Shopping reviews for USA

Hides in Shape is a luggage specialist store that offers several international brands such as Samsonite and Victorinox.

The place is seemingly small on the street level, but there is a lot of bags and cases in the basement. We got excellent service in this store, the clerk presented all possible ... More >

Indigo Palms is a casual clothing brand for both women and men, "Men's and women's denim for island living". The smallish store is located almost in the middle of the Santana Row shopping area in San Jose.

The clothes are quite bland and you can get similar garments from much cheaper stores, such... More >

As most of the designer store chains in the US, Kenneth Cole has also a flagship store in SoHo. And as usual, the shop is full of attentive sales clerk and all details have been thought over at least twice. Unfortunately, the store does not have any special character, it is just yet another branded ... More >

If you want to have a bit of European charm in your children's wardrobe, but consider Burberry too expensive, check out Murik at Geary Street. They stock several European brands, for example, from the Nordic countries and Belgium.

The clothes are of good quality and the prices are also somewhat h... More >

Neiman Marcus is a top-notch department store at the Union Square. The store caters especially for those of us that do not have to watch every penny.

The brands include names such as Burberry, Prada Sport, Yves Saint Laurent, Etro, Dolce & Gabbana and so forth. And this was only a small part of t... More >

Old Navy is the discount chain owned by the company behing GAP and Banana Republic. The Old Navy stores are not that fancy as the other chains', as they concentrate to deliver clothes with smaller pricetag.

The clothes are of good quality, but the design is not always the best. The store itself h... More >

Oshkosh B'Gosh has a big outlet store in Gilroy Premium outlets village. They provide clothing from newborns to preteens, both girls and boys.

I was interested in newborn clothing only, and find a few nice and cheap enough t-shirts and other items. The garments are colourful, not just the basic p... More >

Paul Frank, the designer with cute monkey insignia, has a store in the downtown San Francisco on Sutter Street.

Do not be afraid, all clothes do not sport the monkey and are not childish at all. There are also "zoo type" garments and accessories, especially bags seem to have a lot of animals in t... More >

If you are refurnishing your house and would like to have a few items for showing off with your visitors or breaking the ice, visit Paxton Gate in San Francisco. The shop opened by two landscape designers have all kinds of items ranging from a bit funny to outright bizarre.

There are stuffed anim... More >

Phillips Gallery of Fine Art is, as name implies, an art gallery specialising to contemporary American arts. The gallery is located on Santana Row area, next to Gucci and Burberry stores, so prepare for hefty pricetags.

The gallery has a good collection of paintings from various artists. Most of ... More >