Greenway/Upper Kirby Shops

When Mickey Rosmarin opened an independent T-shirt shop in the early 1970s, he had no idea he would eventually come to set the bar for Houston's entire shopping landscape, introducing the city to designers such as Jean Paul Gaultier, Andrew Gn, and Kenzo.

It's such a cliché to say that everything's bigger in Texas, but it's hard not to say it when you're talking about Kuhl-Linscomb, designer Pam Kuhl-Linscomb's nearly 100,000-square-foot design complex, which offers everything from designer homewares to tabletop items to stationery to pet accessories to a full-fledged apothecary. You could easily spend a day in here.