DK Travel : Chicago : Shopping

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Nuada

Named after an ancient legendary fish god, this Celticinspired boutique brings contemporary design to ancient crafts. High style wares include home accessories, jewelry, fine art, gifts and knitwear.
Oak Street

If you have to ask how much it costs, you should probably plan on just window-shopping along this stretch of Chicago’s upper-crust Gold Coast. Boutiques here sell designer wear, accessories, and shoes fit for a Paris runway – and include some shops exclusive to Chicago such as Tessuti (mens-wear) and Designs by Ming (custom clothing design).
Old Navy

This regional flagship store offers the ultimate Old Navy shopping experience, with two floors of discount jeans and T-shirts, and other casual comfort clothes at bargain prices.
P.O.S.H.

Recalling the days of elegant steamships and grand hotels, this store uses old-fashioned suitcases and steamer trunks to lovingly display vintage china and silverware engraved with hotel and ship logos.
Paper Source

This arty River North shop is part art supply store, part stationer. The creative selection of cards and small gifts includes handmade stationery, cloth-covered sketchbooks, and novel desktop accessories.
Polo/Ralph Lauren

This massive four-story shop so thoroughly transforms itself from a store to a swell den devoted to Lauren’s to-the-manor-born lifestyle – note the horse and hound paintings throughout – that it warrants a visit from even the less well-heeled among us.
Poster Plus

This enormous store opposite The Art Institute of Chicago sells contemporary, vintage, and collectors’ posters, as well as artsy gifts.
Powell’s Bookstore

Here, used books in top condition are stacked floor to ceiling on painted wood shelves, with antique editions protected behind glass.
Prairie Avenue Bookshop

It’s fitting that a city known for its architecture has one of the best architectural bookstores in the world. Besides carrying a range of 17,000 new and 7,000 out-of-print titles, the store is also appointed with furniture designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, Mies van der Rohe, and Le Corbusier.
Prairie Avenue Bookshop

This wonderful bookstore is the world’s largest that is dedicated to architecture and related fields. It’s a staple for architecture students, but also a fascinating browse for anyone.