Author: Steven Kurutz, Misty White Sidell, Gina Cherelus, Alex Vadukul, Sadiba Hasan, Gabby Bulgarelli, Sutton Raphael, Jillian Eugenios, Thomas Vollkommer and Laura Salaberry

We selected the 50 best clothing stores in the United States. Five reporters from The New York Times Style section describe how we chose them.