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Welcome to Racked's first annual Travel Week. Over the next five days, roughly half of our content will be devoted to everything you need to know about traveling to and from New York City—whether you're entertaining out-of-towners, killing time at the airport, or planning the ultimate staycation.

Next up in our retail trek around the globe five boroughs is Germany (check out France here and Australia here). From major brands like Escada to Berlin Fashion Week breakouts like Augustin Teboul, we've rounded up the thirteen best NYC stores for shopping German designers.