Booty Boutique Belt Buckles News

Booty Boutique Belt Buckles are now being sold at RAG (Residents Apparel Gallery), located at 541 Octavia Street
(between Grove St & Ivy St), San Francisco, CA 94102 in the Hayes Valley neighborhood.

Lastly, check out the Booty Buckle Photo Shoot stylist, Ms. JennieB's blog about the shoot (and lots of fun fashion commentary)

Booty Boutique Bike Chain Belt Buckles now available at Mission Workshop, located at 40 Rondel St. off of 16th btwn. Mission and Guerrero in San Francisco! Or email me if you'd like to buy one directly from Booty Boutique.

Select Booty Boutique Belt Buckles and belt straps now on sale at Wonderland SF, 2929 24th St, btwn Florida and Alabama; The Mission; 415.641.4600

stars with bootyboutique buckles..

jenna jameson, sean lennon, donovan leitch, jr... not pictured: mark mcgrath & alison krauss

Kyra Brown knows that belts are more than just a utensil for keeping pants properly hitched, she treats belt buckles as the small pieces of unusual and expressive art — and, sometimes, as the wallets and stash boxes — that they were meant to be. She uses a broad base of materials, from seed beads to scorpions, to create fashion plates reminiscent of the bottom-heavy '70s, yet resplendent with the craftsmanship and dark wit that could only come from the present. Brown opens her home studio for in-person consultations and customizations such as the photo buckle, a creative souvenir of a day about town. But the Booty Boutique Web site also offers online ordering of a wide variety of offbeat styles; we're partial to the "Kinda Gay Jesus" model.

"INSIDE BOOTY BOUTIQUE"
By SF Indie Fashion editor, Lorraine Sanders
November 14th, 2007

Like so many great ideas, San Francisco belt buckle company Booty Boutique was conceived with a little help from one of life’s tried-and-true motivators: vodka. Late one night, Brown and a pal knocked back a few drinks and started messing with her jewelry-making supplies and a blank belt buckle and - voila - the idea for Booty Boutique was born. But don’t get the wrong idea. This isn’t some swashbuckling, fly by the seat of your pants operation. For five years, designer Kyra Brown’s belt buckles have been peaking out from underneath shirtwaists all over the Bay Area. But since Booty Bootique creations are not yet available in any stores - just online via Brown’s web store and at indie shopping events - they’ve retained something akin to cult status. And that’s altogether fitting for Brown, an artist and musician whose rocker ethos is apparent the minute you meet her.

But don’t expect Booty Boutique’s belt buckles to remain San Francisco’s little secret for much longer. In the next few months, Brown is launching her wholesale business - a great thing for her and her growing company, but a move that will inevitably raise her prices (and nearly double them, in some cases).

So here’s your little bit of SF Indie Fashion insider news for the day: if you want a Booty Boutique belt buckle, you’d do well to buy it now while the prices are still quite low (regularly $50 and up, but check the discount page for great deals starting at $20). ‘Cause once these babies start showing up in L.A. boutiques, well, let’s just say you’re going to need a lot more booty (in the pirate sense) to adorn your deserving midriff.

Below, where you’ll hang out when you stop by her studio and boutique. Make an appointment,
bring some friends, hang out for a bit and check out all the belts and buckles on display.

I saw Kyra Brown’s belt buckles for sale at the Capsule Street Fair a few months back and loved them. Each one I picked up was even more fascinating and creative than the last. So rad. I stumbled upon them again today, listed in SF Weekly’s Best of Issue. She uses all sorts of never-before-imagined materials to make these one-of-a-kind buckles. Scrabble pieces? Guitar picks? Dead scorpion? She’ll make it work. Hold your pants up with one of these, homey. Booty Boutique.

I sold a belt buckle to Gavin Newsom, Mayor of San Francisco, a few years back in Union Square (that's him in the hat, I dunno who that girl is with her back turned.. I think I am behind her, bending down and taking Newsom's credit card info.):

and here is a fuzzy photo of my ass, bending down and taking Newsom's credit card info, and Newsom's in the hat:

Here's some great shots from the Booty Fashion show at Club Booty .. pictures thanks to dial-a-shot.com: