Top 5 Reasons to Visit Swankety Swank over Memorial Day Weekend!
Number 5. You may have decided not to travel this weekend, since gas prices are higher this year. So you may have visitors at your apartment and you really need to impress your In-Laws. Bring them to Swankety Swank for a taste of authentic, made-in-the-Bay-Area goods.
Vinspirationals
RECLAIMING MATERIALS OF THE PAST… FOR THE DELIGHT OF THE PRESENT… We have exciting new fashions at Swankety Swank this week by Mary Meg Vinspirationals! Using One of a kind original designs from authentic vintage, recycled, repurposed and reclaimed materials with lovely feminine charm and soft textures, Mary Meg’s work fits right into our aesthetic for gorgeousness “Honoring [...]
Keeping It Swankety at the Capsule Design Festival
We had a blast at the Capsule Design Festival in Hayes Valley on Sunday. The weather was perfect, the crowds beautiful, and so much amazing local art was there to be bought. We saw throngs of thoughtful shoppers who were buying local for lucky Mom’s on Mother’s Day! Deb of DAS designs delights shoppers at [...]
Mother’s Day: A Week Away!
Next weekend is fast approaching and we have what your Mother, Wife and Daughter would love! View some of our pleasing Neutrals…
Broken Dollhouse Exhibit Wows the Divisadero Art Walk Crowds
Thursday, April 14th was the Spring Divisadero Art Walk and the opening of Sheri DeBow’s After Fool’s Day at the Palace of the Broken Dollhouse.
More Good Reasons to Say NO to Consumerism
I recently posted about a BBC documentary series call Century of the Self over on my blog. The series is about how government and big business used Freud’s theories as the basis for developing techniques to control the minds of the American people. How? Oppression of the “savage barbarism” lurking just below the surface [...]
Monday, Monday…
Expanding Hours! While we usually take the day off, we are looking towards Spring with more shoppers, so we are expanding our hours. We’ll be open now Thursday thru Sunday 11am to 7pm and MONDAY 10am to 5pm. STORM is expanding his heroic tarot hours while still in town these last couple weeks to Monday [...]
Swankety Swank Spark from Helena Bonham Carter
Any Swankety Lady knows the joys of individual expression. Today we honor our Swankety Lady Muse, Queen of Unique, Helena Bonham Carter! Besides our penchant for Victorian influence (which Ms. C has displayed often), we love her saucy style and we scoff in the face of Hollywood Dress Lists who would have her conform to [...]
Swankety Swank’s Shining Spring Spirit!
While the weather is still a bit chilly and overcast, we’ve already welcomed Spring at Swankety Swank. Yabette has been hard at work with the designers to fill the shop with pretty new pieces in a variety of price ranges and sizes. We have several new designers offering one of a kind pieces for under [...]
Of TreeheARTs and Vintage Flowers
Today, Alex and I changed our window. We are in a happy place in our lives and it feels good to decorate with Valentine’s Day in mind. I added several new things we have in the shop to the window display, including a gibbous fancy on top of my new Fuchsia TreeheART Dresser, next to the art [...]
