Best of Rhode Island 2009 Editors' Picks

CK Bradley, designer behind the eponymous store, is a fashion darling in New York's Upper East Side known for her clothing line's preppy look and bright colors. Her Newport store, smack in the native soil of her chosen style, blooms with cute women's clothes and accessories. We're drawn to the crushed cowboy-style straw hats with their grosgrain ribbons featuring standards such as lobsters and whales. This Western U.S. meets Eastern U.S. hybrid works no matter where you're from.