discoMontreal's best streetwear, designer and heritage shops from Old Montreal to Mile End, plus the local labels worth knowing and where to buy them.
One for each kind of shopping. Every shop here has been checked open.
A men's shop on Rue Clark with a tight edit of shirting, knitwear, outerwear and denim. Labels include orSlow, Norse Projects, Portuguese Flannel, Pendleton and Bather.
Opened in 2006 around skate and streetwear labels such as Stüssy, Rooney now mixes them with Our Legacy, Lemaire, Comme des Garçons and New Balance, Asics and Adidas footwear.
SSENSE, founded in Montreal in 2003, runs its physical store on Saint-Sulpice in Old Montreal. It keeps regular opening hours and also offers free appointments with a personal stylist.
Dime's own store, selling the label's logo tees, heavyweight fleece, corduroy pants and skate hardgoods.
Our favourites first, then every shop we think is worth knowing.
All founded or based in Montreal. Five to start with, then every Montreal label we cover.
Independent Montreal skate label founded in 2005, known for deadpan-humour graphics, cozy basics, Vans collaborations and its Glory Challenge contest.
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Montreal design studio turned label making pared-back essentials and limited-run collaborations with New Balance, Reebok, Vans and A.P.C.
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Boots & denimMontreal raw denim label known for Japanese selvedge fabrics and experimental weaves, from 32oz heavyweight jeans to scratch-and-sniff denim.
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Streetwear & skateMontreal collective turned apparel label, building logo-driven basics and collegiate-inspired staples out of a nightlife and events background.
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Montreal luxury outerwear brand making boldly branded down parkas and puffers, positioned as a streetwear-leaning rival to Canada Goose and Moncler.
Profile →Official site ↗Every Montreal label we cover. "In Montreal at" names the brand's own store, where it has one; open a brand for details.
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Rue Clark, Saint-Viateur and Laurier West: Clark Street Mercantile, Livestock, Kotn and École de Pensée's flagship.
4 shops in Mile End →Boutique Archive on Rue Villeray: Gramicci, Finisterre and its own heavyweight basics.
1 shop in Villeray →Michel Brisson on Laurier West for European and Japanese designer menswear.
1 shop in Outremont →Ciele's espace | MTL flagship on Notre-Dame West for running caps and kit.
1 shop in Griffintown →Dime's shop on Saint-Laurent and Le Cartel on Avenue du Mont-Royal Est.
2 shops in The Plateau →Designer and streetwear a few blocks apart: SSENSE's store on Saint-Sulpice and Rooney on Notre-Dame West.
2 shops in Old Montreal →Local labels' own shops: Marmier and Betina Lou on Henri-Julien, Beurd's workshop on Rue St-Hubert.
2 shops in Petite-Patrie →Under Quebec's Act respecting hours and days of admission to commercial establishments, shops may not admit the public on 1 and 2 January, Easter Sunday, 24 June, 1 July, the first Monday in September and 25 December. The default opening window is 8am–9pm on weekdays and 8am–5pm on weekends. The Act has exceptions, so check a shop's own hours before you go. Source ↗
The Canada Revenue Agency states that non-resident visitors cannot claim a rebate of the GST/HST paid on purchases made in Canada, so the tax added at the till is not refundable when you leave. Source ↗
Tax-free shopping and European sizes: see the Canadian Men's Clothing Brands guide.
Start in Old Montreal, where SSENSE's store on Saint-Sulpice and Rooney on Notre-Dame West are a few minutes' walk apart. Then head to Mile End for Livestock on Rue Clark and Clark Street Mercantile, and Dime's own shop at 3632 Saint-Laurent.
Dime for skate graphics and heavyweight fleece, JJJJound for pared-back tees, hoodies and caps, Naked & Famous for raw Japanese selvedge denim, Saintwoods for logo hoodies and varsity outerwear, and Moose Knuckles for loudly branded down parkas produced mainly in Quebec.
Yes. JJJJound sells mainly through timed online releases on its own site, and Dime, Naked & Famous and Saintwoods all sell direct. SSENSE, the Montreal retailer, ships to over 100 countries and stocks Saintwoods and norda.
Several Montreal labels run their own shops: Dime on Saint-Laurent, École de Pensée on Laurier West, Le Cartel on Avenue du Mont-Royal Est, Beurd's workshop on Rue St-Hubert, Marmier and Betina Lou on Henri-Julien, and Ciele's espace | MTL on Notre-Dame West. JJJJound has no Montreal store.
Often not. Quebec law bars shops from admitting the public on 1 and 2 January, Easter Sunday, 24 June, 1 July, Labour Day and Christmas Day, with exceptions. Several shops here, including SSENSE and Clark Street Mercantile, also close on Mondays.
Brands are included if founded or based in Montreal. Shops are checked individually, and each shows the date we last confirmed it open; a shop we can't confirm isn't listed. Sale prices come from retailer feeds. Researched, not visited.
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