Best college for fashion/style

1. Blanche Macdonald Centre, 100–555 West 12th Avenue
2. Kwantlen Polytechnic University, Richmond campus, 8771 Lansdowne Rd.
2. Emily Carr University of Art + Design, 1399 Johnston Street
3. Vancouver Community College Downtown, 250 W. Pender

Best spa (independent)

1. Le Petit Spa, 4-3701 West Broadway
2. Linda's Urban Spa, 1888 West 1st Avenue
3. Solarice Wellness Spas, 2200 West 1st Avenue

Best spa (chain)

1. Spa Utopia & Salon, Various locations
2. Absolute Spa, Various locations
3. Skoah, Various locations

Best place to get a facial

1. Skoah, Various locations
2. Spa Utopia & Salon, Various locations
3. Absolute Spa, Various locations

Best salon for a pedicure/manicure

1. Pure Nail Bar, Various locations
2. Bloom Essentials, 3-1854 West 1st Avenue
3. Spa Utopia & Salon, Various locations

Best hair salon

1. Suki's, Various locations
2. Rain, 1544 West 2nd Avenue
3. iDaburn Salons, 1073 Cambie Street

Best laser eye centre

1. Lasik MD, 101-1281 West Georgia Street
2. Pacific Laser Eye Centre, 1401 West Broadway
3. London Eye Centre, 918 12th Street

Best laser hair-removal centre

1. Arbutus Laser Centre, 106-2025 West Broadway
2. Dermal Laser, Various locations
3. South Granville Laser & Skin Care Centre, 214-3195 Granville Street
3. Evropa Esthetics & Spa, L03-955 Hornby Street

Best place to get a bikini wax

1. Linda's Urban Spa, 1888 West 1st Avenue
2. Dona Lucia Esthetics Salon, 2813 West Broadway
3. Sugarbox, 202-1290 Homer Street

Best place for a beach-ready tan

1. Sunscape Tanning Studios, Various locations
2. Banana Tans, 148 East Broadway
3. Fabutan Sun Tan Studios, Various locations

Best place for a nonsurgical makeover

1. Dermal Laser, Various locations
2. ICU Image Consulting, 304-4990 McGeer Street
3. Vancouver Laser and Skin Care Centre, 309-750 West Broadway
3. Skinworks, 3568 West 41st Avenue

Best place for cosmetic surgery

1. Skinworks, 3568 West 41st Avenue
2. False Creek Healthcare Centre, 555 West 8th Avenue
3. Renu Cosmetic, 350-1152 Mainland Street
3. Carruthers, 820-943 West Broadway

Best women's clothing store (independent)

1. Front and Company, 3772 Main
1. Barefoot Contessa, 3715 Main Street
2. Spank, Various locations
3. One of a Few, 354 Water Street
3. The Block, 350 West Cordova Street

Best women's clothing store (chain)

1. Aritzia, Various locations
2. H&M, Various locations
3. Banana Republic, Various locations
3. Anthropologie, 2912 Granville Street

Best men's clothing store (independent)

1. Roden Gray, 8 Water Street
2. Boys' Co., Various locations
2. Brooklyn Clothing Co., 418 Davie Street
3. Lark, 2315 Main Street
3. Ray Rickburn Fine Men's Apparel, 2100 West 4th Avenue

Best men's clothing store (chain)

1. Harry Rosen, 700 West Georgia Street
2. H&M, Various locations
3. Banana Republic, Various locations
3. Holt Renfrew, 737 Dunsmuir Street

Best place to buy jeans

1. Dutil, 303 West Cordova Street
1. Aritzia, Various locations
2. Gap, Various locations
3. Mavi Jeans, Various locations

Best place to buy cosmetics

1. Sephora, Various locations
2. MAC, Various locations
3. Shoppers Drug Mart, Various locations

Best place to buy yoga wear

1. lululemon athletica, Various locations
2. YYoga, Various locations
3. Semperviva, Various locations

Best bridal store

1. Bryan's Bride, 4567 Lougheed Highway
2. Lisa's Bridal Salon, 681 Columbia Street
2. Bisou Bridal, 440 West 2nd Avenue
3. Blush Bridal and Special Occasions Wear, 1403 Bellevue Avenue

Best wedding registry

1. The Bay, Various locations
2. Cookworks, 1548 West Broadway
3. Vancouver Special, 3612 Main Street
3. Sears Canada, Various locations

Best wedding photographer

1. Blue Olive Photography, 25 Gore Avenue
2. Melissa Skoda, MCS Photo
3. Karolina Turek Photography

Best baby photographer (specializing in newborn and maternity shots)

1. Bopomo Pictures, 2631 West Broadway
2. Melissa Skoda, MCS Photo
3. Rhonda Dent Photography

Best local designer clothing store

1. Dream, 311 W. Cordova
2. Malene Grotrian, 910-207 W Hastings Street
3. Obakki, 44 Water Street

Best vintage/consignment/secondhand clothing store

1. No longer available.
2. Value Village, Various locations
3. Mintage, 1714 Commercial Drive

Best shoe store (independent)

1. gravitypope, 2205 West 4th Avenue
2. John Fluevog, 837 Granville Street
3. Umeboshi, 3638 Main Street

Best shoe store (chain)

1. ALDO, Various locations
2. Browns, Various locations
3. Freedman Shoes, Various locations

Best fashion accessory store

1. Blue Ruby Jewellery, Various locations
2. ALDO, Various locations
3. H&M, Various locations

Best baby/toddler store

1. Toys "R" Us, Various locations
2. Crocodile, 2156 West 4th Avenue
3. Hip Baby, 2110 West 4th Avenue
3. TJ's The Kiddies Store, Various locations

Best custom jewellery store

1. Jewellery Artists 3D, 4485 W 10 Avenue
2. Era Custom Design Modern and Vintage Jewellery, 1266 Homer Street
3. Blue Ruby Jewellery, Various locations
3. Jeweliette Jewellery & Accessories, 1090 Hornby Street

Best teens and tweens clothing store

1. H&M, Various locations
2. Forever 21, 280-4800 Kingsway
3. Garage, Various locations
3. Aritzia, Various locations

Best store for spotting the next trend

1. H&M, Various locations
2. Aritzia, Various locations
3. Holt Renfrew, 737 Dunsmuir Street
3. Urban Outfitters, 822–830 Granville Street

Best eyewear store

1. Bruce Eyewear, 219 Abbott Street
2. Della Optique, 2589 West Broadway
2. IRIS, Various locations
3. LensCrafters, Various locations