Women-owned shops you should support in the Detroit area

By Metro Times editorial staff on Sat, Mar 7, 2020 at 11:00 am

Empowered women empower women. This year, put your money where your mouth is and support your local lady-entrepreneurs. Here's a list of female-owned shops to peruse and patronize on Sunday, March 8 — International Women's Day. From gadgets and gizmos aplenty, to whozits and whatzits galore, these ladies have (and sell) them all.

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New Order Coffee Roasters
3100 Woodward Ave., Detroit; 313-784-9164
Midtown’s newest coffee shop is also its cutest. Owned by Detroit native Elizabeth Rose, New Order’s drink offerings include microbrewed by-the-cup coffee, handcrafted espresso drinks, cold brew and nitro cold brew, teas, and an array of eccentric specialty lattes. As the old saying goes, a coffee shop is only as good as its Instagram friendliness.
Photo via New Order Coffee / Facebook

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Saffron
308 W. 4th St.,Royal Oak; 248-541-8000
This boho boutique is a must see if you’re in downtown Royal Oak. You will probably catch owner/operator Marianne Petrus in the store helping customers and generally just being a really awesome person. The store totes graphic tees, flowy dresses, and eccentric earrings and bags. A type of old school cool you don’t see often in the ever so dominant world of fast fashion.
Photo via Saffron / Facebook

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Tekla Vintage
9600 Joseph Campau Ave., Hamtramck; 313-638-2768
Hamtramck mayor Karen Majewski operates this resale store located in the heart of the city, and fills it with vintage clothing, jewelry, and accessories.
Photo via Tekla Vintage / Facebook

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The Vintage Market
3775 S. Custer Rd., Monroe; 734-344-1079
Dubbing themselves the “Backroad Divas,” best friends Angela Guzzardo and Rina Belanger started The Vintage Market in 2014. Their first outdoor market was a huge hit and out of that was born a series of events that take place on the Monroe County Fairgrounds several times a year. Now, they're adding a brick and mortar element to their business by opening a store in downtown Wyandotte.
Photo via The Vintage Market, LLC. / Facebook

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Tulani Rose
4201 Cass Ave., Detroit; 313-832-2477
Proprietor Sharon Dell has kept this Midtown gem shining for over 10 years, sharing in the recent growth and revival of the community. The beauty and welcoming vibes of her store alone have brought people in from all over the world.
Photo via Tulani Rose / Facebook

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Well Done Goods
1440 Gratiot Ave. 1D, Detroit; 313-404-2053
"What happens when aliens crash-land in Detroit with a flying-saucer-load of design favorites from the MoMA Store, a local screenprinting shop, and the contents of a natural history museum's basement?" A store so cool we gave it a cover in 2016. Proprietor Bethany Shore sells a mix of jewelry, apothecary jars, candles, T-shirts, and other quirky items here.
Photo via Well Done Goods / Facebook

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BotaniQ
2540 Rosa Parks Blvd., Detroit; 313-450-1400
BotaniQ is a vertically integrated store that creates marijuana products from start to finish. Inside everything is white and stainless steel-looking, except for some rugs adding color — and the cool marijuana leaf motif that appears around the place. It's spacious, which is a distinct contrast to the cramped quarters at some other pot shops. Photo via BotaniQ / Facebook

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Flamingo Vintage
5449 W Vernor Hwy., Detroit; 214-538-5985
It took vintage fanatic Nikki Neuzil and her husband, a Detroit native, three years to relocate from Austin and nearly a year and a half to scope out the perfect storefront. Eventually, she landed on a hundred-year-old space with a rich retail past in Southwest Detroit. Flamingo Vintage offers a mix of men's and women's clothing and accessories from the 1920s through the '80s as well as furniture and mid-century home decor.

Photo via Flamingo Vintage / Facebook

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Rat Queen Vintage
10031 Jos Campau, Hamtramck
Rat Queen Vintage and 3-Ring Traveling Apothecary share a store that offers a variety of goods including rare books, clothing, scents, essential oils, perfumes, prop skulls and more.

Photo via Rat Queen Vintage / Facebook

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Kaydense Galleria
202 W 4th St, Royal Oak; 248-905-1335
Kaydense Galleria is fashion shop located in Royal Oak offering a plethora of unique clothing items and accessories. The store carries pieces "for the modern chic women who desires to enhance their personal style," according to its website.

Photo via Kaydense Galleria / Facebook

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Flo Boutique
404 W. Willis, Detroit; 313-831-4901
This Midtown boutique is a dream turned reality for owner Felicia Patrick. She has a passion for fashion that runs deeply through her boutique filled simple and eclectic clothing, shoes, and jewelry.
Photo via Flo Boutique / Facebook

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Détroit is the New Black
1426 Woodward Ave., Detroit; 313-818-3498
From "Detroit Hustles Harder" to "RUN DET" to "Detroit vs. Everybody," it seems like our fair metropolis might have more city pride T-shirts per capita than any other place on the planet. Owner, Roslyn Karamoko, started this clothing line to elevate the branding of Detroit and to meet the trajectory of the city’s future. In 2015, Karamoko told us, "I think there's a new element coming to Detroit, and it's a bit more cosmopolitan. It's the new hip place to be." Three years later, her statements still ring true.

Photo via Detroit Is the New Black / Facebook

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Coup D’état
3044 W. Grand Blvd. Suite L-460, Detroit; 313-782-4480
Coup D'état stands out among the Detroit retail landscape for more reasons than just, say, the colorblocked Kurt Lyle Novia dress, which pairs athleisure with bold bridesmaid energy; or the furry Flaming Cheeto bucket bag by Primecut, a maker from Oregon that uses responsibly sourced cowhides and shearlings to craft textural patchwork bags; or the Clog Boot by Ariana Bohling Parker Alpine, the perfect shoe for living lodge (ski lodge, that is). "I want to encourage people to think outside of a cookie-cutter outfit that you might see spoon-fed to you in media, in ads, or by big chain stores, which is sort of rebellious," Wisniewski says. "Thinking independently and buying from independent vendors, that in and of itself is rebellious. Going into a locally owned space, getting off your phone, and closing out your Amazon app — that is considered rebellious now."

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Good Neighbor
1435 Farmer St #115, Detroit; 313-788-7800
Good Neighbor offers "a curated collection of stylish wardrobe essentials for men and women," according to its website. There, you can find brands like Lacausa, Level 99, Grayer, Goodman, ABLE, York Projects, Gentle Fawn, Goldeluxe, and more.

Photo via Good Neighbor / Facebook

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