Kippys

The reviews about Rachel and her store manager are shocking. Rachel is such a doll, always so cheerful and helpful. Her sense of style is amazing, both in her own choice of clothing and the items she points out to customers. I love going in this store when she’s there. They have a bunch of new summer things right now that are all really cute. I recommend it highly.

Love their belts but I have one that needs a tiny crystal repair and emailed a company representative and no one has replied. Anybody know if they actually do repairs?

My family and I had a most unpleasant experience at Kippy’s. the salesperson Rachel was rude and arrogant and her customer service was nonexistent. Local store owners apparently are familiar with Rachel and have had similar complaints from visitors to the island. We love Coronado and the people here, but Rachel is a very poor example. Skip Kippy’s.

My family and I stopped in Kippys to purchase a shirt for my brothers birthday. We were greeted with a smirk from Rachel who looked annoyed that we walked into the store rather than being grateful that a customer came into her empty environment.
We decided to make a purchase even though we felt very uncomfortable on how we were being treated by Rachel and the store manager.
I will NEVER shop in this store again and I encourage other consumers to do the same. If you do decide to shop at Kippys walk away if you see a women named Rachel as she does not represent the fine retailers at Orange Ave in Coronado.

Shiny objects catch my eye. This place has a lot of shiny objects! Instant love! LOL
I stopped in with some friends because a shiny belt with lots of rhinestones caught my friends eye. Upon entering the store we found no other belts that looked like the one in the window. The sales person told us, that the belt is made to order to your waist size. (WOW Made to order!?)
The clothing and accessories are all blinged out with shiny gemstones. From what I gathered the items are each handmade, and they even had an area in the store where you could see the work station where a pair of jeans were being worked on to add the gemstones to the jeans.
I could have bought TONS of shiny objects in this store. I settled for a blinged out leather key chain. And have plans to go back for a purse one of these days. The bling can add a ding to the wallet. However, I will be back to this store. After all it has unique one of kind items.

I love everything kippy makes! I collect their belts! However I hate to say the sales girls are not even close to being on the same page… I went in Saturday had a wonderful sales girl who was more than helpful and, gave us a great deal because on the amount we purchased but, she was very unsure the types of fur on several of the purses. I bought a pair of jeans and, decided to return them the next day because I recalled a belt i wanted instead. There was a different woman in the store. She was cold and, almost rude. She was very unwilling to help with the return and answer any questions. She also quoted price WAY higher than the woman less than 24 hours had quoted. I asked about custom items and was quoted a HUGE number for a simple set of spur straps. All in all they need to be on the same page and perhaps a lesson on customer service for the one sales woman. Love my Belts and purses but not a fan of the experience the second day.

The colorful Jams Clothing at the front of the store drew me in and the sale rack kept me there. I’m a local and love the fact that the clothing in this shop is not common. I won’t be «seeing myself’ coming down the street. The people in the shop are always nice and acknowledge my being in the store without hovering. There are beautiful and unique pieces in this place.

This store is ridiculous. Ugly clothes for waaaay too much. Skip this store at all costs unless you like to look like an idiot.

So it’s the wife’s birthday… actually, it’s the AFTERNOON of the wife’s birthday… and Daughter asks me «Daddy, what are you giving Mommy for her birthday?»
Oh crap.
Calling up the stairs: «Uh, hey honey, I have to run an errand? ‘Kay? Back in a bit?»
On the bike, pedalling furiously uptown, thinking about other gifts I’ve given her…
She’s not a jewelry person — I learned that at anniversary number 5. In fact, the best gift I’ve given her was either that braided leather leash (somehow useful at dog shows, don’t ask me how), or —
GOT IT. I screech to a halt, tires smoking, in front of… Kippys.
The history of this store is confusing. It’s been around for 60 years, and I think it was started by the current owner’s dad (the family name, Kipperman, is where the store’s name comes from). I seem to remember it being more like a department store when I was a kid, but now it’s a single large-​ish (for Coronado) shop, with mens’ & womens’ clothes of a sort I’d call «Arizona tourist chic». But I’m not here for sand-​blasted, hand-​painted denim skirts, or Indian-​beaded leather bustieres. I’m here for a belt. A Kippys belt.
Kippys has been making these belts forever. Picture a leather belt — good quality, flexible leather — studded with dozens, or hundreds, of crystals in a regular pattern — and each crystal is hand-​placed. I imagine a leather punch plunging into the belt over & over like the Psycho shower scene — but really it’s done by a group of Mexican ladies in a warehouse over the bridge in National City. More recently, I guess, the hip hop world has picked up on their bling factor — so you see Kippys belts on Missy Elliott and Madonna.
There are more kinds of Kippys belt than you could imagine. I don’t know who designs them, but every belt is unique.
Oh, and pricey — I pick a relatively cheap one and it’s over $ 300 (including a cool little velvet bag, like they use for diamonds in every heist movie I’ve ever seen). But the look on the wife’s face when she opens the box later, and sees that little black bag… I’m a gift-​giving SUPERHERO.
Later, I see her sporting this new brown belt on a pair of jeans I’ve always liked on her, and I realize the belt was kind of a present for me too.