Tag: <span>Woman Owned</span>

Specialty Clothing Stores in Milpitas

Often the malls just don’t carry the kind of clothing or offer the kind a personal alterations you need. That’s when you begin to look for the little specialty clothing shops that will create the outfit you want, such as for a wedding or prom. Milpitas also has some unique ethnic clothing stores, and two stores where you can recycle clothing.

COVID-19 Update:Business operations may be affected due to ongoing precautionary measures, please contact the business directly for updated hours and availability.

Alterations and Tailoring
Bridal
Filipino Clothing Stores
Indian Clothing Stores
Uniforms
Used Clothing Stores

Alterations and Tailoring

Milpitas Alteration Center
Yelp reviews. “Manny has been my go-to for alterations. He’s a pretty quiet guy but he means well.”
12 S Abbott Ave.
408-262-1136

Perfect Tailoring
Yelp reviews: “It’s run by a sweet Korean lady and she is the master at alterations!”
200 Serra Way, Ste 15
408-263-6048

Bridal

Thuy’s Pro Bridal Alterations
Temporarily closed due to Covid-19. Thuy works from home and does such a fabulous job for a very reasonable price.
233 Rodrigues Ave.
408-750-4379

Filipino Clothing Stores

Filipiniana Boutique
Yelp reviews. Filipiniana Boutique – Women’s Clothing
1535 Landess Ave
Ste 137
408-586-8660

lehnga

Indian Clothing Stores

Sonam International
Yelp reviews. Very reasonable prices and neat alterations. Manoj is amazing! He is a meticulous tailor that takes his time with his stitches and does not believe in doing a quick and sloppy job.
300 S Abel St
408-262-2938

Uniforms


Logos Etcetera
Offering masks, gloves, and hand sanitizer. Free mask with every T-shirt order. Custom T-shirt store in Milpitas. Various groups have their uniform “stores” here online.
192 S Hillview Dr.
408-262-7727

Nichols Stitches
We provide a broad range of customized decorative solutions on quality apparel and promotional products to help you effectively market your business, organization, team or event. Black owned. Woman owned.
Tice Drive
408-471-6761

US Uniforms
Whether you are in Postal, Law enforcement, Security or Fire,
Restaurant and Hospitality business, Hospitals and Medical, our “Fit-Right Guarantee” will ensure the perfect fit for you—every time.
240 S Hillview Dr.
408-935-8248

Used Clothing Stores

Each year, the world consumes 80 billion new pieces of clothing – and sends 26 billion pounds to the landfill. Every time one of those t-shirts goes to waste, so do the 700 gallons of water that went into creating it.

Clothes Closet
A volunteer-based, nonprofit organization that offers a wide variety of garments and household items donated by the community. It features sections for school uniforms and a Career Closet along with clothing for all ages and sizes. Volunteer.
1440 South Main St.
408-946-5564

Goodwill Milpitas

Goodwill
Since late 2006, Goodwill has been selling only nearly brand-new – but non-designer – clothes, housewares and artwork. PLEASE NOTE:  The donation drop-off process is self service.  We have asked our donation monitors to practice social distancing so they will be unable to assist you in loading/unloading your donations.   At this critical time, your donations are needed now more than ever. You can obtain your donation receipt online, by clicking here.
Hours: Monday-Saturday 9AM-9PM, Sunday 9AM-8PM
Donation Hours: 9AM – 7PM Mon-Sat , 9AM – 6PM Sunday
311 W Calaveras Blvd.
408-262-4131

See our other clothing stores posts. The larger malls each have their own clothing post.

Newspapers

Stop by here to get the daily news or place a classified advertisement in local Milpitas newspapers: the Beat, The Post & The Union.

Milpitas Newspapers

GoMilpitas News Archives
Current and past news stories on this site.

Milpitas Post
News stories now a part of the Mercury News, so you will only see a few news stories. To contact the Mercury News, use this page to get to the right department. No longer any physical presence in Milpitas. Ian Bauer was let go. No way to publish your local events or advertisements. Please consider using the GoMilpitas Events listings here for free. Contact me about advertising on GoMilpitas.com.

The Milpitas Beat
2018 startup as the Post starts to fail us. Our vision is to cultivate a more connected, conscious, and vibrant community by providing news coverage that truthfully reflects the expression, ideas, and culture of the people of Milpitas. Contact information. Facebook page. Black owned. Woman owned.

Soofa Expands Northern California Presence with Sign Installations in City of Milpitas
The Soofa Signs are located near key places of community gatherings, allowing residents to engage in city happenings and see public service announcements. For example, Milpitas often uses the signs to post about city job offerings or public reminders to stay hydrated.

The Union
News from Milpitas High School newspaper. Facebook version often seems more current.

Ethnic and Foreign Language Newspapers

El Observador
The #1 Bilingual Weekly Newspaper of Northern California. Based in San Jose.

India Post
Global in scope. Produced in Union City.


Punjab Outlook
English version.
The editorial team is totally committed to delivering accurate and impartial news with the aim of informing the public debate and enabling Indians to make educated choices.
88 South Park Victoria #149
408-221-5732

Silicon Valley Newspapers

The Almanac
Source for local news about Menlo Park, Atherton, Portola Valley and Woodside. Not blocked.

Berryessa Sun
ING Newspaper for the Berryessa neighborhood of San Jose. Can’t read much without subscription.

Business Journal of San Jose
Business news and business card exchange. Not blocked.

Mountain View Voice
News, events, and classifieds. Not blocked.

Palo Alto Weekly
Source for local news about Palo Alto. Not blocked.

The Silicon Valley Voice
We cover local news, issues, events and people that matter to the South Bay. Our reporters live here and know the community they write about. The Silicon Valley Voice is the online platform for The Weekly. We are a locally owned, independent media platform.

Stanford Daily
University news, entertainment, sports and student issues.

Tri-City Voice
An independently owned weekly publication covering the cities of Fremont, Newark, Union City, Hayward, Sunol, and Milpitas.

Favorite Columnists

I, Cringely
The sex symbol, airplane enthusiast and adventurer continues to write about personal computers and has an active consulting business in Silicon Valley, selling his cybersoul to the highest bidder.

Greater San Francisco Bay Area Newspapers

Fremont Argus
News from Alameda County. A’s baseball updates. Again, you must subscribe and remove your ad blocker to read anything.

MediaNews Group
Digital First Media, a business name of MediaNews Group. Portal to all the MediaNews Group newspapers in the Bay Area and beyond. This is the company that is buying up all the local newspapers around, including the Milpitas Post, which was bought by the San Jose Mercury News, which is owned by MediaNews Group. They are making all the once free community news into subscriber-only. You can’t read paper or online version without a subscription. Oh, and online you have to turn off your ad blocker.

San Francisco Chronicle
For the view of the news from The City! Other sections also available from this link. No blocking yet.

Monterey Bay Area Newspapers

Monterey County Herald
Place to find out more about Laguna Seca racing, dining and entertainment. Not blocked.

Santa Cruz Sentinal
Always something somewhat radical happening in this university town. Not blocked.

California Newspapers

California Newspapers
From the Internet Public Library. Links to newspapers all over the state.

CALmatters
A nonpartisan, nonprofit journalism venture committed to explaining how California’s state Capitol works and why it matters.

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