Kiton Opening San Francisco Store

Kiton’s retail rollout is continuing. The upscale Italian brand will open a 2,500-square-foot store in San Francisco by the end of the month. The store, at Post Street and Grant Avenue, is located one block away from Union Square and will be housed in the Shreve Building, which was built in 1905 and survived the 1906 earthquake because of its then-state-of-the-art engineering. The San Francisco store opening is part of Kiton’s plan to significantly expand its retail presence worldwide over the next five years, adding some 20 units to the 52 it currently operates. About six will be in key markets in the U.S. The most recent one opened last May at the Four Seasons Hotel New York, a 500-square-foot location that sells only men’s accessories and sportswear. The San Francisco store will house Kiton’s men’s and women’s clothing, sportswear, accessories and shoes. “We decided to open in San Francisco because it’s our largest market outside New York City,” said Antonio Paone, president of Kiton USA. The store will also offer a limited number of custom surfboards made with Kiton fabric inlays. The surfboards will be hand-shaped and glassed by Casey McCrystal, a California-based surfboard maker who has produced products for professional and underground surfers

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