New Women's Store Caters To Hookers, Strippers & Other Sex Workers

[matcom]

wonder if they have any job openings? :D

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You could, quite possibly, fit the entire inventory of Felicity's clothing store into one large suitcase.

And still have room for a makeup kit.

The store caters to people in the sex trade: strippers, streetwalkers, massage parlor workers and the like. In this case, less is more, and the easier it is to take off, the better.

"I tell my vendors, 'If it's tiny and shiny, send it to me,' " says Felicity, the owner of Felicity's Fetiche on Sutter near Polk.

Felicity knows her market well. She spent three years as a stripper in San Francisco, much of it at the notorious Market Street Cinema. When her back went out and she could no longer work the dance pole, she went looking for another profession. She knew strippers and stripper clothing.

Felicity opened one of the first stores in San Francisco that specifically catered to the sex-trade crowd. Which is not to say you couldn't find sexy or skimpy clothing in this town. There is Victoria's Secret, for instance. But its merchandise is rather expensive and a little highbrow for the lap-dancing community. You could find skimpy, sexy underthings at some of the adult bookstores, but the selection is limited and a lot of women don't feel comfortable there.

At Felicity's, a lot of the strippers know the owner and they know the merchandise. Felicity can offer advice on accessories, makeup, hair. It's out of the way and upstairs, so the customers have a little privacy to check out a look, try on a g-string or do a bump and grind and feel comfortable with it.

The store is little more than a foyer with a long, L-shaped strip, on the second floor of a larger retail space called Foot Worship, which sells excruciatingly high heels and clear-plastic-sole stripper shoes.

It's a one-stop shopping experience for the skin crowd.

Felicity is a tall brunette with an infectious laugh; the noise is a little like a series of small hiccups when she's on the inhale side. She was on a TV show once, and friends told her they recognized her laugh before they recognized her face.

http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2004/12/08/DDGPJA7CAV22.DTL

[RagingInMiami]

1. I heard they have poles inside every dressing room

[matcom]

2. yeah and i have a pole in my pants

:D

[La Lioness Priyanka]

3. sounds cool!

i am very pro sex workers. adn SF even has unions for strippers.

[NewJeffCT]

4. bless that woman

she is doing good work

[edbermac]

5. Do they have discounts, like the airlines have 'frequent flyer miles'?

Just curious...

[4morewars]

6. Much like the parents in your post this AM matcom,

I'm pitching a tent !

[liontamer]

7. I'd love to shop there!

it's interesting that the store is less pricey than victoria's secret. Most stripper stores in NY are way more expensive because they assume that strippers here are pulling a few hundred a night