St. Louis Money and Shopping

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• Chesterfield Mall, westfield.com/chesterfield. Large suburban mall in Chesterfield, MO.

• The Delmar Loop, www.ucityloop.com. Funky, hip and great for people watching, the University City Loop is one of the best places in St. Louis to fulfil your "alternative" shopping needs.

• Downtown St. Louis, www.shopdowntownstl.com/downtownshops.html. Revitalized Downtown St. Louis is now home to a number of local fashion-forward shops and several upscale furniture stores. For the latest in fashion trends in a non-mall environment, there is nothing like checking out the boutiques downtown St. Louis. Most are centered around Washington Avenue. There is also a six-story Macy's department store in the company's Midwestern headquarters on Olive St.

• The Hill, www.thehillstl.com. The city's Italian district, The Hill has a great selection of Italian restaurants, shops and businesses.

• Hullabaloo, 1908 Washington St., +1 314 241-1969, www.hullabaloo.net. One of the two or three biggest vendors of used clothing and costumes in the US, Hullaballoo does most of its business by mail order, or at shows in San Francisco, Seattle, and Las Vegas. They keep a store in the Soulard neighborhood of St. Louis, however, so if you are into vintage or goth clothing you should definitely stop in.

• Plaza Frontenac, 1701 S. Lindbergh, www.plazafrontenac.com. Exclusive shopping in an upscale mall. Featuring stores such as Louis Vuitton, Neiman Marcus, Sak's Fifth Avenue, J. Crew, Banana Republic, Tiffany & Co, Talbot's, and Williams and Sonoma. A small, six-screen independent movie theatre shows the latest non-blockbuster releases.

• Saint Louis Galleria, www.saintlouisgalleria.com/html/index8.asp. The city's largest mall in Richmond Heights, MO.

• St. Louis Mills, huge shopping center, with some outlet stores. The Mills includes an ice rink, a NASCAR speed track, over 175 stores, and a 130,000 square foot Cabela's super store.

• South County Mall, westfield.com/southcounty. Suburban shopping mall.

• West County Mall, westfield.com/westcounty. Suburbs, featuring the only Nordstrom department store in the region until 2010 when a new Nordstrom opens at the St. Louis Galleria.