Shopping in Richmond

If you're a fan of high-end, designer fashion but can't bring yourself to invest hundreds of dollars in a bikini, this Groupon is for you. Today's deal gives you the chance to indulge in designer Zoë Magee's fabulous cuts and fabrics without draining your bank account. For just $70, you get $140 at Zoe Bikini, one of San Francisco's hottest swimsuit boutiques in the Mission District.

Flowers give mouths something to do during tangos, turn vases into useful things, and can even express hard-to-verbalize emotions such as "suspicion that the newcomer to your rich uncle's book club is a traitor, or at the very least, an orangutan in human clothes." Today’s Groupon celebrates the many utilities of the flower with $40 worth of beautiful flora from Bell and Trunk Flowers for $20, all custom-arranged by Bell and Trunk's fastidious florists. Delivery is available for an additional fee.You: [Gender] Me: [Gender]

Through education and acculturation we evolve the lenses through which we see our world. Today's side deal will change the border around those lenses with $150 worth of chic frames from SF Optics for $70. Choose from a selection of glasses so fab that "two-eyes" becomes a backhanded moniker only slightly less potent than "popcorn toes."

The shops known as indie industries began in New York City, where a group of graduates from the Fashion Institute of Technology teamed up to create a designer-owned and produced collective selling small runs of home décor, clothing, and jewelry. The shop reached unexpected success, hitting the pages of Time Out New York, filling orders for more than 50 stores nationwide, and receiving a coveted shout-out in Dick Cheney's fashion blog. Today, savvy staffers fill the San Francisco shops with fashion-forward, sometimes one-of-a-kind picture frames, jewelry, watches, and threads, such as hand-inked graphic tees as unique as a snowflake's fingerprints. Beyond hosting the occasional art shows and shopping parties, the community-minded spaces beautify the streets with rotating window displays arranged by local artists.

Eco Citizen lines its shelves and tops its tables with apparel including women's dresses, jackets, and tops, such as a Stewart & Brown half-sleeve lengthened tee ($73). You can also find decorative accessories, such as a Kris Nations star cuff ($55), and men's shirts and undergarments like PACT boxer briefs ($27). Stylish and green-minded limited-edition bags ($68) and a variety of TOMS shoes (starting at $24) encourage a petite carbon footprint. While you can buy multiple Groupons as gifts, you can also use your Groupon to personally send a couple handmade, tiny Mua Muas ($25) to someone for good luck.

Bae opens its doors on a bazaar setting of international decorations and house wares. The influence of the city itself works its way into hand-selected crafts, many of which are designed and constructed by local artists. A tremendous stock of game-changing accents that are well suited to a variety of tastes can give any home a winsome makeover. While today's deal is only good for in-store purchases, the online shop provides curious customers with a look into what populates the live shop's shelves and tables. A wealth of eye-catching knick-knacks is available for less than $45, such as elegant and punctual small black sand hourglasses ($24.95) and natural basswood cheeseboards to lend a forester's touch to elegant cheddar carving ($22).