Dallas shops the way it builds: big, polished and unapologetic. But between the marble malls sit 30,000 sq ft antique warehouses, Oak Cliff makers and boot shops that steam a Stetson to your head while you wait.
The Shed hosts Texas growers Friday to Sunday; The Market beside it runs daily with permanent artisan stalls selling pecan butter, hill-country honey, hot sauce and hand-tooled leather. Entry free, most vendors take cards.
A two-floor Design District warehouse of dealer booths: mid-century furniture, oil-boom ephemera, neon signage, vintage boots and Texana by the crate. Open daily 11:00-18:00, Sundays from 12:00, with pieces from $10 to $900.
Haskell Avenue's vintage institution: a wall of cowboy boots sorted by size, Western pearl-snap shirts, turquoise and silver jewellery, taxidermy oddities and a serious used-record room at the back. Open daily 11:00-19:00.
Lower Greenville's independent record shop since 2000, built around a wooden stage where touring bands play free in-store sets. Deep sections in Texas blues, outlaw country and local pressings, plus a $3 used bin along the wall.
A mile of trade showrooms and dealers in antiques, lighting and modern furniture, anchored by Again & Again for reclaimed pieces and Sputnik Modern for Danish 1950s. Most doors open 10:00-17:00 and close Sundays.
Opened in 1931 as America's first planned shopping centre, a Spanish-Mediterranean courtyard now holding Chanel, Hermès, Dior, Forty Five Ten and Texas bootmaker Lucchese, all under stucco arcades with free valet parking.
Two million square feet of retail doubling as a private art collection — Warhol, Lichtenstein and Frank Stella hang in the walkways, with a sculpture garden mid-mall. Open 10:00-21:00, Sundays 12:00-19:00, over 200 stores.
Four levels of stores wrapped around a glass barrel vault with a full-size ice rink on the ground floor. Around 200 tenants including Zara, Uniqlo, Belk and Texas gift kiosks, trading until 21:00 and to 19:00 on Sundays.
The West End's long-running outfitter on North Market Street: Lucchese and Justin boots, Stetson and Resistol felts steamed and shaped to your head at no charge with purchase, plus belt buckles and hides. Open daily 10:00-18:00.
Two walkable blocks of independents: Bishop Street Market for Texas-shaped cutting boards and letterpress cards, Epiphany for jewellery, plus vintage and candle makers. Most shops trade 11:00-18:00, side-street parking free.
The chain's Northwest Highway mothership in a converted factory — used books by the aisle-mile, a vinyl room, rare-book cases and an outdoor book yard. Open 09:00-22:00 daily; paperbacks $2-$8, hardbacks from $5.
A 15,000 sq ft warehouse in Farmers Branch stacked with more than 200,000 records, listening stations, dollar crates along the back wall and free in-store performances most weekends. Used LPs run $5-$30, open until 21:00.