29, 2007)
Gentry de Paris - Fine lingerie
Hourihan - "Jimmy Hourihan and family have been making women's quality capes and coats in Dublin, for more than 50 years."
J. McLaughlin - "Perennial preppy favorites" for men and women
Jaeger - "Classic clothing for men and women."
Joules Clothing - Their Womens tweed field jacket is very handsome.
Lands' End
Munthe plus Simonsen - Copenhagen. Women's clothing.
Pangaya - "Online eco-chic retailer that cares about two things: sustainability and fashion" for women
La Perla - Bologna
Lilly Pulitzer - There's also Lilly on line
Linda Loudermilk - "Luxury eco"
Liz Claiborne
Max Studio
Talbots
Tall Couture
Theory
Tory Burch - Sportswear and accessories for women
Woot - "One day, one deal...online store and community that focuses on selling cool stuff cheap."
Workbench Furniture
Yahoo Shopping - See their SmartSort
Yellow Rat Bastard - Urban fashion
YOOX
Youthwear: Clothing for Young Adults
Abercrombie & Fitch
Aeropostale
American Eagle Outfitters
Gap
H & M
Hollister
Kidrobot
Old Navy
Rocawear - Co-founded by Shawn "Jay-Z" Carter
Urban Outfitters
Vans
Yellow Rat Bastard - Urban fashion
Yves Delorme - Part of the family-owned French company Fremaux Delorme, they sell fine linens for the bath and table, as well as furniture
Zabar's - New York deli at 2245 Broadway at 80th St.
Zanella
Zappos - Over 500 shoe brands
Zara - Owned by the Spanish company Inditex SA
Zara Home
Zero Halliburton - Aluminum laptop cases
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