"..Side step off Hayes Street in San Francisco to discover
an oasis of fashion culture at its finest, RAG CO-OP SF.
This hip shop is a prime example of entrepreneurship gone right. Curator/Founder Blakely Bass set the perfect system
in place for her chic-fashion-retail urban farm to thrive. The atmosphere is the zeigeist in perpetual motion. The focus is fashion for living life in the city, serious clothes with an
avant garde attitude. The impressive RAG team nurtures creativity and cultivates relationships in the community. Shop local, shop RAG CO-OP."
excerpt from NBC Bay Area article on Oct. 29 2009, "The Union and Hayes Valley Street Beat " written by Lexie
Quiring (go on local shopping tour of San Francisco at ShopWithLexie.com)
RAG CO-OP (Residents Apparel Gallery), located in San Francisco, has proudly showcased over 70 locally designed
and manufactured since December 6 2002, currently making Residents Apparel Gallery, one of San Francisco's oldest established clothing cooperative and gallery. Designers and artists are able to rent rack/shelf space, consign their wares and work at this space to test new designs, gain visibility (through hung biography and signage) and build a clientele.
RAG's Curator, Blakely Bass, a craft enthusiast and environmentalist at heart founded the store with her desire
to create a sustainable community-style business. This "Apparel Gallery" employs/sells art/designs from
"Residents" only. This creates a smaller carbon footprint by using less fossil fuel in the shipping that garment manufacturing abroad would entail.
There is a constant influx of new men's, women's, and children's clothing, accessories, fine art and home design
that is crafted on a monthly basis causing the racks to boast anything from deconstructed, one-of-a-kind gems to more tailored ready-to-wear garments.
In 2007 RAG became part of the
San Francisco Green Business Program
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The Women's wall clothing racks and wall art
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