Must-see shopping in New Orleans

They don’t make them like this anymore – neither the clothes, millinery, lingerie nor Yvonne herself, a businesswoman who has outfitted generations of…

With a massive 30,000-sq-ft showroom, and after a century of doing business, MS Rau ranks among New Orleans’ most venerated dealers of antiques. It’s all…

New Orleans is the most costume-crazy city in the USA, and Fifi Mahony's is the place to go to don a wig. There's a stunning selection of hairpieces here…

Peaches has been around since 1975, doing the holy work of promoting, cataloging and marketing the best in local New Orleans music. Once in the French…

Owners Alex and Cindy Williams, who have made and sold pottery from their Magazine St shop since 1993, call their exquisite creations functional art…

It isn’t really as scandalous as the name suggests, except by Victorian standards. Diva’s specialty is sassy 1940s- and '50s-style cinched, hourglass…

Here’s your first stop if you’re looking for music. The selection of new and used CDs delves deep into the musical culture of New Orleans and Louisiana,…

Get unique crafts, art, antiques and souvenirs at this co-op, which includes an indoor gallery space and a courtyard night market outside. Meet the…

Haven't found the droids you were looking for? Then stop by this self-proclaimed 'geeky' bookstore where books and movies loved by nerds take the…

At a time when stores are becoming more and more homogeneous, Kitchen Witch is doing its own thing, selling antique and vintage cookbooks to a dedicated…

Packed nearly floor to ceiling with toys and gifts for the younger set, this bustling shop has just about anything your kids, nieces, nephews or other…

The Ogden boasts a very fine museum store, stuffed with prints, crafts and books that explore the theme of regional art. Start with graphite pencils, move…

Grassy vetiver, bittersweet orange blossoms, spicy ginger – New Orleans’ exotic flora has graciously lent its scents to Hové’s house-made perfumes for…

This dungeon-esque store stocks all kinds of vampire-themed gifts. Come here for books, curses, spells, souvenirs and witty banter with the awesome clerks…

You’ll find wigs in every color at Funky Monkey, which sells vintage attire for club-hopping men and women. This fun-house of frippery is also a good spot…

Local artist Simon Hardeveld has made a name for himself by painting groovy signs that hang like artwork in restaurants all over New Orleans. You’ll…

This emporium is a treasure trove of, well, treasures, if you follow the old adage that one person’s junk is another’s…well, you know. There are found…

Shave and a haircut: 40 bits. Or $40. Apiece. But who’s counting at this suave barbershop, where smartly dressed Prohibition–era mobsters would surely…

This place is so cute – or should that be mignon? Or joli? We haven't taken French in a few years, but we could brush up here – the largest French…

Peeking in the window, you’ll see a battery of ancient copper pots that appear to have generations of dents tinkered out of their bottoms. Owner Patrick…