Shopping in Kansas City

My Best Friend's Closet and its sister stores—Wear House and More and Wear House Exchange—curate a sprawling stash of gently used, modern apparel for men, women, and children. At each shop, a style-savvy staff strives to keep its showrooms brimming with designer apparel that's within 2 years of current fashion trends, working to maintain a contemporary selection free of outdated looks and time-traveling bell bottoms. The team adds hundreds of items to its inventory every day, and can help shoppers further complete ensembles with a fleet of accessories such as shoes, jewelry, and purses.

Husband-and-wife team Rick and Karen McKernan fill their historical downtown Liberty store with an eclectic mix of gourmet food items, kitsch, and home accessories that enliven living spaces and make for thoughtful gifts. Seasonal and anytime decor items crafted by local artisans dot the store’s interior alongside novelty items such as bacon-shaped first-aid bandages and foods such as artisanal One Screw Loose jellies. The couple’s daughter and business partner, Katie, fills a fashion area with handmade and locally crafted jewelry and accessories, which are ideal for deserving gift recipients and accepting jewelry boxes.

Leon Butler opened Brookside Optical in 1989 with the vision that all clients, even those with hard-to-correct eyesight, could have access to stylish eyewear. Today, the shelves stock colorful frames ($100+) by small manufacturers and such designers as l.a. Eyeworks, Theo, and Anne et Valentin. Whether in retro cat-eye shapes or planted with futuristic jet packs, each pair of glasses is crafted by the on-site lab and ready to wear within days.

Offering a wide variety of designer denim and apparel, Standard can outfit even the most style-starved caterpillar in eye-catching apparel that transforms him or her into a vibrant, skinny-jeaned butterfly. Brand-name denim is available from True Religion, Rich and Skinny, Ksubi, and Simon Miller, among others. Women don shape-complementing Alexander Wang, Marc by Marc Jacobs, and Vena Cava duds that turn heads and improve WiFi reception. Men peruse selections from Steven Alan, J. Lindeberg, and Nice Collective. Try men and women's wear from Splendid ($45–$100), tees from James Perse ($40–$60), and denim and tops from Joie ($58–$108).

Each month, more than 20 foraging foes of dull furniture display a suburban spelunker's dream of antiques, furniture, and one-off treasures in the historic Meyer Building's welcoming lower level. Whatever style beckons your home or garden, the infrequency of Urban Mining's sales means a fresh rotation of affordable wares arrives each and every month. Browse through enough tablecloths and doilies to outfit a championship tea bash, or check out fashionable vintage mirrors (starting at $25) to reflect a black-and-white version of your formerly Technicolor dream coat. The furniture runs the gamut from striking window frames and lamps (both starting at around $15) to wood and metal chairs (starting at $20) and retro barware ($15 and up). Every fabric, collectible, and piece of dragon-fired pottery comes after intense searches by Urban Mining's collection of hunter-gatherer vendors, who comb the earth on ungainly camels for orphaned and belittled jewels, restoring them and distributing them to appreciative homes.

Roy G. Biv-ify your printer with black or color ink for assorted printers, such as a lovely shade of magenta for a Brother DCP 130 ($13), some cyan for a Canon photo printer ($10.94), or a little black cartridge for an HP DeskJet ($26.45). Or put it toward a black toner cartridge for an HP LaserJet ($111), a Dell 1100 ($63), and much more. Stop by any location to redeem your Groupon.