As is the case with so many stores populating the Bermuda Triangle of self-conscious consumption stretching from Williamsburg to TriBeCa to Park Slope, the selection at Stinky is so carefully edited and curated that you know nothing gets in there by accident.

WSJ: Comforting the Wealthy

Residential Park Slope, just west of Prospect Park, has a good selection of laidback clothing shops and bookstores along Fifth Ave (Lower East Side hip) and Seventh Ave (slightly more Upper West Side).

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