Those who just enjoy ferreting through heaps of unsorted curios should visit the Mercado de las Pulgas (Spanish for flea market). This chaotic warehouse is crammed full of...

After years of moving and shaking in BA's fashion scene, Federico Alvarez Castillo opened this bold shop in the northern suburbs to sell his super-chic but highly wearable...

As well as selling its own line of sunglasses and optical frames, Exe fills the racks with international brands like Tom Ford, Prada, Paul Frank, etc.

Uniting the best of local design, this gallery-like establishment features a host of tempting items from over 40 designers. There are funky furnishings and quirky books, as...

Women who know just how to accessorise shop for their striking jewellery and elegant handbags in this upmarket Recoleta store. The shop is nearly always crowded, in large part...

A mega-chain with dozens of well-stocked stores across the city - and growing. There's a good range of imported products, the pharmacists are skilled professionals, and staff...

Just two blocks from Plaza Dorrego, this excellent store specialises in foreign language publications, stocking new books in English, French, Portuguese and Italian, as well as...

Félix is your preppie porteño classic. Details stand out but the price doesn't. Jeans, shirts, boxers, wallets, belts and scarves - the stock is all cool. To deck your kids out...

At this rural-style fair located in the far west of the city, gauchos show off their skills with guitars and horses and day-trippers indulge in country food and browse through...

Handbags, handcrafted kitchen utensils, mate gourds and mufflers - you name it, you can buy it at Feria Plaza Francia. All manner of arts and crafts are up for sale in this...

For a lighthearted browse go to the area's central square, Plaza Dorrego, on Sundays. Around 270 stalls sell antique dolls, soda siphons, jewellery, tango memorabilia and...

Customised dresses, printed T-shirts and a fun selection of retro baseball caps make this trendy boutique an emblem of streetwear-cool.

Florencia Fiocca's work is a classic look using simple colours but now swaying in to graphic design territory. Playing with textures and organic forms, Fiocca's garments are...

A huge chain selling all manner of electrodomestic products including MP3 players, laptops etc.