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The city is nothing if not fashion-conscious; take your pick from glitzy department stores, huge retail outlets, designer shops, and idiosyncratic boutiques. Famous names are centered on Exchange Square (including branches of big-name department stores Harvey Nichols and Selfridges), Deansgate, and King Street, and designer boutiques are colonizing nearby Spinningfields; the Northern Quarter provides edgier style for young trendsetters as well as a wide variety of vinyl record and music shops. Outside the city, the vast Trafford Centre mall houses a multitude of stores, entertainment options, and eateries under one roof.
This vibrant, airy space in a onetime Victorian fish-market building houses two floors of studios for resident artists and craft makers selling to the public. Crafts workshops are hosted, too, and there's a wonderful café.
With a collection that ranges from top hats to skatewear, this emporium has been purveying indie fashion and lifestyle paraphernalia to its many fans for decades. Spots to eat within its maze of rooms include cult ice cream parlor Ginger's Comfort Emporium.
This charming Victorian arcade houses various specialty stores selling fashion and shoes, as well as bars and restaurants.
