Our Guide To NYC’s Best Dress Shops

When it comes to a first date, you know just the intimate eatery. Magazine place that always has the current issue of Pop? Check. Most New Yorkers have their own tried-and-true resources for scoring the perfect X, Y, or Z, from dry-cleaning to friendly pharmacists. But, when it comes to shopping for dresses, even your expansive Big Apple director can sometimes be tested. And, we've been there, done that. From a last-minute invite to the Boom Boom Room to Friday night dinner with the boyfriend's parents, The xx concert at Terminal 5 to a BG luncheon with the girls, even for us, finding the proper dress can be one heck of a 'mare. With that frock fright in mind, we've sussed out NYC's best dress shops in every category.