San Francisco Shopping

San Francisco’s Union Square Shopping District has long been known as a shopping destination, particularly in December, when the square is transformed into a winter Air Jordan 19s wonderland. In recent years, the city has been trying to catch up with fashion forward New York and Los Angeles, with more and more great independent boutiques cropping up in the Mission, Hayes Valley, North Beach, and the Marina, and two successful San Francisco Fashion Weeks.

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And you can’t forget the music! San Francisco is home to a number of unique and amazing music stores, not the least of which is the world renowned Amoeba records in the Haight.

Insider’s Guide: The Best of Shopping in San FranciscoUnion Square and downtown are where you’ll find all of the established labels, and the city’s three Nike Air Foamposite One malls. Practically every brand you’ve ever heard of has a store in these few blocks, from Old Navy on up to Chanel. Venture a block or two off Union Square Nike KD 7 on Sutter Air Jordan Spizike to find the city’s largest assortments of unusual sneakers at HUF (808 Sutter St).

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The Mission is a great place to find something uniquely San Francisco, whether it’s a super cool recycled paper and soy ink journal at Little Otsu (849 Valencia St), local designer threads at Candy Store (3153 16th St), Sun Hee Moon (3167 16th St), Saffron Rare Threads (3579 17th St), House of Hengst (924 Valencia St), or Nisa (3610 19th St), vintage classics from Virginia Howells (2839 24th St) or Shauplatz (791 Valencia), thrift store T shirts from Community Thrift (625 Valencia St), or new and vintage modern furniture and housewares from X 21 Modern (890 Valencia St), Monument Air Jordan 14s (572 Valencia St), and The Drug Store (3149 Mission St).

North Beach has seen an explosion in new boutiques over the last five years or so, starting with the bright and charming racks of Ooma (1422 Grant Ave), and now including In Lieu (528 Green St).

Look for a few cutting edge finds from folks like Geren Ford and Borne, Custom Originals (1314 Grant Ave), where you can have owner Al Ribaya tailor one of his creations to you or create something entirely new, and Mixed Use Boutique (463 Union St), which stocks mint Air Jordan 20s condition classics from Dior, Gucci, and Yves St. Laurent.

You don’t have to stick to the thrift and vintage stores to find a bargain in San Francisco. Jeremy’s (2 South Park St), in a tiny enclave South of Market (SoMa) known as South Park, draws dozens of fashion forward men and women aOlernKienOP Air Jordan 8s Destination Wedding Favors every day for deep discounts on samples from Prada, Marc Jacobs, and Gucci, and overstock from J Crew and Anthropologie.

Loehmann’s (222 Sutter St), near Union Square, is another bargain hunter favorite, with three floors of amazing deals on everything from Seven Jeans to Missoni dresses, Coach bags, Penguin button ups and Donna Karan ties for men, and Wacoal and Natori lingerie.

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Venturing across the Bay to the east will bring you to a dozen or so used furniture stores full of amazing finds, such as Urban Ore (7th Ashby, Berkeley), Form Vintage Modern (5330 College Ave, Oakland), and Uhuru (3742 Grand Ave, Oakland), just to name a few. To the north you’ll find the Heath Ceramics Factory and Outlet Store (400 Gate Five Rd) in Sausalito, where you can score the world’s most perfect Jordan Pro Strong coffee cup for a whole lot less than it will cost you at any of the aOlernKienOP Air Jordan CDP Sports Nutrition Programs Elevate Athletic Performances fancy design stores in the city.

What better way to cap off a day of shopping than with a night out on the town? In San Francisco, your best bet is a night of live music, be it indie, jazz, or bluegrass. Read about all the hoppin’ clubs and hipster bars in the next section.