SAN FRANCISCO - Online novelty retailer Stockroom.com will celebrate the re-opening of Stormy Leather (1158 Howard St.) in San Francisco with a party on Friday from 6 p.m. to midnight. The evening will feature an "Eye of the Storm" fashion show at 9 p.m. with festish models including Stockroom.com's own Courtney Cruz and Ann-Marie Holman, Stormy's Kathy Lee and Scott Tate, as well as Cat Rich, Princess Donna and Amber Steele. Music will be provided by DJ Fever.
Stockroom.com acquired Stormy Leather — a manufacturer of fetish clothing and toys — last month, bringing the company's whole production team on board for the upgrades. Prior to the Stormy Leather acquisition, Stockroom.com was already expanding its manufacturing with the debut of its Kinklab line and the acquisition of Syren Latex. The company also launched the redesigned Stockroom.com website last year, offering a host of new features, as well as an all-male version, GayStockroom.com.
"When Stockroom.com purchased Syren, our design team performed a makeover on both the store and the product line, which breathed new life into the company," said Stockroom/Syren latex designer, Jeff. "Reinvigorating the Stormy image will involve the same strategy as with Syren…carefully redesigning the store and selectively editing and adding to the product line. The renovated Stormy store will be more aesthetically pleasing, and visitors will find it easier to shop. High-quality merchandise and superior aesthetics will be a key focus, as they always have been for Stockroom."
Skin Two once cited Stormy Leather as "possibly the best fetish store [it has] ever seen." The SF Bay Guardian 27th Annual Readers' Poll voted Stormy Leather "Best Leather Shop" just after the company's 18th birthday at the beginning of August 2001. Now, more than 20 years after its creation, Stormy Leather has been voted several times for "Best Women's Leather Store" by the Society for Human Sexuality.
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