Fashion as Statement

When Bush exhorted us to shop as our patriotic duty, the newest Marc Jacobs store probably wasn't what he had in mind.

But who says San Francisco can't be patriotic and make a point?

It's all too easy at the newest Marc by Marc Jacobs store that opened last week on Fillmore Street in San Francisco to mobs of fashionistas pawing through $5 bins of boxer shorts, ball caps and key rings, and $25 cords. My favorite thing about the store: the red, white and blue mannequins in the window holding a sign that read: we may hate the president, but we love America.

And I may hate the president, but I love Marc Jacobs! I don't even have to feel guilty post-purchase.