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Metropolis is known for selling the city’s most robust selection of vintage T-shirts and, as such, has seen visits from Kanye West, Chloë Sevigny, members of the Strokes, and Iggy Pop; recently, A$AP Rocky wore a bootleg Gucci T-shirt from the store in the “Arya” music video. Carly Mark, owner of the clothing line Puppets and Puppets, confirms the shop’s reputation. She started frequenting Metropolis in 2006 and says she has bought “countless” tees from its “big unpretentious collection” for between $50 and $100 (though rare items, like a 1990 Grace Jones shirt, can cost up to $2,450). Mark’s favorite purchase so far is a tee featuring a naked woman with breasts that look like “twin demons making out.” If you’re looking for something not satanic, Metropolis stocks an improbably niche inventory that’s organized with encyclopedic precision. “There’s a Marvel category, an alien category, and a Bugs Bunny category,” Mark says. “Every band has its own spot on the rack. If you walked in and were like, ‘I want a Space Jam T-shirt,’ they’d take you to the Space Jam section.”