16. Boyds
City: Philadelphia, PA
Category: Shopping
Telephone: (215) 564-9000
Address: 1818 Chestnut St.
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Description: Always one of Philadelphia’s premier menswear stores featuring more than 70 top designers from around the world, Boyds now offers fashion-forward lines for women.
17. Henry A. Davidsen Master Tailors & Image Consultants
City: Philadelphia, PA
Category: Shopping
Telephone: (215) 253-5905
Address: 1701 Spruce St.
Description: Custom-made professional and casual menswear at affordable prices. They’ll also assess and accessorize your current wardrobe and handle weekly maintenance such as dry cleaning and repair.
18. Maxstudio
City: Philadelphia, PA
Category: Shopping
Telephone: (215) 545-6003
Address: 1616 Walnut St.
Description: Gwyneth Paltrow, Katie Holmes, and Angelina Jolie have been seen sporting the dramatic, sometimes even eye-popping footwear from this fashion-forward designer.
19. Sophy Curson
City: Philadelphia, PA
Category: Shopping
Telephone: (215) 567-4662
Description: Although this elite shop has been a Philly landmark since 1929, the designer day, cruise, and evening styles feature the cream of contemporary from the understated to the avant-garde.
20. Baker Street Bread Company
City: Philadelphia, PA
Category: Shopping
Telephone: (215) 248-2500
Address: 8009 Germantown Ave.
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Description: I absolutely crave the multigrain, rosemary focaccia, and apricot pistachio that are handmade daily at this award-winning bakery.
21. El Quetzal
City: Philadelphia, PA
Category: Shopping
Telephone: (215) 247-6588
Address: 8427 Germantown Ave.
Description: This gallery-like shop reflects an artist’s perspective on retail with beautiful displays of clothing, jewelry, and home decor.
22. Herbiary
City: Philadelphia, PA
Category: Shopping
Telephone: (215) 247-2110
Address: 7721 Germantown Ave.
Description: Like the old apothecary gardens of colonial times, this shop has medicinal gardens growing both in front of and behind the building. Inside you’ll find a wide selection of body- and soul-soothing herbal and floral extracts, essential and infused oils, teas, and other natural remedies. Check the website for the schedule of classes and workshops.
23. Monkey Business
City: Philadelphia, PA
Category: Shopping
Telephone: (215) 248-1835
Description: Don’t look for ambience; it’s more basement-like than boutique. But don’t waste time judging, just dive in and snag yourself some truly upscale wearables. Open since 1955 and staffed by volunteers, the store benefits the Green Tree Community Health Foundation.
24. The Nichols Berg Gallery
City: Philadelphia, PA
Category: Shopping
Telephone: (206) 380-4070
Address: 8611 Germantown Ave.
Description: Having outgrown their home studio, print artists Scott Nichols and Steve Berg took this spot in Chestnut Hill to give themselves and local emerging artists a space in which to work and display their art.
25. O’Doodles
City: Philadelphia, PA
Category: Shopping
Telephone: (215) 247-7405
Address: 8335 Germantown Ave.
Description: No matter how old you are, you can’t walk by this window without smiling and being drawn inside to immerse yourself in a time before kids had to plug in to get their imaginations going. The selection of board games is enormous.
26. Windfall Gallery
City: Philadelphia, PA
Category: Shopping
Telephone: (215) 247-6303
Address: 7944 Germantown Ave.
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Description: Need a great gift that will make you feel as warm and fuzzy buying as giving? You’ll find a collection of handmade jewelry, folk art, home decor, and other items made by more than 250 artisans in the US, Canada, and Fair Trade organizations around the world.
27. Artesano
City: Philadelphia, PA
Category: Shopping
Telephone: (866) 939-4766
Address: 4446 Cresson St.
Description: Custom, hand-forged iron architectural pieces, including doors, balconies, gates, stair rails and outdoor railings, lighting; hardware including door knockers and fireplace screens; sculptures; and other art are displayed in an early-20th-century warehouse. (Cresson Street is a block off and parallel to Main.)
28. Carson Wood Furnishings
City: Philadelphia, PA
Category: Shopping
Telephone: (215) 482-6701
Address: 3791 Main St.
Description: Great prices on imported teak furniture for indoor and outdoors.
29. D.I.G.S.
City: Philadelphia, PA
Category: Shopping
Telephone: (215) 482-0315
Address: 4319 Main St. (corner of Main and Cotton
Description: Even though many of the furnishings and decorative items are on consignment, they definitely aren’t toss-aways from Grandma’s attic. This shop was created by an award-winning professional interior designer for her peers (thus the name, an acronym for Designer Inventory Goods Store) as well as for the public.
30. Great Estate Consignment
City: Philadelphia, PA
Category: Shopping
Telephone: (484) 380-2174
Address: 701 County Line Rd.
Description: This is the place to come for upscale home furnishings and decorative pieces.