Streetwear Sartorial: Gear and Kicks
By Patrick Heig, San Francisco Editor
For too long, sneakerheads have had to look to New York, LA or the dreaded 13yearold$hoenerd@ebay.com to get their kicks--and the fits to go with them. But, recently, a gang of respected brands and shops catering to the discerning streetwear enthusiast have opened in SF to keep us clad and shod as freshly as our big-city brethren.
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The Hundreds
585 Post St, San Francisco, CA
The dark, cave-like design of this hidden Tenderloin streetwear shop is a fitting setting to dig up limited edition fashion treasure. -
Brooklyn Circus
1521 Fillmore St, San Francisco, CA
This unique men's boutique stocks prep streetwear equally suited to the streets of Brooklyn and the quads of Harvard. -
Fatlace
1630 Post St, San Francisco, CA
This small, sleek Japantown boutique stocks track-bike-culture fashion, high-end streetwear and accessories. -
Invisible Stripes
1800 San Jose Ave, San Francisco, CA
This homegrown streetwear label's retail shop brings street-fashion fetishists all the way out to Mission Terrace. -
D-Structure
520 Haight St, San Francisco, CA
Street and slope style mix at this Lower Haight streetwear and ski-gear boutique.
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The Darkside Initiative
1527 Powell St, San Francisco, CA
Darkside Initiative's small North Beach digs are packed to the gills with t-shirts, denim, hats, and shoes from top underground labels. -
Verse: The Academy of Fine Art and Science of Sneakers
461 9th St, Oakland, CA
Proud retro-hip-hop sneaker and culture boutique in Old Oakland. -
Huf
808 Sutter St, San Francisco, CA
A stylish skater-inspired sneaker shop provides hard-to-find footwear, skate shoes and street sneakers. -
True
1415 Haight St, San Francisco, CA
A clean selection of kicks makes True a mecca for those who covet Nikes the way Sex and the City girls covet Blahniks. -
Harputs Adidas
1527 Fillmore St, San Francisco, CA
Japantown institution specializes in hard-to-find Adidas shoes and athletic gear. -
Shoe Biz II
1553 Haight Street, San Francisco, CA
Three fashion-forward Haight-Ashbury stores cater to any shoe lover.
