Yabette Alfaro is the founder of Swankety Swank. Swankety Swank was founded with her fine art furniture, and hand-sewn bags and clothing. When the opportunity to take over a small shop arose, Yabette invited other artists and designers to join her in the store to sell their hand-made products in her community. Today, Swankety Swank has moved to a beautiful, airy location on Divisadero Street. Yabette will be expanding her product line in 2011 to include more earth friendly, sophisticated home decor in a variety of price ranges. Yabette is devoted to making you and your home sustainable AND stylish.
Beyond Swankey Swank, Yabette is a Mother, Entrepreneur, Electronic music performer, and certified audio engineer. See more in Yabette’s Story.
Alex Alfaro is Yabette’s husband and all around helpful guy at Swankety Swank. He started with her, hauling dressers up to their 3rd floor apartment building in 2005.
See more about Alex here.
STORM [ www.stormantic.com ] lends his writing talents to the SwankSpeak! magazine as interviewer, copy editor, Creative Genius column composer, and his creator-owned Galaxy Runway comic. You’ll also find his definitive discourse on the Swankety Swank blog when he presents Yabette’s furniture in Swankety Swank Showcase. SF Weekly Award Winner STORM reads Heroic Tarot when he’s in town. Appointments are recommended, yet walk-ins are welcome. Accomplished in individual and couple’s readings, STORM enjoys bringing his brand of Tarot Magick to events and parties. You can also obtain an art card gift certificate, receive a reading over the phone, or purchase a Sacred Super-Hero candle for yourself or a loved one.On rare occasions, you will discover STORM emceeing, performing a lip sync, or singing original songs with Yabette at a Swankety Swank soiree. STORM is also the creator of the memoir fantasy comic book Princess Witch Boy. You can obtain your own copy at Swankety Swank or at his etsy site.
Eartha Goodwin is the creative director for our magazine, SwankSpeak!. Her amazing photography work has been exhibited all over the country and can be purchased in our shop. See her creative videos and more of her work here.
Kathryn Bernard is our able assistant and bookkeeper. She works in our shop as co-op artist. You’ll find her spinning wool into gorgeous yarns on her wheel in the window. Her hand-spun yarn, knitted work like fingerless gloves, hats, scarves, shrugs and more are available for purchase at Swankety Swank.
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