Flipping for Filippa K

Posted on December 3, 2008 
Filed Under Downtown/Civic Center, Fashion

The signs are all over the TV, the news rags, and most recently my couch. The recession has arrived, and we’d better put on the coffee and turn down the bedsheets because it’s not going away anytime soon. Coincidentally, these dark nights of the wallet are affording me plenty of time for wonderment: What’s with this açai berry and Oprah? What kind of collar would look best on a French bulldog? Why is Scandinavian art and design so darn good? I’d share all of my conclusions, but with all this free time on my hands I’m trying to pace myself. (Time is actually the inverse of money, to my dismay.)

What I will say is that I couldn’t be happier now that Swedish fashion designer Filippa Knutsson has opened her first U.S. flagship store, Filippa K, in San Francisco. With design driven by style, simplicity, and quality, the arrival of Filippa K is a welcome sight in a world gone dark. And in case you’ve forgotten, Scandinavians are well acquainted with darkness.

Filippa K specializes in understated yet contemporary styles that emphasize the person within. In a world mesmerized with surfaces, I find this remarkably refreshing and well worth the price. The company is also a member of the Fair Wear Foundation, which promotes fair treatment and pay for garment workers, and has even begun recycling gently used vintage Filippa K garments in its Stockholm store. Corporate responsibility, impeccably crafted clothing, and seasonless style that weathers trends and time? Wonderment, indeed.

Filippa K is located at 66 Kearny Street, just south of Post. 415-951-0210.

—Kay

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