Gold Winner Biscuit General Store Silver Winner Sweet Pea Boutique Bronze Winner Pretty Things Boutique It’s hard to walk into Biscuit General Store without being hit with a wave of serious greed. Suddenly you’ll want to re-outfit your closet, replace your tired shoe collection and decorate your boring home with quirky accessories. Whether or not […]
Pretty Things Boutique
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Best Women’s Clothing Store
Gold Winner Pretty Things Boutique Silver Winner Biscuit General Store Bronze Winner Sweet Pea Moving to Blowers Street has brought a new customer base into Pretty Things, says owner Cadence Macmichael. From the downtown professional to the tourist to the loyal customers who followed the business from Cunard Street, business at the boutique is booming. […]
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Best Salesperson
Gold Winner Jill Strong, Wildflower Clothing Silver Winner Jody Crane, Brooklyn Audio Bronze Winner Cadence Macmichael, Pretty Things Boutique “Finally someone more interested in building relationships with her customers than simply selling stuff. A true gem,” comments a reader who voted for gold-winning salesperson Jill Strong. Such a comment makes Strong happy because she really […]
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All the Pretty Things have a birthday
This Saturday October 8 is birthday number four for Pretty Things Boutique (5240 Blowers Street, 492-8329). It takes place from 11am to 7pm. All day is a tax free sale, free food, cupcakes contests, product demos, and more! For more information click here.
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Buy Local Profile: Cadence Macmichael
A couple months back, Macmichael took her clothing boutique with its feminine, vintage-inspired fashions from her north end location on Cunard—where when five people were in the shop it felt busy—to Blowers Street, the former location of Pro Girl, a much bigger store. “We so outgrew the other space,” says Macmichael. “We wanted to be […]
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Best Women’s Clothing Store
Johanna Galipeau was 19 when she opened Sweet Pea on Queen Street in May 2007. Now, four years later, following that success with a new store, Twisted Muse, she’s the queen of Halifax retail, earning kudos in three key Best of Halifax categories. “I just always really wanted affordable clothes but offered in a high […]
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Pretty Things Boutique grand reopening
Starting on Saturday, October 2 at 5240 Blowers Street, Pretty Things Boutique will be open in its new home. Stop by on Saturday or join them for their Grand Reopening & Third Birthday Party on Saturday October 9. There’s gonna be free food and drink, free goodie bags for the first 50 customers, and a chance to win a $100 gift certificate to the store. For more information call 492-8329.
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Proskates, Utliity and Moksha Yoga: Shoptalk Facts and Rumours
This we know is a fact, as has been reported in Shoptalk: Pretty Things Boutique (5685 Cunard Street, 492-8329) is moving into the Pro Girl space at 5240 Blowers Street, while the ProSkates empire, including Pro Girl, prepares to move into new digs on Quinpool Road. The ProSkates move was prompted by the news that […]
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Pretty in polkadots
1. Staying for the pool party? It’s a quick change into this pretty-as-a-rose dress from Splurge, $52. 2. Bring your sunscreen in Raspberry Jam’s reconstructed bathing cap accessory bag, $40, Lady Luck Boutique</p> 3. There’s a reason why 1950s starlets looked so great: this retro-style, halter bathing suit includes side-boning, control-panel lining and side-ruching. Best […]
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Pretty Things will have you feeling oh-so pretty
Looking for last minute stocking-stuffer? Or maybe just a stocking? Visit Pretty Things Boutique (5685 Cunard Street, 492-8329) to check out items made in their on-site workshop. Owner and all-around local glamour icon Cadence Macmichael has teamed up with alterations expert Jennifer Coe to create what she calls “new funky goodies that stray far from […]
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pretty things makes me pretty
I just really want halifax to know that Pretty Things Boutique on Cunard St is the staple this city desperately needed. It is the most fabulous little shop to ever grace my life. And the owner really show a interest in everyone who comes into the shop, her customer service is the bees knees. it […]
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Best Women’s Clothing Store
Johanna Galipeau sees new stuff come into her store weekly, but only a few items, keeping the stock selling quickly. “It’s constantly new and fresh,” she says, focusing mainly on dresses, both business and casual styles. She also is proud of local designer Katrina Tuttle’s Sweet Pea Collection, a line that is only available at […]