Fashion shopping in Barcelona
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Gamaya
A breath of fresh laid-back Ibiza air runs through this new ladies’ wear store tucked away on a street that has gone from near abandonment in the 1990s to become a delightful shopping lane today. The lady who runs this shop designs the breezy summer dresses, pants-and-tops combinations and prints herself.
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Coquette
With its spare, cut-back and designer look, this fashion store is automatically attractive in its own right. Women will love to browse through casual, feminine wear by such designers as Tsunoda, Vanessa Bruno, Chloé Baño and Hoss Intropia.
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Mango
At home in the basement of a modest Modernista town house (check out the white, cast-iron columns inside) and a dozen other locations around town, Mango offers locally produced, affordable and mostly casual fashion for women and men. Smart but easy evening wear, skirts, jackets, high heels and leather bags for her contrast with collarless shirts, jeans, khakis and T-shirts for him.
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Adolfo Domínguez
One of the stars of Spanish prêt-à-porter, this label produces classic men’s and women’s garments from quality materials. Encompassing anything from regal party gowns to kids’ outfits (that might have you thinking of British aristocracy), the broad range generally oozes a conservative air, with elegant cuts that make no concessions to rebellious urban ideals.
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La Roca Village
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Siete Besos
A bijou store surrounded by bigger and shriller competition, the ‘Seven Kisses’ is an attractive treasure treat for women’s fashion. Styles can be cheeky and nonconformist but not at all vintage or jeansy. Pretty, light-hearted dresses vie for your attention with pants and tops, all at pretty reasonable prices, considering the neighbourhood.
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Armand Basi
Local design star Basi appeals to a 30s and 40s crowd with a slick line in casual elegance. Suits that are perfect without ties and made to impress at dinner or in the town’s top clubs match with stylish evening dresses. More casual shirts, trousers, tops and frocks broaden the range. Leather jackets and footwear complete the picture.
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Érase una Vez
‘Once Upon a Time’ is the name of this fanciful boutique, which brings out the princess in you (if you have one in there, that is). It offers women’s clothes, almost exclusively evening wear to suit most tastes and occasions, as well as wedding dresses. Local designers such as Llamazares y de Delgado and Zazo & Brull are behind these sometimes-sumptuous creations.
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Holala! Plaza
Backing on to Carrer de Valldonzella, where it boasts an exhibition space (Gallery) for temporary art displays, this Ibiza import is inspired by that island’s long established (and somewhat commercialised) hippie tradition. Vintage clothes are the name of the game, along with an eclectic program of exhibitions and activities.
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Lefties
Don’t mind being seen in last year’s Zara fashions? Lefties (ie leftovers) could be the browsing spot for you, with men’s, women’s and kids’ cast-offs from the previous year at silly prices. You could fill a wardrobe with perfectly good middle-of-the-road threads and your bank manager would be none the wiser.
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Bea Bea
On a street dotted with small boutiques, this small women's clothing shop has something to suit most generations and tastes. Younger, carefree styles sit side by side with more classical skirts, jackets and accoutrements for uptown dames.
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Loewe
Loewe is one of Spain’s leading and oldest fashion stores, founded in 1846. It specialises in luxury leather (shoes, accessories and travel bags), and also has lines in perfume, sunglasses, cuff links, silk scarves and jewellery. This branch opened in 1943 in the Modernista Casa Lleó Morera.
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Purificación García
Ms García has an enormous spread of offerings over two floors in this generous corner store. Not only is the building extraordinary but so too are her collections, if only because of their breadth. You’ll find women’s cardigans and men’s ties, as well as light summer dresses and jeans.
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Loft
Of the numerous hip fashion stores that have converted this once-slummy alley into a threads mecca for young men and women about town, Loft is one of the longest-established and biggest. It carries labels such as Diesel Style Lab and other cutting-edge names.
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Gratacòs
In town for a wedding and left your dress behind? Perhaps you should pop by this luxury women’s clothing store, a classic in Barcelona since 1940. Specialists in top-class materials, it produces lavish dresses for the most exclusive of cocktail gatherings.
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Outlet del Born
Discounted fashions from the previous year from designers like Gonzalo Comella, Hugo Boss, G-Star, Armani Jeans and Viktor & Rolf find their way into this chaotic store, where you can look forward to anything up to half price.
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Sita Murt
A Catalan fashion company, Sita Murt produces light and sexy women’s fashion for summer, and young, striding out outfits for the girl about town in winter. Much of it is aimed at nights out rather than a day in the office.
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GI Joe
Recently moved to this new address, this is the best central army-surplus warehouse. Get your khakis here, along with urban army fashion T-shirts. Throw in a holster, gas mask or sky-blue UN helmet for a kinkier effect.
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Antonio Miró
Antonio Miró is one of Barcelona’s haute couture kings. The entrance to the airy store, with dark hardwood floor, seems more like a hip hotel reception. Miró concentrates on light, natural fibres to produce smart, unpretentious men’s and women’s fashion. High-end evening dresses and shimmering, smart suits lead the way. Or you could just settle for an Antonio Miró T-shirt.
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Rag Shop
Light dresses, tops and other items, mostly a mix of cotton and modern fibres, like elastane, appeal to those seeking a casual, unfussy look. Skunkfunk, a ballsy Basque Country brand, leads the way here.
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Espacio de Creadores
For a broad selection of cut-price women’s fashion and accessories by a long list of Spanish and some international designers, this outlet store claims to slash original prices by up to 70%.
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Red Market
Several funky fashion boutiques dot themselves along this street. Here you’ll run into bright, uninhibited urban wear and accessories. Red dominates the decor more than the threads.
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Custo Barcelona
The psychedelic decor and casual atmosphere lend this avant-garde Barcelona fashion store a youthful edge. Custo presents daring new women’s and men’s collections each year on the New York catwalks. The dazzling colours and cut of anything from dinner jackets to hot pants are for the uninhibited. It has five other stores around town.
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Urbana
Colourful, fun city clothes, shoes and accessories await boys and girls in this easygoing store with Basque Country origins. It offers a variety of eye-catching apparel, like graphic T-shirts for men by Supremebeing, floral dresses by Yumi and stylish hats by Atlantis.
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