This exclusive men's clothing store serves up bespoke suits and cocktails and charges an admission up to $3,000 – take a look inside

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Wingtip Club is an unusual store for an elite clientele.

Founded in 2002, the menswear store based in San Francisco comes with its own clubhouse, complete with a wine cave, barber shop, cocktail bar, and bespoke tailoring shop. It attracts mostly middle-aged men working in finance and technology, according to founder Ami Arad.

Wingtip Club charges monthly dues and a one-time admission fee between $1,000 and $3,000, depending on the number of visits a member wants to make annually. It's a pioneer among the handful of brands that pamper and offer places to socialize inside brick-and-mortar shops — a tactic to help them compete with popular online retail companies like Bonobos, Everlane, and Amazon. Even retail giant Nordstrom is testing a tiny new store that doesn't sell clothes.

Take a look inside Wingtip Club to see if it's worth the price.

In a city where the workplace uniform is mainly hoodies and startup tees, Wingtip Club offers a touch of class to the tech and finance worlds. No sandals, no shorts, no service.

It's not the only private club in San Francisco, with the Bohemian Club, Pacific-Union Club, Olympic Club, and San Francisco Golf Club blazing that trail more than a century ago.

Source: San Francisco Chronicle

Wingtip Club opened its first San Francisco store in 2008 and piloted the clubhouse at a barbershop nearby in 2010. The two concepts combined at the current address in 2012.

The nascent Wingtip Club isn't considered among the ranks of those super-elite men's clubs. What it lacks in old-school prestige, it makes up for in amenities and broad appeal.

Wingtip Club attracts a different crowd than most private men's clubs in San Francisco. For starters, it has welcomed women since the beginning. It also draws a younger membership.

The century-old men's clubs in the city have struggled for years to bring in young blood, largely because it takes years for younger men to work their way up the waiting list.

Wingtip Club currently has about 900 members, with an average age of 45. Women make up about 11% of membership.

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