Boston-area 'cool clothes' shopping

[jbsegal]

So, where do (female) people go around here to buy their goth/retro/clubbing/vintage-styled clothing?

Asking for someone else on my friends list who's despairing of Boston's ability to provide.

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[ceelove.livejournal.com]

Well, Garment District, obviously. Unfortunately, I've heard my ravekid-pants outlet, Ozone, has closed. And there's Poor Little Rich Girl in Davis Square, if that's her thing.

[magid.livejournal.com]

Second the Garment District (though there's some chance it will be put out of business by rezoning or some such thing... :-( ).

[moominmolly.livejournal.com]

I can usually find fun things in the Garment District or on Hootenanny's sales racks. If you're into sociology, go to the Garment District early on Saturday mornings for the bizarre ritual that is Dollar-A-Pound. (Hootenanny's in The Garage in Harvard Square.)

And, actually, a surprising amount of fun stuff pops up at Target if you don't mind dropping by every few weeks. Sadly, the best Target stuff comes up about a month before Halloween -- right after they put the Halloween stuff out but before the shelves get picked clean. :) I'm not sure that counts, though.

[catya.livejournal.com]

thrift stores....

[coraline]

given that i do almost all my clothing shopping in boston... i'd say there's plenty.
hootenanny, garment district/$-a-pound, plus the various goodwills and salvation armies (including the huge salvation army which is in some town near here which i'm currently blanking on.)
poor little rich girl, and there's a bunch of other clothing stores like it in harvard square -- there's one on arrow street (which also sells antiques, but i've found some very good clothing there) and of course oona's...

[quietann.livejournal.com]

what other people said, unless your friend is not skinny. Things get a lot harder then... though Torrid can be nifty, and if your friend is into Indian rayon/velvet/embroidered stuff that's fairly easy to find. (Mine is from a small shop in Coolidge Corner by the movie theater.)

Now if someone could tell me where to get boots that fit around my ginormous calvesm I'd be happy.

[hammercock.livejournal.com]

Hmm...how about Hubba Hubba in Central Square?

[(Anonymous)]

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[klingonlandlady.livejournal.com]

I've found some very fun things at Boston Costume in Chinatown on Kneeland (right near NE Medical). They have gothy and renfairy things as well as costumey things.
And there's teddy shoes Central Sq. they have cool costume stuff hanging from the ceiling.