Best High-End Vintage

Far from the polyester-laden shops of Haight Street, Torso is a one-stop shop for fabulous. The Portland-based company, focusing on high-end vintage women’s wear from the 1890s to 1980, opened a pop-up shop here last year as a test run and then, in December, moved into a second, larger (but still temporary) space off Union Square (where it will remain until year’s end, after which they hope to find a permanent location). Owners John Hadeed and David Gorski have a passion for gowns—everything from a floor-length, scarlet number made by Donald Brooks in the 1970s to a 1958 fuchsia silk cocktail dress once worn by an SF socialite. Torso also has its own line of reconstructed vintage pieces, such as a gauzy white baby-doll dress made from a Victorian skirt. Prices run from $100 to $2,000: Come prepared to spend both time and money. You’re worth it.

Torso 272 Sutter St., 503-348-9195