Yetunde Olukoya, owner and designer at Ray Darten, brings some color and uniqueness to the shopping destination.

Just east of Lake Merritt, discover psychics and martial arts, tattoo artists and locksmiths, crawfish and sweet and savory pies.

Oakland designer and stylist Shayla Dopp uses sustainable material to make her high-end footwear.

These lines — Bay Belle, Frances Austen, and Bells & Becks — feature clothing and shoes made by East Bay women entrepreneurs.

Students of Hult International Business School in San Francisco organize FCW, and they recruit emerging fashion designers and models to strut the cat walks, providing newbies them a platform to shine.

You can pick up provisions, lose yourself in a hardware store, or get your nails done, and then eat and drink in the tiny Oakland hills enclave.

Ultra Cat offers wearable art, Edo Salon opens, SF hosts Fashion Community Week, and SoleSpace goes solo.

Discover Indian fare, custom clothing, body art, and more within a single block of University Avenue.

Find local themed brews, antiques, African and spiritual curio shops, and more along this Telegraph Avenue corridor in Oakland.

The store carries a range of alternative herbal healing products and has moved from Berkeley to into a cozy spot on Piedmont Ave. in Oakland, where the new business is blooming.