The Get: Indie City; Style Map
Wicker Park, Chicago
By LINDSEY GLADSTONE
Published: November 19, 2006

The Magnificent Mile may be the place for big-name shopping, but for smaller, alternative stores, browse Wicker Park. Though real estate prices have spiked and American Apparel has moved into this bohemian district, there's a bumper crop of new boutiques, run by locally minded shop owners who are keeping the neighborhood's independent spirit alive.

 
5. Habit: Using her store as a launching pad for new designers, Lindsey Boland offers limited-edition clothing from local talent like Katrin Schnabl, Abigail Glaum-Lathbury and Ilissa Shefferman. 1951 West Division Street; (773)342-0093