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BUY LOCAL ONLINE GARMENTORY Cofounded by Vancouverite Adele Tetangco, Garmentory (garmentory. com) is a one-stop shop for a roster of independent boutiques and labels. You’ll find buzzy designers, functional, frill-free leather carryalls from The Drive New York boutique in Brooklyn and directional, artful jewellery from Vancouver’s One of a Few shop. OF A KIND The e-comm site Of a Kind (ofakind.com) is like a fashion-only Etsy, carrying limitededition wares by indie designers. It also collects stories and how-tos from its sellers, so you can get travel tips, cocktail recipes or even advice on buying vintage textiles while you browse. SHOPTIQUES Online shopping platform Shoptiques (shoptiques.com) —which was developed at the same tech incubator as Airbnb and Dropbox—culls merch from indie bricks-and-mortar shops (like Wenhua Duvergé in Paris and Kalloné Intimi on Queen Street West in Toronto) in the world’s coolest neighbourhoods.