Where to Shop Your Fall Wardrobe + Break a Sweat

Where to Shop Your Fall Wardrobe + Break a Sweat

Where to shop, stretch, sweat and more around Raleigh this fall.

These clothes were made for walking—and running, biking and relaxing. Enter Free People Movement’s recently opened Village District storefront boasting colorful active ’fits perf for moving about. @fpmovement

Discount designer clothes and accessories? Say less. Shop till you (nearly) drop and rack up chic deals at Nordstrom Rack’s Triangle Town Place location slated to open in October. @nordstromrack 

Calling all homebodies! Take care of your bod—and namaste locally—at Homebody Yoga’s cozy flagship studio opening on the ground floor of Platform apartments in West End by early 2025. @homebodync 

A new canopy color is dotting the NC coastline. See: Shibumi Shade’s new “Sunset” Pink & Orange canopy that’s brightening up the beach and its sea of blue and teal tents. @shibumishade

Step aside, lottery tickets—there’s a new way to become a millionaire. Treasure Game$, a nationwide skill-based treasure-hunting game has launched in NC and awards more than just the thrill of the hunt (read: $$$) to winners. @treasuregames.fun

Revamp your wardrobe from the same old attire to something new—or new to you—via Same Old Same Old Vintage, a newly bowed secondhand store on Fayetteville Street that’ll have you serving retro *lewks*. @shopsosovintage

Have a dress code to sport—whether wedding, fancy dinner or anything in between? Formal clothing rental biz TrenLend will be expanding to a second location at Makers Alley in North Hills Innovation District this fall—and is celebrating with a release of an exclusive collection of dresses to impress. @trenlend

Take a cue from Mac Miller and treat yourself right. Sweat one out and cool back down at SweatHouz, Seaboard Station’s newly opened infrared sauna + cold plunge studio. @sweathouzHotties do Pilates. Level up your body and stretch your mind (aka reform yourself) at Club Pilates’ 12th Triangle location coming to Seaboard Station later this year. @clubpilates_downtownraleigh

Ready to Rent?

Ready to Rent?

Up-and-coming try-before-you-rent clothing biz is taking off in the Triangle. 

It’s a familiar problem: A full closet but nothing to wear. Raise your hand if you can relate. … After constantly running into this issue and watching their bank accounts take hit after hit for dresses they would only wear once, NC State seniors Emmy Weiland and Amelia Zahn founded TrenLend, a dress rental biz that answered the ever-present “I have nothing to wear!” battle and didn’t break the bank. A win-win for all the fashion girlies (!).

The rental clothing concept has been gaining traction for years—see: Nuuly and Rent the Runway, among others—but Weiland and Zahn found the sites frustrating because most of the pieces they rented didn’t fit or arrive as expected. So, in 2022, the pair started an Instagram account renting their formal dresses out of their sorority houses, with the added op of allowing people to try them on first. 

After a year geared toward the college market, the dynamic duo decided a complete rebrand was in order to expand their audience to women of all ages and sizes. “Ever since then, we’ve been working on growing our online platforms like TikTok, Instagram and our website,” says Zahn. 

Originally operating out of a warehouse, the chic pair opened their first storefront in Cary in August, catering to everyone from wedding attendees to high schoolers shopping for homecoming or prom to those just looking for a fresh ’fit to wear out.

“That came through more styles, more sizes and just better brand awareness,” maintains Hahn, noting they created a focus group of students in different fashion and textile programs to ensure their products have the range and reach the duo intends. Now, dress styles range from preppy to cool to classic—and the storefront offers more casual pieces as well. Dressing to impress without breaking the bank? Sign us up! trenlend.com