Lorraine Sanders

Created for Target, limited edition Riders retail for $49.99 a pair.

Photography courtesy of Target

Joining the ranks of designer labels such as Rodarte and Sonia Rykiel, East Bay-based company The 2 Bandits is releasing a limited edition collaboration with Target today. Called Riders, the leather and chain boot harnesses fit over footwear and offer instant motorcycle-chic appeal.

Kim Kardashian dons the Ava dress by Stop Staring, 15 percent off at Ooma through Valentine's Day.

Photography courtesy of Ooma

Shops are gearing up for Valentine's Day and American Heart Month with deals on date-worthy clothes, spa treatments and giftables.

The Blues Jean Bar: Time to grab a member of the opposite sex and get into some denim at this Cow Hollow store. If you both buy a pair, you’ll save 20 percent on the total purchase price through the end of the month.

The Lia Kes boutique in Cow Hollow

Photography courtesy of Lia Kes

Recent New York transplant Lia Kes wants you to go places in her clothes. As in more places than one. 

“What I really try to do is items that will give you more, that will be season-less, that will transition from morning to evening, where you can leave the office and have a date,” Kes explained at last night’s press preview for her first retail store’s grand opening celebration, taking place tomorrow night.

Jennifer wrap dress by Igigi

Photography courtesy of Igigi

A reminder that the runway need not be stomping ground solely for the stick-thin comes in the form of this weekend’s Kiss the Curves fashion show, scheduled for Saturday night at Oakland’s Historic Sweets Ballroom.

R&B radio personality Sterling James hosts the evening, whose focal point is a runway show directed by Charleston Pierce and featuring current collections from local and national plus-size apparel designers and boutiques.

Photography courtesy of Treehugger.com

Cleaning out your closet can be a terrible task indeed, but add the promise of wine and new (to you, at least) clothes as incentive, and it’s suddenly not so bad.

Tonight you’ll find both waiting at Avra Organic Spa in Fisherman’s Wharf, where Fashion Slave will be hosting its first clothing exchange event of 2010.

Sofie Olgaard Berdaberg dress

Photography courtesy of Sofie Olgaard

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Inside Pigment Cosmetics

Photography courtesy of Pigment Cosmetics

During winter months, we could all use a little extra color. For serious hue help, head to new downtown destination Pigment Cosmetics.

“This is an ideal situation for someone who likes fashion colors with staying power, that’s really the essence, beautiful colors that will last longer,” says company founder Manhal Mansour.

Be on the lookout for Man Up's bow tie-wearing wire hanger birdies, popping up around the City this week.

Photography courtesy of Man Up

There’s no question that connoisseurship is alive and well in the City by the Bay. But this weekend, the ethos usually reserved for locavore food fans, handcrafted cocktailians and urban cyclists extends its reach into the menswear realm for what is, arguably, the first San Francisco event devoted to dapper style.

Photography courtesy of Fashion Feud

Five months in the making, the final Fashion Feud competition taking place tomorrow night at Mighty brings together three local designers for an on-stage style showdown – all of which unfolds before onlookers’ eyes in just an hour’s time.

Save 30 percent tonight from 6 to 9 p.m. at My Boudoir.

Photography courtesy of My Boudoir

The rain may be falling, but so are the prices at these local shops.

Beklina: A winter sale from this eco-minded NorCal-based online shop means deals on Ivana Helsinki leggings, ParkVogel tops and Green Bees boots.