• Barneys Co-Op

  660 Madison Ave., fifth fl., 212-826-8900

  Unlike the chaotic women’s denim department, the men’s jeans section here is well organized and peopled by attentive clerks who aren’t trying to help eighteen other customers at once. They have the basics as well as an impressive selection of fashion denim, with new brands like Nudie, Gold Sign, Stitch’s, and a customize-your-own station for Earnest Sewn jeans.

From the 2006 Best of New York issue of New York Magazine