Molte Cose

I don’t know what to say. I love this shop. So many cute items — vintage and new for him and her. I do a lot of gift-​buying here and my house is filled with lovely little pieces from this shop. Though a small boutique, they have everything — it’s curated just that good. A great local shop. Wonderful charming staff.

I don’t think I have ever bought anything from the store but I absolutely love walking through it and would if I found the perfect thing. It’s a great place to look for ideas for gifts and it is actually three stores combined into one. They have a creative I for displaying will cultivated items. I’m looking forward to stopping in to start my holiday shopping here.

It’s so thrilling to see small business owners grow and thrive over the years. Personally when I walk into these little gems I want about 99.5% of everything. The people who work there are also consistently delightful and often craftspeople themselves.

i wandered into this store walking down polk — i’ve never been in the area before so i just looked into the window display and it was so cute. i’m giving it four stars because the sales associate was really nice and lets you handle the jewelry in the cupboards.
there were cute little trinkets and stuff but personally i didn’t see anything to die for. still adorable though.

Really cute little local shop on Polk street — they sell clothing, jewelry, and little nick-​knacks. Even as a dude, I can appreciate their fine taste and attention to quality. I’ve purchased jewelry for my wife on a few occasions, and she’s always been really pleased with it. She’s also gotten this really nifty old school hat there that she gets compliments on all the time. The store is connected with two others that have different types of products, but with an equally appealing quality.
The owner is very nice, as well. Laid back and easy to talk to, she’s been running the store for a long time. It’s always nice talking with local merchants who have been been in business for a while because they love it, and she’s one of them. I imagine this store will be around for decades to come, and I’ll be a patron.

The name makes me think of an insect, but the store itself reminds me how cool it is to be a chick. It’s actually more like 3 stores in one, or three separate rooms with different offerings: one vintage, one men’s, one new women’s boutique goods; all of which have that artfully curated feel to them, like your destined to find something your friends will covet. Imagine a really clean, well-​organized vintage boutique with equal parts new stuff. Nice, right?
I went for one of their late-​night trunk shows, where they feature local designers. They were serving prosecco and cookies, providing perfect motivation for some late-​night shopping. My favorite local fashionista — Kathleen van der Spek — was showing her wares, and I also met another ultra-​talented local jewelry designer, Dear Mina. Love, love, love her designs. It’s really nice to be able to chat with the person who created the gorgeous stuff I’m oodling over.
They’ve got some really original, wearable feminine, but not too girly, stuff — kind of like a smaller, less expensive Anthropologie. Plus, lots of the goods are local which makes them even cooler. I can see why they’ve got such high ratings here on Unilocal.A local gem, for sure.

This store is absolutely gorgeous. It was the kind of place that I thought to myself, never come back here because you will catapult yourself from «Cheapskate who never treats herself» to «Girl who buys herself all the vintage luxury she desires yet will always live in her studio in the TL.»
Clothes, jewelry, stationary, lovely antiques to decorate with, Molte Cose has everything. I got a gold owl necklace and an adorable San Francisco onesie for my baby nephew.

This is such an amazing store! There are new items and vintage items. There is something for everyone and it’s always changing so you must stop in often. I’ve been buying gifts for friends and gifts for myself here for a few years and always get the best reactions from all the gift recipients. Everyone in the store is always extremely helpful as well. You could get lost in these stores with all the fun and pretty items to look at and consider.
Enjoy your shopping experience and I guarantee you, your friends will love anything you buy from here.

My husband noticed that I have a love for browsing through antique shops and independent boutiques, so last weekend he brought me here — a store where he had purchased an antique pillbox as well as a shirt… objects that I had admired when we first met.
Oh the love — instant! There are only a handful of places where I feel an immediate affectionate pull for, and this is one of them. The store is connected in three sections — one side for women, another room for men, and then a third storefront (Bella Cose) that primarily showcases women’s lingerie, clothing and accessories. I love the mix of old and new, and the very friendly welcome from the shopkeepers who immediately greeted us and invited us to browse to our content and also that we were free to open up the cases that contained jewelry and odds and ends if we were interested in holding them/​trying anything on.
If we didn’t have dinner plans for the evening, I would have spent another hour or two in here. Everything was so interesting to look at. I’m definitely coming back soon! I already spied a jacket and two necklaces that I’m craving to try on on my next visit.

I absolutely love Molte Cose.
Walking in you’re not quite sure what to look at first – an acrylic painting of a dog looking at the ocean, some vintage cufflinks with sharks on them, an Italian shaving bowl. The place is a huge mass of awesome stuff for guys.
The cufflink selection is definitely solid, and they have great accessories like tie bars and hats as well. Their clothing selection is pretty small but it definitely adheres to a pretty specific aesthetic that’s still broad enough to reach both hipsters and Marina guys.
Their secret weapon for me is their greeting cards. I can walk in and drop some money on a pen or typewriter but knowing that I can find some cool cards keeps me from blowing a ton of money every time.
Check this place out.

One of the best men’s clothing shops in SF. They mix vintage items with new clothing lines such as Red Choo Choo shirts. It’s connected to 2 other stores which serve women, as well as the household. Owned and curated by Theresa who has impeccable taste, and even though you are bordering the «popped collar», «post college-​life-​will-​never-​die» crowd, the store has a range of clothing for men whose internal age ranges from 18 to 81.

I had such a lovely experience at this store.
The salesperson, who I think was the owner, was SUPER friendly and accomodating and let my friend and I know that we could open the cases and try jewelry on if we wanted. She also told us a bit about every piece we had interest in, like what year or decade it was from and some other interesting bit of information.
In the end, I found a really beautiful necklace and I was surprised because it was way cheaper than I thought it would be. It’s a store definitely worth looking through, even if at first you think you won’t find anything – like me – because I ended up finding a very special piece!

I dunno… maybe I’m the only person who was unimpressed with this place but I didn’t think it was all that. My best friend took me here raving about how she’s found some great items here in the past but when I looked around all I saw was a lot of overpriced clothes. I even saw a sweater (same brand, style, everything) that I bought at Costco for twice the price here… that was enough for me to say no thanks.

Lovely collection of rooms that piece together Molte Cose. There’s Bella Cose with newer lines of clothes and adorable dresses, swanky lingerie and feminine bits of this and that. Then there’s the men’s room down a step,(I didn’t really look through this section…) and then there’s the vintage section that caught my eye and made me want to spend hours checking each item out. From the classic handcrafted Valentine’s Day cards from the early 1900’s to the vintage 1950’s oven and kitchen items to pair it there’s much to go through.
I have a secret guilty pleasure of antiquing, and it’s not for anything out of the ordinary I just like how older items look like they are telling a story. You look at costume jewlery now and compare it to broches from the 1950’s and tell me different but there’s a whole lot going on from the design to the wear of them.
All of the three rooms are fitting and a must check out if you’re in the area.

I absolutely love this place and have been coming here for years. The owner is so nice and extremely accommodating. I used to live in the area and when it was time for me to move, I bought several furniture pieces there. Apparently she also sells furniture for other people and when one of the pieces I wanted to buy wasn’t hers to negotiate, she had no problem calling the person to do the negotiating for us. They have reasonable prices too which is a plus when swallow is just down the street with huge price tags on their stuff.
Whenever I am in the neighborhood, I still stop by since they also have great little gifts there. Even if you’re not shopping for someone at the time, you can always find something thoughtful and inspiring there. Molte Cose as well as Belle Cose is DEFINITELY worth checking out!

Molte Cose, Bella Cose… the whole trio of Cose shops are truly darling.
I love the mix of vintage finds and new items. Great price points, wonderful gift ideas. The only downside is that I have been to these über cute shops more than a handful of times and have never found anything I wanted to buy. Great for browsing, retail eye candy: but hardly any quality pieces I’d want to spend money on.
I would like to hand it to the owner, who has impeccable taste in décor and is very talented at creating ambiance.

I wanted so badly to like this place, after all the positive reviews, but you know how when you were a kid and your friend’s mom who was obsessed with flea market finds dragged the two of you and your little brothers to the flea market and there was so much junk there that even though she told you there were cool/​valuable/​beautiful things there, you could never find them and you ended up spending your allowance on fried dough instead and then your little brother got lost and there weren’t cell phones yet so everybody freaked out?
Molte Cose is like that, minus the fried dough and lost little brother. I know there must be some treasures in there, but damned if I could pick them out.

i randomly wandered into this store, and i’m so glad i did! it’s basically three stores, attached: one store with cute retro kitchen type stuff/​baby stuff, one with guys’ stuff and knickknacks, and a women’s store with really beautiful girly/​retro looking bras and underwear along with dresses. i very nearly bought this black dress that looked like a toned down version of a 1950s prom dress but it didn’t fit quite right. my boyfriend went crazy in the guys’ section because they have a bunch of really cool screenprinted tees. although they don’t come cheap ($ 50!).
this would be a great place to stop in if you’re looking for a really original gift for someone — like a vintage map or clock or cigarette case or board game or an esquire calendar from 1956.

As much as I love this place, I found out yesterday, that they mark some of their stuff up 50%!!!
I saw a great pair of shoes, thought they were a little pricy, found them on line, for 50% less than they were charging. I’m usually not that way, but I just had a feeling… Before you buy there, check out the web… just in case!

There’s a little something for everyone here whether you’re hankering after a pair of cute wedges, wanting a 7 Diamonds shirt, a kitschy vintage clock for your kitchen or a prominent belt buckle to wear with your True Religion jeans.
This place is a bit like a treasure chest — very fun to explore.