Vienna Design Guide: Stylish Shops and Design Hotels, Vienna, Austria

Vienna is a design lover’s dream when it comes to stylish independent design shops, concept stores and vintage rarities. Walking around the 7th and 6th districts in Vienna, you’ll find so many creative spots that you can easily spend half a day there. Vienna is famous for its traditional elegance, but definitely doesn’t fall short as far as sophisticated contemporary design is concerned,

From the outside, it looks like a fashion shop, but when you walk you’ll see there’s more to discover inside. This specious shop has a great layout and a wonderful display. It is a mother and daughter shop, selling mostly French fashion, but also elegant and unique accessories and clothing from other places in Europe. They hand pick items carefully, based on what they want to use themselves. The result is a very original collection of designs you won’t find elsewhere.

A huge retro fashion shop with so many rooms you’ll just feel spoilt for choice. The clothes are delightfully sorted by colour. They focus on 70s, 80s and 90s fashion. People bring in their retro clothes weekly and they are selected by the team. There’s also a cafe inside the shop with a great atmosphere.

Kitsch Bitch is a Viennese brand, featuring witty slogans in German and English, hand printed on tote bags, drawstring bags, t-shirts, sweatshirts and more. You’ll also find their own jewellery, enamel pins and other accessories. ...... (follow the instructions below for accessing the rest of this article).