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Behold: The SF Racked Awards Editor's Choice Nominees!

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It's time to unveil the full roster of San Francisco Racked Awards nominees. What are the Racked Awards, you ask? The tradition has been going strong in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago and online for three years running—it bestows the best and brightest in local (and online) retail with the illustrious Golden Turban. In San Francisco we're thrilled to include our city's superstars in the 2013 nominations.

Last week, you, dear readers, voted in our first three categories, and now it's time for our Editor's Choice categories. On October 10, we'll announce all the winners, The reader-voted winners will be celebrated along with the Editors' Choice victors, who will be fêted at a gala celebration in New York City. Read on for all the nominees, and don't forget to check back on October 10 for the winners!

Editor's Choice Nominees (Winners to be announced Oct. 10)

Best Fitness Studio

· 3rd Street Boxing Gym
· Bay Club
· BodyRok
· Crunch on Polk
· Equinox
· Fitness SF
· ODC Dance Commons
· Planet Granite
· Sports Club LA
· Studiomix
· TRX Training Center

Best Indie Home Store

· Aldea
· Cavalier Goods
· Monument
· The Perish Trust
· Sue Fisher King
· The Future Perfect
· Therapy
· Urban Mercantile

Best Indie Jewelry Store

· Esqueleto
· Fiat Lux
· Gallery of Jewels
· Jest Jewels
· Manika Jewelry
· No.3
· Secession Art & Design
· Union Street Goldsmith

Best Local Designer

· Ali Golden
· Basil Racuk
· Camelia Skikos
· Erica Tanov
· Freda Salvador
· Gr.dano
· Gus Harput
· Job & Boss
· Julie Weston
· Lazy Twins
· The 2 Bandits
· The Podolls

Best National Brand from SF

· Banana Republic
· Crate & Barrel
· Gap
· Jansport
· Levi's
· Pottery Barn
· Restoration Hardware
· West Elm
· Williams Sonoma
· The North Face

Best Online Goes Offline

· Balsam Hill
· Betabrand
· Bonobos Guideshop
· Pickwick & Weller
· Umami Mart

Pop Up of the Year

· Indochino
· Jill Milan
· Louis Vuitton for America's Cup
· Metier
· Northern Grade
· Sandro at Bloomingdale's
· Score at the Academy of Sciences
· SF Made at the Westfield
· StoreEnvy

Best Union Square/FiDi Addition

· Converse
· Sandro
· Uniqlo
· Vera Wang
· Tomboy Taylors
· Scoop NYC
· Wingtip

Best Vintage Store

· Idol Vintage
· La Rosa
· Painted Bird
· Relic Vintage
· Retro Fit
· Schauplatz
· Sui Generis
· Vacation
· Ver Unica
· Wasteland

Reader's Choice Winners

Best New Store
Winner: Freda Salvador

Nominees:
· Aesop
· Converse
· Freda Salvador
· Gant Rugger
· Muji
· Sandro
· Scoop NYC
· The Future Perfect
· Uniqlo
· Vera Wang

Best Men's Store
Winner: Sean

Nominees:
· Gant Rugger
· Nomads
· Onassis Clothing
· Paul Smith
· Revolver
· Taylor Stitch
· The Brooklyn Circus
· Unionmade
· Welcome Stranger
Honorable mention: Wingtip

So Hot Right Now
Winner: Alexis Bittar

Nominees:
· Converse
· Eden & Eden
· Elizabeth Charles
· Establish
· Levi's
· Mira Mira
· No.3
· Seedstore
· Uniqlo

Louis Vuitton

150 Stockton Street, San Francisco, CA 94108 415 399 9001 Visit Website

establish

3811 Noriega St, San Francisco, CA 94122 415-564-5054 Visit Website

Sui Generis Consignment

2231 Market Street, San Francisco, CA 94114 415 437 2231 Visit Website

UNIQLO (ユニクロ)

111 Powell Street, San Francisco, CA 94102 877 486 4756 Visit Website