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Video: Stephanie Don of Betsey Dee welcomes us to Betsy Dee's Haight Ashbury boutique.
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"When dressing for an evening out, I always choose chandelier earrings. They're more likely to match the lampshade I will inevitably be wearing."
~Betsy Dee

Sounds like the kind of friend you want to take to your office Christmas party, or rather skip your office Christmas party to go to a burlesque show with instead! Betsy Dee's store inventory selection follows that same kind of party girl theme, with fun clothes in soft, feminine, plush fabrics and a hearty selection of unique artisan jewelry.

This is the place for petite/small women and women who like to wear their clothing reallyreallllly tight to buy sexy tops to go with favorite jeans (Anoname $89) and incredibly soft skirts to kick around with in those new red boots. I especially dug Momie's skirts (see polka dot skirt photo shown with tank tops to the right), which sport great pockets featuring 50s-looking cocktail stencils and are made from interestingly oddly-matched soft soft soft cotton vintage fabrics. At $98 these skirts are reasonably priced given the feel, workmanship, and look.

Many of the designers Betsy Dee carries are local, with a few from Los Angeles and the midwest, and she hires interns and local designers to work in the store. One of my favourite pieces, which, like Betsy Dee's own "Bad Pants" label--a sizzling "Sharon Stone" kind of line--looks much better on a human than on the hanger, was a denim skirt with insets (see photo over there on the right hand side somewhere) designed by a student at San Francisco's Art Institute in a student fashion show that Betsy sponsors called "The Denim Invention." Some pieces created in that show are still available in the store, such as a sexy little jean-material corset.

Interesting t-shirts that are lots more fun to wear than the standard plain Gap cotton number start at $25 and saucy little skirts that would be great with your stomper boots are $45-$90something. I do wish designers would cover a wider range of sizes to suit the curvier and taller of us!

Be sure to check out the well-made and not-as-pricey-as-you-might-think designer jewelry in the cases lining the back of the store. Betsy Dee carries a better variety of jewelry than most mainly-clothing kind of stores. You never know where you might find the perfect signature piece for Fall.

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