Plaza Frontenac

Today's shopping trip was for men's spring clothing. We popped into Alo, J. Crew, and Lululemon making purchases at J. Crew & Lululemon.

The shorts and polos at J. Crew offered a lot of choice and selection in fit, style, and material. Lululemon's pants selection had a wide variety of cuts and fabrics. Employees at all stores were helpful and assisted with questions, sizes, and ordering.

Very nice high-end mall, the closest thing you're going to get to NY shopping in the Missouri area. I didn't get a chance to explore the entire mall, however I saw Gucci, Louis Vuitton and Niemin Marcis to name a few. Can't wait for my next go round to St. Louis so I can come back to do some more exploring and shopping.

Five star mall that looks like old New England college campus. Lovely selection of stores, a great Mexican style restaurant and a theatre. And it's in a quaint part of St. Louis.

Only problem is I'm not buying anything if I'm forced to wear a mask. It's a sad reality that may impact luxury retailers at some point especially because the items aren't essential - they are luxury and I certainly don't feel luxurious being forced to be masked. So my discretionary spending dollars are remaining in my wallet.

I visited the David Yurman studio and the first salesman I encountered looked at me and rolled his eyes toward the ceiling, never spoke to me. The next salesperson I encountered in the back area was friendly and eager to help me and to make the sale. His name was John Vazquez. I showed him a picture on my phone of what I wanted, he went and got it, put it around my neck, took my payment and I was on my way.

Plaza Frontenac is a two-level, upscale, enclosed regional shopping center in the Frontenac area of metropolitan St. Louis, off Highway 64 and South Lindbergh Blvd. It is a short drive from downtown St. Louis.

There is a grand piano in the Center Court; the plaza offers live music on Fridays. They also offer free Wi-Fi.

The plaza has a large open parking area, and an underground parking garage. High-end furnishings are spaced throughout the plaza to relax/rest, and then 'shop till you drop' again. There are a number of offerings for shopping, dining, spa/health/beauty and more.

Saks Fifth Avenue and Neiman Marcus anchor the plaza. The plaza has high-end tenants such as Louis Vuitton, Tiffany & Co., Gucci, David Yurman, Mitchell Gold + Bob Williams (think Architectural Digest magazine), Tory Burch, Michael Kors, Kate Spade New York, Tumi, Coach, and many others.

On the second level, there is a movie theater with six screens that feature independent & limited-release films. There is a Cinema Bar offering beer (focusing on local craft beers) and wine along with a full bar.

Inside the plaza on the first level, one has the opportunity to closely view the latest in fine personal transportation. On our visit, the selections included an Aston Martin Vantage, and a Porsche Cayenne.

As far as upscale shopping goes this is probably the best St. Louis has to offer in terms of shopping centers.

Tiffany & Co., Saks, Neiman Marcus, J. Crew, Green Door Spa, Bissinger's Chocolatier, LuLu Lemon, Louis Vuitton, Kate Spade, MAC, BCBG and tons of other awesome shops call Plaza Frontenac home. There is a movie theater and restaurants located inside as well.

In the same plaza you can find Panera, Brick Top's, Brio and Flemings to satisfy your hunger pangs.

When in Frontenac make it a day or do as I do and enjoy a little window shopping lol

I love Plaza Frontenac! I've been shopping here forever. Everyone is always so polite. They have THE best Santa at Christmas! I am sad to learn that L'Occitane closed. They have a theater inside that shows artsy and independent movies. I've never gone to a show, but want to. Canyon cafe is inside and I love eating there. A wonderful Tex-mex place. The stonewater spa is nice. I've had a facial and manicure and they did a great job. I always have to stop by Bissingers and get some chocolate! I enjoy walking through Neiman Marcus and Saks. Lots of great stores from Louie Vuitton to Omega! It's always decorated beautifully during the holidays. My favorite mall for sure!

Pretty cool place. Clean mall with comfy couches and a Lamborghini just parked in the lower level. You can buy that car for $298k. Which is a steal. Neiman Marcus, Saks, Louie, this mall almost has it all.

Sadly, I can only rate 3/5 star since it does not have the true stars of any mall: Hot Topic and Spencers gifts. Look I know this is an upscale mall. I get that.

However, the hot topic could have really expensive KISS statues or something. Spencers gifts could have nicer stuff too. Just think a place where you could get really nice expensive weird stuff for your family.

If you want weird things the only thing you will get is weird looks at this mall when you ask other shoppers for these two stores. I was a bit disappointed.

The theatre was cool. They've got sour patch kids y'all. Get down here.

Plaza Frontenac = The "Rich" Mall in St. Louis. That's how I've always referred to it since I was a child. Now a nicer, more sophisticated term would be to call it "upscale". For high-end, designer shopping and indie, high-brow movies, Plaza Frontenac is your destination. Saks Fifth Avenue and Neiman Marcus are the anchor stores at this mall, and there is a movie theater here. I come here primarily for the MAC store, which if I'm not mistaken, is the only remaining actual MAC store in the city. Some of my other favorites are the J Crew, Banana Republic, William Sonoma, Bissinger's, Coach, and more. There are Michael Kors, Talbot's, Lily Pulitzer, Tiffany's, and Louis Vitton stores here as well.

Whenever I'm in the mood to feel fancy, I like to take a stroll here and daydream about when the Minolo Blahnik and Loubiton shoes, Chanel and Louis bags, and Oscar de la Renta jewelry will actually come home with me in real life. A girl can dream. *sigh*

This place is pretty amazing, for the wealthy that is. Just kidding there are many stores once you get past Saks fifth avenue or Neiman Marcus that are affordable for just about anyone. I think I like the most about this mall is that it is smaller and has quality stores within a smaller area. It is never over crowded, I went there on crutches the other day and never did I ever feel like anyone was going to run over me or knock my crotch out from underneath me like I have twice at the galleria.

The ladies at K Hall designs and at Lululemon are just absolutely phenomenal when it came to accommodations and helping me find what I needed to you in the most efficient time as possible so that I did not have to stand on crutches forever. It also helps to go during a non-busy time, but I have been in the evenings and on the weekends and it is never overwhelming or too jampacked like the galleria and West County Mall are almost always.

Plus side also is the parking. You will not have to circle the parking garage or the Nordstrom lot at the galleria for about 45 minutes before anybody will move their car even if they are sitting in it. I know West County Mall can be a real pain to park as well. There is plenty of parking here, you may on busy days have to walk a tad bit farther, but people don't just doddle around in their cars at this mall they actually get in, get out, and get out of your way which is amazing.

The only downfall is that the small has a few less stores, but it's definitely worth going to if it has even two or more stores that you need to go to that day. I would highly Recommend if you were able to get your shopping accomplished and want to do it efficiently and in a very clean and safe environment, you need to shop at Plaza Frontenac.