Best Stores To Find Fall's 2014 Fashion Trends

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After last year's cold, cold, cold winter, who wouldn't want to wrap up in something uber-warm as the weather starts to change? Enter robe coats, jackets that look like bathrobes (to be frank). They're big enough to hide any extra pounds or to fit over especially fluffy sweaters, and thick enough to withstand nature's worst, at least for a while. Make sure to drop your old coats off at the annual New York Cares Coat Drive.

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Clutches, hobo bags, chain straps, bewejeled or be-sloganed bodies . . . fall's hottest handbags manifest a lot of variety, from color to fabric to pattern (and, yes, price). At Kirna Zabête, you'll find the latest styles from such designers as Yazbukey, Fendi, and Chloe. The store was founded, and is still run, by two best friends from college. Bonus? The website features a monthly style horoscope.

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Fall means sweaters, and every year designers offer new looks in new colors and patterns. Lafayette 148 New York offers an astonishing array of options for the "sophisticated, modern woman and her multi-faceted lifestyle," with an emphasis on fine detail and luxury fabrics. You can buy this brand's clothes in retailers around the world, but only Soho has the showroom and headquarters.

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Go West, young man (and woman), or at least that's what the designers would have you do. This season's hottest look seems taken straight from the wilds of Montana and the backroads of Idaho. Stock up on your denim, cowboy hats, shearling vests, and ponchos, then head to Space Cowboy Boots for, you guessed it, boots. ("We go to Texas so you don't have to" goes this store's tagline.) You can even get custom boots made.

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Mad for mod? Yeah, us too. The prints, the cuts, the flattering waistlines . . . mod is easy to wear, which is why it's back in style. To find the best in mod boots, micro skirts, slim suits, and patterned dresses, you can try your luck at one of the city's many vintage clothing stores, including Trash and Vaudeville. Unlike off-the-rack retail, of course, you never quite know what you might find, as the stock changes so frequently. That's part of the fun!