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Three areas, each suited to a different taste. Pick one to see its route below.
Walking times are estimates from the map, between shops, and don't include browsing. The total allows about 20 minutes in each shop.
Each shop listed by branch. Stock changes, so the descriptions cover the usual range rather than what's in today.
The Manhattan store is the successor to the 1994 Lafayette Street skate shop and still sets the weekly release rhythm. Box-logo tees, hoodies, work jackets and decks; most pieces cost roughly $50–$200 at retail.
Brendon Babenzien's flagship holds the whole Noah range in one room: rugby shirts, oxfords, knitwear, tailoring and outerwear. Graphic tees start around $60, and jackets and suits run well into the hundreds.
Teddy Santis's flagship mixes prep, 1990s New York sportswear and Americana, with Café Leon Dore a few doors down. Come for knitwear, trousers and New Balance collaborations; tees sit near $100 and knits climb past $300.
Ronnie Fieg's three-storey flagship, renovated inside a 1922 building, puts Kith's men's line beside outside designer labels and a deep footwear selection. House hoodies cost around $150–$200; collaboration sneakers vary by release.
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Photo: Kith · official site
Nigo's Tokyo label in its downtown store: the Ape Head logo, 1st Camo prints, full-zip Shark hoodies and Bapesta sneakers. Tees start near $100 and Shark hoodies sit around $400–$500, so treat it as a deliberate spend.
Every shop in this guide, including the route stops.
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Labels founded in New York. Where a brand started and where you can buy it are separate: “In New York at” lists shops in this guide that are the brand's own stores. Open a brand to see them, with directions.
In New York City, clothing and footwear sold for less than $110 per item or pair is exempt from all state and city sales tax. At $110 or more the full 8.875% applies, so budget per item, not per basket. Source ↗
Expect 11am or noon openings and 7pm closings, with shorter Sunday hours at many shops. Kith runs to 9pm Monday to Saturday, and Awoke's Brooklyn vintage stores open 10am to 9pm daily. Each shop card lists its hours. Source ↗
Shoes come in US sizes, half a size above UK on Kith's chart: a US 10 is a UK 9.5 and an EU 43. Jeans go by waist in inches, and Self Edge publishes measured waists. Source ↗
Start in Nolita and SoHo. Supreme, Noah, Aimé Leon Dore, Kith and BAPE sit within about a 20-minute walk of each other, so the Nolita → SoHo route covers the best-known flagships in one afternoon. Do the Lower East Side next for skate and independent shops.
Each route has five stops and takes about two hours, allowing roughly 20 minutes per shop plus the walking. Williamsburg → Greenpoint is the most spread out at about two and a half hours. All three start and finish at a subway station.
For skate, start at Labor Skateboard Shop on Canal Street, then Supreme on the Bowery for decks and graphics. For vintage, cross to Brooklyn: Awoke Vintage in Williamsburg specialises in vintage denim, and Beacon's Closet in Greenpoint is a buy-sell-trade store mixing vintage with recent designer pieces.
Not on clothing or footwear under $110 per item or pair: New York City exempts those from all state and city sales tax. Anything at $110 or more is taxed at the full 8.875%, so a $95 tee costs $95 and a $200 jacket about $217.75.
Supreme, Noah, Aimé Leon Dore, Kith, Only NY, Bode and Extra Butter were all founded in New York, and each runs a shop on this page. Supreme has two: one on the Bowery and one in Williamsburg.
Shops chosen by Disco editors. Addresses and hours come from each shop's official site, with the date we checked; walking times are map estimates between shops and don't include browsing. Researched, not visited.
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