St. John Tradewinds, December 14-20, 2009 = 13

Save a Trip to St. Thomas — Check Out
212 Boutique for Party Clothes and More

By Jaime Elliott TO MAINTAIN YOUR HOME IS
Shin eden NOT AN EXTRAVAGANCE

While Love City residents are used to traveling to a. . ITIS

St. Thomas for many needs, a new store at The Mar- INESS SENSE

ketplace is sure to save a few shopping trips across
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Kristen Cox opened 212 Boutique last week on the
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second floor of The Marketplace in the former Pond
Bay Club sales office location, and the store was bus-

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FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT

tling with customers almost from the minute she un-
GUEST SERVICES

ATTENTION ST. JOHN HOMEOWNERS
HIRING PROFESSIONALS

 
  

locked the door.

With everything from sunglasses to cocktail dress-
es, it’s easy to see what all the buzz is about. 212
Boutique — named after the store’s Marketplace suite
number — is chock full of trendy and classic pieces,
from Anne Klein jeans to frilly sun dresses.

“Tve always loved to shop — it’s in my blood,”
said Cox. “I always wanted to open a shop and this
space became available and I just couldn’t say no. I
always envisioned something like this in this loca-
tion.”

Cox’s opportunity is Love City’s blessing. The
shop owner is committed to keeping prices at 212
Boutique affordable and promised that nothing in the
shop would ever be more than $100.

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STIOHN FILM

Presents

Find everything from bags to dresses at
212 Boutique in The Marketplace.

“My goal is to give people on St. John an option
other than going to St. Thomas or ordering from a
catalog or online,” said Cox. “My goal is to keep ev-
erything under $100. We need to be able to buy things
here on St. John and in order to do that, the prices
have to be affordable.”

“Tm not out to price gauge people,” said Cox. “I
want to give people great options to shop right here
on St. John and be able to find what they want at pric-
es they can afford.”

Cox plans to keep a wide variety of clothing
stocked at 212 Boutique so there is something for ev-
eryone, she explained.

“Tve got a little bit of everything,” said the shop
owner. “From island fancy clothes to beach ware —

ful silk tops, cotton sun dresses and trendy cocktail
dresses, jeans, stylish “reader” sunglasses, jewelry
and soft leather pocketbooks in bright colors.

“I’m still getting things in, but I wanted to open
with what I had already,” said Cox. “Bathing suits,
hats and shoes are still on their way.”

Most of the merchandise is women’s clothing, but
Cox does have a few men’s offerings with more to
come, she added.

“T have a few items for men now, but eventually
I'll try to have some more men’s styles in here,” said
Cox.

Stop by 212 Boutique Monday through Saturday,
from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. during the holiday season for
great finds at great prices. And keep going back be-

BLACK
CANDLE

A KWANZAA
CELEBRATION

LK, ASANTE JR,
HAYA AMCELOU

Thurs, Dec 17" ~ 6:30 PM ~ Marketplace, 3" Fi

Join us before the show for live drumming

with local musician Eddie Bruce!

For details visit

www.stjohnfilm.com

you name it, we'll have it.”
While Cox’s full line of merchandise had not yet
arrived last week, 212 Boutique still boasted beauti-

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cause Cox is adding more merchandise regularly and
let store manager Moriah Love help pick out the per-
fect ttems.

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