Like its inventory, a lingerie store should be a little bit secret, a little hidden, a little special. Belle Cose on Russian Hill is all three. This bijou little panty pavilion is the perfect place to find that outre piece you've been [more...]

Like many great cities, San Francisco has its own Agent Provacateur store. Naturally. You can't expect SF residents to do without the flirty, sexy, 1950's [more...]

I love being an urban girl. I really do. But sometimes I long for the suburban megastores of my childhood, places that will sell me furniture AND popcorn AND a set of picnic plates AND the DVD of The Way We Were. When this happens, I [more...]

Ok, ok...everyone knows about Victoria's Secret. But the store in downtown San Francisco is a delight, and since it's competing with all the surrounding chain [more...]

I am not into designer clothing...except for Betsey Johnson. Betsey takes all of the fun, bright colors, the sequins and shimmer, the moxy and pizazz that's [more...]

Ever since Victoria Secret went all hot-pink and school-girlish, I've had a tough time finding sexy grownup underwear. Fortunately, I discovered Alla Prima, [more...]

For those who are not content to merely satisfy the minimum requirements of modern fashion -- i.e. an ironic t-shirt and thick-rimmed glasses -- there is Solis. [more...]

Thrift store duds are the designer clothes of San Francisco. Where else can you get the fashions you hated two years ago but are finally ready to try? Or the vintage granny lace dresses, the plastic electric blue skirts, the fabulous [more...]

Check out the Goodwill on Mission Street for a huge selection of used clothing, including, occasionally, bridal gowns. Perfect for those last-minute weddings, or for dates who aren't easily scared off.

Clothes By The Pound on Valencia Street offers an unusual number of clean-smelling used outfits; $10 will buy you a pound of used clothes. And, ok, we can't promise a Kerouac original, but the store has two racks of adorably original [more...]