Located just off Grafton Street, this Irish institution’s seven-floor retail mecca in Dublin’s city center sells a comprehensive selection of Irish-inspired products. The company first gained renown with their handwoven blankets, throws and rugs, but the shop also stocks clothes for women and children, beautifully packaged and great-smelling soaps, cookbooks of Irish classics and much more.

Dublin’s premier high-fashion department store, Brown Thomas (on tourist and shopping-heavy Grafton Street) is a mine for all your on-trend needs. All of fashion’s biggest brands are stocked here, from Prada heels to jeans from Acne to Tom Ford fragrances.

Founded over 30 years ago, the Design Center is a must for any fashion lover visiting Dublin. Made to curate the work of up-and-coming Irish fashion designers and international fashion houses, the Design Center rotates the designers it features regularly to create a carefully curated selection.

There’s some totally transporting about a flea market, especially one you visit on your travels, where quirky treasures can be unearthed. The Dublin iteration in Newmarket Square was unveiled back in 2008 and now features 60 stalls that sell everything from vintage finds to crafty designs to organic snacks you can nosh on while making the rounds.

This Victorian Arcade, which claims to be the oldest shopping arcade in Europe, houses independent designers and artists, ranging from antiques and book dealers and jewelry and jam makers to tattoo artists and ear piercers. The covered arcade is a classic example of Victorian brick and iron work and provides perfect cover for strolling on a wet day. It is just a short alleyway away from Powerscourt Townhouse Center, so the two make a good pairing for browsing, especially in bad weather.

This men’s shop in Temple Bar offers some of the most of-the-moment inventory for guys in all of Ireland. Inside, find rare-to-the-area clothing brands like Our Legacy, Hentsch Man and Saturdays NYC sharing shelf space with lifestyle items like foodie travel magazine Cereal and body products by Baxter from California.

Tucked into a stunning, multi-floor Georgian townhouse, Louise Kennedy’s flagship atelier is a one-stop shop for the Irish designer’s impeccably made party dresses, elegant floor-length gowns and sharply tailored suits. The top floor houses the bridal creations, which are as feminine as they are extravagant.

One of the prettiest shopping centers anywhere has to be Powerscourt, which is set in a stunning Georgian townhouse just off of Grafton Street. Once the home of the third Viscount of Powerscourt, the elegant edifice still features grand staircases and chandeliers but its interiors now house forty independent boutiques, cafés and antiques shops.

This artisanal shop in the tony Westbury shopping center off Clarendon Street sources its elegant scarves, accessories and other textiles from weavers and knitters across Ireland (both North and South). In doing so, Stable is actively working to preserve traditional Irish weaving practices. Linen is a focus, of course, but wool, cashmere, alpaca and tweed products for women and men line the walls of this charming boutique.