Relying on textiles as varied as Polartec and satin brocade, Oakland designer Cari Borja is sure to touch your inner Vincent Minnelli heroine with such...

Casa Bonampak is a must-see shop where you can pick up all your Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) supplies. It also sells excellent compilation CDs and...

It only stands to reason that hilly, windy SF should have an excellent kite shop. Stocked with hundreds of different kites in every imaginable shape and...

Citizen is all about upscale utilitarian chic, meaning Scotch & Soda, Ben Sherman and Fred Perry appear alongside Ted Baker, Jack Spade and Gucci...

The legacy of Beat anti-authoritarianism lives on in this publishing company and bookshop, co-founded by poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti in 1953. Be sure to head...

Alain Mikli, Oliver Peoples and LA Eyeworks frames are all sold here, and helpful staff will sift through the entire collection to find you the ideal pair.

It stocks didgeridoos and African drums, sure, but Clarion takes them as a starting point before heading into truly exotic waters: affordable H'mong jaw...

The logo fabric in the window of this pristine designer outlet gives no sense of the high-quality leather or suede totes, satchels and accessories within....

For a formal frock or couture gown, turn to Colleen Quen, who works out of the ivory atelier she shares with her husband, sculptor Rick Lee. Duchess silk...

Organic cotton garments, designed and manufactured in Japan, rule the roost here. Finger the utterly sweet children's hoodies or the truly unusual toddlers'...

People who still haven't got over that 1980s retro thing should pop into the Market and Haight Street branches of this favourite local chain; the Fillmore...

Owners Lauren Smith and Derek Fagerstrom set up the Curiosity Shoppe to showcase their obsession with the gorgeous and strange. Pick up a kit to make a duct...

Autumn Carey-Adamme's métier is bespoke corsets. Select style, fabric and colour and, by the magic of 12 individual measurements, she'll create a custom-fit...

Federico de Vera's covetable jewellery - yellow tourmaline, carnelian, rose-cut diamond - ranges from intricate beadwork to clean-lined intaglios. Don't...