Opening today: Club Monaco, number two

I've been doing an admirable job of weaning myself off of chain stores. I've got nothing against them, but sometimes it's too easy to drop into the Banana to pick up a sweater rather than scouting out local stores for something unique. And because we're all lazy, I know your closet is bulging with Banana.

That said, I'm a total fiend for the Canadian chain Club Monaco. Yes, it's a chain, but their clothes are more forward-looking than others, and chic. A second Club Monaco is opening today at the Cambridgeside Galleria -- and I have my fingers crossed that the men's section there is larger than the men's section at the Prudential Monaco. Pretty please?

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Hayley Kaufman is editor of the Style section.
Rachel Raczka (@rachelraczka) is the lifestyle producer for Boston.com.







