StyleMaven: A Shopping Guide to Unique Clothing Boutiques in San Francisco and Hayes Valley

Hayes Valley
Art and commerce blend beautifully in Hayes Valley, possibly the city's best shopping district. Centered on and around Hayes Street, between Franklin west to Laguna, the diminutive neighborhood is crammed with art galleries, boutiques, restaurants, wine bars, and design studios. Not one chain store or big-name business sullies the ambiance of artful style. This is the place to find one-of-kind pieces that are undeniably cool yet superbly crafted--a cognac-colored leather club chair, a pair of sleek Costume National boots, or a modernist Knoll chair in shocking orange.

The shopkeepers here all seem to have an eye, whether they specialize in old or new merchandise, local or foreign designs. The prices are democratic, too. One could splurge on a folding iron deck chair, a shrunken Marc Jacobs blazer or walk away with a Freitag German-made bike bag and pint of lavender ice cream feeling indulged yet financially unscathed. In short, Hayes Valley has a little something for everyone.

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Alabaster
597 Hayes St
Alabaster derives its pristine design concept from the milky, translucent stone of the same name.
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Bulo Men
437-A Hayes St
Walk into this Hayes Valley shoe store for men, and you walk into a shoe forest.
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Bulo Women
418 Hayes
Bulo Women lets club girls dance the night away and earth mothers walk gently in the latest European styles.
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Buu
506 Hayes St
Buu, on Hayes, is a whole-lifestyle store. Find refined bathroom products, delicate kitchenware, Japanese pottery, office accessories and, now, (whew!) clothing.
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Evelyn's
381 Hayes St
Ancestral portrait scrolls in silk and paper hang next to square-cornered cabinets in rosewood, northern elmwood and lacquer-ware.
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Gimme Shoes
416 Hayes St
With its sister stores in Pacific Heights and downtown, the Hayes Valley Gimme Shoes makes up a triumvirate of the hippest shoe stores in San Francisco.
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Minnie Wilde
519 Laguna
A whimsical whirlwind of color and wit - Minnie Wilde is a wonderland of color and cheer.
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