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Best Women's Clothing, West

2012 Best Women's Clothing, West

Clementine

Wellesley
It's said that clementines are potent aphrodisiacs. Perhaps that explains why Judi Rizley's shop has us under some sort of spell. Browsing the racks, we [...] read more»
2011 Best Women's Clothing, West

Bessie Blue

Belmont
There's no shortage of painfully chic, designer-heavy boutiques in the western 'burbs. But this four-year-old spot manages to be both artfully fashionable and charmingly approachable—no [...] read more»
2008 Best Women's Clothing, West

Tess & Carlos

Newton Centre
Feeling in need of a foreign fling? Come dally among the handsome imports at Newton's Tess & Carlos—at 4,000 square feet, the biggest and most [...] read more»
2007 Best Women's Clothing, West

Tess & Carlos

Newton Center
Tess Enright knows what she likes—and, more to the point, what she does not. The sartorial littérateur has no interest in words like "trendy" or [...] read more»
2006 Best Women's Clothing, West

Gretta Luxe

Wellesley
Chloé dresses and Balenciaga bags are just two style-savvy suburbanite mainstays found on the racks at Gretta Luxe. Owner Gretchen Monahan travels to New York, [...] read more»
2005 Best Women's Clothing, West

Gretta Luxe

Wellesley
Since cutting-edge came to Wellesley in the form of Gretta Luxe, suburbanites are more chic than ever. The boutique boasts straight-off-the-runway couture by style icons [...] read more»
2004 Best Women's Clothing, West

Grettaluxe

Wellesley
This petite boutique is on the cutting edge, with designs from Michael Kors and DSquared2 to Miu Miu and Chloé, all lovingly handpicked at the [...] read more»
2003 Best Women's Clothing, West

Gretta Luxe

Wellesley
According to stereotype, women are supposed to run into the city for a dose of cutting-edge chic. Gretta Luxe has successfully reversed the paradigm: Since [...] read more»
2002 Best Women's Clothing, West

Gretta Luxe

Wellesley
Even back when preppy-populated Wellesley thought Prada was a museum in Madrid, Gretta Luxe owner Gretchen Monahan was stocking her streamlined downtown boutique with names [...] read more»
2001 Best Women's Clothing, West

Gretta Luxe

Wellesley
Time was when Wellesley only meant straight and preppy. Well, no longer—thanks in no small part to this new boutique. Gretta Luxe carries an eclectic [...] read more»