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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.
