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Arzu Kaprol
Another local favorite is Arzu Kaprol (Gisele Bündchen is a fan). Her designs are made from Turkish silks, leathers and wools, and range in price from $300 to about $1,400 for her popular leather jackets.
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Atelier 55
This excellent light-filled fashion boutique and café sells fashion-forward designs by Bora Aksu and Charlotte Olympia, among talented others.
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Beymen
This, along with Vakko, is one of the city’s premiere department stores. Beymen is more classic, similar to Bergdorf Goodman. Beymen’s Nişantaşi location also has a very popular café-restaurant with street-level seating in front of big windows.
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Beymen Blender
The trendy fashion arm of Beymen feels like a funky East Village gallery turned boutique with a loft-like feeling, hip music and accessories and clothing from cutting-edge designers and beloved cult brands like Isabel Marant as well as the original...
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Ece Sukan
Every stylish capital has to have a vintage shop, and Istanbul’s is Ece Sukan. The duplex boutique on a quiet street in Nişantaşi resembles a gallery of greatest hits from the ‘60s and ‘70s. Yes, there are immaculate crocodile bags...
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Elaidi
To say that Elaidi is an underground fashion label is literally and figuratively true. You have to descend below street level to enter the boutique in Nişantaşi to enter the designer Mehtap Elaidi’s boutique and what will you find are...
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EV+
Designer and Parsons-educated artist Yael Mesulam Manzakoglu has one of the most special stores in Nişantaşi. At EV+, she carries a gorgeous selection of embroidered linens that make excellent gifts. Look for the delicate nightgowns as well as terry cloth...
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Fey
Founded by a veteran editor of Turkish fashion magazines, Fey offers timeless and elegant clothing from its own brand in addition to vintage attire, accessories and home décor.
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Gallery Suav
This fabulous gallery sells locally made fashions and housewares from delicate silver spoons and colorful ceramic plates and tiles to fantastic crocheted caftans and sweaters— a showcase of traditional Ottoman crafts.
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Gönül Paksoy
The city’s old-money socialites go crazy for Gönul Paksoy’s exotic creations—one-of-a-kind tunics and robe-like dresses inspired by Sufi whirling dervishes. A chemist by training, Paksoy dips the handwoven linens and silks in her self-made dyes, then pieces them together with...
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Gül Hürgel
The chic fashions at Gul Hurgel are inspired by the coastal style of the Mediterranean and are perfect for warm-weather getaways.
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Hersey Aşk’tan
Turkish delight, otherwise known as lokum, first appeared in Ottoman palaces during the 15th century. The delicacy was most often made from molasses, honey, flour and water. Tons of different varieties can be found in Turkey today–some made almost entirely...
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Kanyon
Everyone raves about the Kanyon Mall, a high-end shopping complex (designed by the Los Angeles–based Jerde Partnership, which created Tokyo’s Roppongi Hills) with everything from Harvey Nichols to a Wagamama restaurant to an Apple store.
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Kiyici Canta
The source for great leather bag knock-offs, including Vuitton, Balenciaga, Dior and Bottega’s latest styles, is just across the way from Koç in the Grand Bazaar. Scan the items on the first floor, but for serious shopping, make your way...
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Laundromat
This cool boutique near the Galata Tower carries a revolving selection of local designers.
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Mavi
Although this hip Turkish denim brand is now available around the globe, it’s also fun to shop where it started.
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Mehry Mu
The beautiful handbags at Mehry Mu—all of which are handmade in Istanbul—are inspired by the vibrant fabrics found in the city’s famed Grand Bazaar.
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Midnight
Midnight carries a variety of contemporary local designers as well as foreign brands and is a must-visit for shoppers wanting to emulate the modern Istanbul style. Although the Nişantaşi boutique is most centrally located, the one in Bebek, the upscale...
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Misela
This luxury handbag brand produces chic clutches, totes and purses adorned with beautiful Eastern motifs that are carried by fashion icons around the world.
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Punto
Stocking items like a mink gilet, studded leather jacket and silver fox fur jacket, Punto is the premiere destination in Istanbul for luxurious leathers and furs. Located in the Grand Bazaar, the upscale boutique sells such high-quality goods that many...
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Vakko
The city’s two premiere department stores are Beymen and Vakko. The latter is more fashion-forward.
Istanbul

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Istanbul is truly one of the most exciting cities in the world for shopping because it offers a mix of up-and-coming brands, international luxury labels and authentic artisan crafts. Whether you seek rare antique textiles, hand-stitched Anatolian carpets, trendy fur vests, suede jackets or leather boots or museum-quality jewelry, it can be found here and the browsing and buying is likely to involve passing through colorful neighborhoods and meeting passionate tradesmen. And in Istanbul, as in other capitals with lots of local craftsmen like Hong Kong, Shanghai and Marrakech, it is quite possible to have custom products made while you are in town. Indagare members can contact the bookings team to arrange for a great personal shopper.