What stores to shop in San Diego and LA?

[jcard]

Whats up fellas?
From Toronto going to San Deigo and LA in a couple weeks. What stores should I check out, make sure I visit, buy something at?

 

[jet]

SD nothing

LA

barneys
fred segal (both)
confederacy
american rag
mmm
secret service
south willard
douglas fir
maxfield
opening ceremony
maxfield
traffic
legion on larchmont


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[shasta]

bummer - I'm going out to San Diego in 3 weeks to visit a friend - can you at least reccomend me somethingget some retail therapy in San Diego? is UNIV any good?

 

[thenanyu]

San Diego is full of sadness. You can hit up Fashion Valley - it's probably your best bet.

 

[splattered]

Fashion valley is about it, if you wanna do the little vintage/thrift type stores hillcrest can be fun too

 

[thriftstyler]

Off 5th (saks) in Mission Valley some good buys right now, that's about it!
How about heading to La Jolla, hit Georges at the Cove top deck over looking the cove,
get some mussels a margarita or two catch some rays, just chill then head down to wind n' sea beach right close, watch the sun dip below the horizon and be reminded how good life really is.
k

 

[CityHunter]

SD = above average, blond, white girls. Who needs shopping when you have eye candy? =)

For real, save the shopping for LA. Save SD for Aryan watching and carne asada burritos/fries.

ps
Don't sucked into Legoland, although I doubt you would.

 

[happy hooligan]

Actually there is one awesome thing in SD... Stone Brewery! Worth the hour tour for the free samples!

and I liked Lego Land. Of course it was free that day, so maybe if you paid for it that would be different..

 

[Mauro]

I wonder if there is a market for a good mens store in SD??

 

[LA Guy]

Originally Posted by Mauro

I wonder if there is a market for a good mens store in SD??
I think that a few have tried in the Gaslight district, but I don't know what the market there is like. A lot of money is... in the hands of older people, who shop at old school places in La Jolla, and the younger folks are highly outdoors oriented, and less fashion conscious than their LA counterparts.

 

[driveslowk]

yeah they are beachy as **** over there

 

[whodini]

Originally Posted by Mauro

I wonder if there is a market for a good mens store in SD??
Nope. There used to be a couple of shops around Little Italy that sold low-mid tier SW&D stuff but they soon fizzled out. The SD scene, while relatively untapped, receives too much competition from surf/skate shops to distract guys long enough from wearing flip flops or Etnies.

 

[Brian SD]

Originally Posted by LA Guy

I think that a few have tried in the Gaslight district, but I don't know what the market there is like. A lot of money is... in the hands of older people, who shop at old school places in La Jolla, and the younger folks are highly outdoors oriented, and less fashion conscious than their LA counterparts.

No one has really tried with something contemporary and cool.

There've been attempts at making decent menswear stores but there hasn't been a single one that stocks what people are really buying these days.

There's still a very wide opening in that regard.

 

[phoenixrecon]

Originally Posted by whodini

Nope. There used to be a couple of shops around Little Italy that sold low-mid tier SW&D stuff but they soon fizzled out. The SD scene, while relatively untapped, receives too much competition from surf/skate shops to distract guys long enough from wearing flip flops or Etnies.
no one wears etnies unless they're twelve in san diego... its vans and dc...

 

[splattered]

Originally Posted by phoenixrecon

no one wears etnies unless their twelve in san diego...

its vans and dc...

Yeah pretty much