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- Wilton Mall loses another women's clothing store - Times Union
- Clothing on consignment: Filling the void for women's attire in Northern Berkshire - Berkshire Eagle
- Reflections by Sammy Way - Remembering RuVelle, Sumter's popular women's clothing store - Sumter Item
- 'Star Wars' women shed power and clothes when they fall in love, new research finds - The National
| Wilton Mall loses another women's clothing store - Times Union Posted: 06 Feb 2019 12:00 AM PST 
Wilton Mall in Saratoga. Wilton Mall in Saratoga. Wilton Days after Charlotte Russe announced it would close its women's clothing store at the Wilton Mall, Forever 21 confirmed it has departed the suburban Saratoga Springs shopping center. Employees on Wednesday afternoon were busily packing up shelves and other fixtures, and a note on the entrance said the store was closed. An employee said Forever 21's store at Crossgates Mall in Guilderland would remain open. On Monday, Charlotte Russe filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization and announced it was closing more than 90 stores nationwide in coming months, including the Wilton Mall location. Its store at Crossgates Mall will remain open. Both stores catered to young women, offering trendy, inexpensive clothing. And both are in a wing of the mall that was anchored by the former Bon-Ton department store. Bon-Ton closed its Wilton Mall store in late August, along with 200 other stores nationwide. At the other end of the mall, Sears has closed its anchor store, the last Sears department store in the Capital Region. The anchor store closings leave Wilton Mall with just one anchor, a J.C. Penney store, although several other stores, including Home Goods, Dick's Sporting Goods and Healthy Living market are near anchor size. Wilton Mall also has a multi-screen Bow Tie Cinema. A mall manager on Wednesday declined to talk about what might replace the departing stores other than to confirm that Forever 21 had decided to close. The store opened at the mall in the summer of 2008, when Forever 21 was undergoing rapid expansion nationwide.  |
| Posted: 13 Feb 2019 12:00 AM PST  By Scott Stafford, The Berkshire Eagle WILLIAMSTOWN — The Water Street commercial district is now sporting a brand-new woman's clothing store. Local Consignment and Boutique recently opened in the retail space that once housed Toonerville Trolley. Business owner Hannah Reinhard and store manager Cristina Stuebner spent several weeks preparing the space for a totally new look and feel. They are not only there to serve their customers, but also their suppliers — local women who have moved on in the evolution of their personal look and have items in the wardrobe that might add sparkle to someone else's aura. "We like to say to our suppliers, `Just because it doesn't bring you joy anymore doesn't mean it won't make someone else happy. This is the beauty of consignment. It brings everyone joy and a little extra cash in your pocket,' " Stuebner said. "We really want to put out those great things at a fair price." The call for gently-used women's clothing struck a chord, Reinhard noted, and soon the two women had more than 50 consignors offering merchandise to fill the store, including tops, dresses, jeans, jewelry, bags and shoes as well as assorted goods like candles, mugs, cards and magnets made by local artisans. Reinhard said the split for consignors and the store is 50-50. And some of the clothing is brand new because it never has been worn or is surplus from other stores or suppliers that had closed for business. HARDER TO FIND With the Berkshire Mall struggling, Reinhard noted, it is becoming harder to find a retail woman's clothing store in the Northern Berkshires. The store, which is about 600 square feet on Water Street, is next door to the Water Street Grill. It's no coincidence that Reinhard and her husband, Eric Reinhard, own the Water Street Grill. And Eric Reinhard also has owned the building next door, which houses Local Consignment and Boutique and a single residential unit, for more than 20 years. Hannah Reinhard also works at Water Street Grill with her husband while they're raising two elementary-age children. She said the place had been vacant for a few months after the record store closed when she had the idea to open a women's clothing consignment store. Soon, the idea had ignited a plan, and here she is six months later, operating a women's clothing store. And it turns out that she loves the work. Reinhardt noted that an acquaintance came in on their first day, having a need for a new outfit for a business meeting. She left with everything she needed. "This is fun for us — we get to dress up somebody who may not be into the personal shopping experience," Hannah Reinhard said. And they know their inventory well. "We've been through everything during this process six or seven times," she said. "So we know what we've got, and what sizes we have, and what their prices are." Scott Stafford can be reached at sstafford@berkshireeagle.com or 413-629-4517. If you'd like to leave a comment (or a tip or a question) about this story with the editors, please email us. We also welcome letters to the editor for publication; you can do that by filling out our letters form and submitting it to the newsroom.  |
| Posted: 10 Feb 2019 12:00 AM PST Reflections looks back at RuVelle, which became a popular women's clothing store in Sumter. This fashionable dress shop was founded in 1936 and rapidly became one of the most exclusive gathering places for Sumter's discerning shoppers. The name of the shop literally means "little street of fashion;" "rue" is French for street; "elle" means little or small. The store remained on Main for a number of years before moving to Bultman Drive. Reflections will reprint with minimal editing an article concerning RuVelle published in The Sumter Daily Item in 1943. Mrs. Ruth Sanders came to South Carolina when her father, a Baptist minister, moved to Columbia. Following high school, she entered the University of South Carolina where she met and married the late Robert B. Jennings at the end of her second year of school. "She came to Sumter as the bride of the late R. B. Jennings, who was city clerk and treasurer in Sumter for many years. She is the sister of Paul Redfern, the famous aviator, who with his plane, The City of Brunswick, was lost on a flight to South America. He was the first aviator to cross the Caribbean Sea. She entered the retail business in order to provide for her two young sons. She became intrigued by the fashion industry and soon opened the upscale RuVelle. She later married William Sanders, a young lawyer, who returned to practice law in his hometown of Macon, Georgia, requiring her to commute between this city and Sumter. "One of South Carolina's most exclusive dress shops celebrated its seventh anniversary in 1943 at Sumter. In its brief existence, this fashionable firm has outfitted brides in gowns from size 9 to 44 and shipped merchandise from Maine to Florida and as far west as Montana." "From a modest beginning with a small stock of dresses and accessories, the RuVelle has grown rapidly enough in the last few years to be able to offer a complete line of ready-to-wear clothing for women and junior misses. Within a few years after it was established, the shop was enlarged and redecorated in answer to popular demand of the growing clientele." "Among the nationally known lines it carries, advertised in Mademoiselle, Harper's Bazaar and Vogue, are Carlye Junior dresses, L'Aiglon dresses; Mary Muffet dresses, Redfern and Supreme Maid coats; Vanity Fair and Patricia lingerie, and Yolande handmade underwear. To ensure variety of design and selection, every six weeks or so, Sanders purchases merchandise from New York to the West Coast, including Dallas and St. Louis, and from Boston to Miami."  "One of the most attractive features of the store is its novelty department, where gifts for every member of the family are offered. Here the loveliest in cosmetics, perfumes, and costume jewelry is on display. Under the expert management of Mrs. Ruth Redfern Sanders said the RuVelle has a reputation for excellence and originality in window-dressing, having taken prizes every time a window contest was sponsored in Sumter. Photographs have been made of its unusual windows and served as a focus for publications. One of the honors to be awarded the shop was that of first prize in the Red Cross window contest held in Sumter." "Mrs. Sanders, though she has lived in Sumter for 26 years, is a native of Rochester, New York. It is her talent for designing and her perfect taste in fashions which brought the RuVelle such noted success. Recognition of her business ability and leadership came when she became the first woman to serve on the board of directors of the Sumter Merchant's Association. Active in civic affairs, Mrs. Sanders was a member of the YWCA Business Group, treasurer of the YWCA Board, a member and former vice president of the Pilot Club and chairwoman of the Business Group of the Presbyterian Church." Another of Mrs. Sanders' exclusive dress shops is "The Spinning Wheel," "home shop" at Beaufort. The Spinning Wheel has been opened about a year and already has attracted a large circle of customers." "For years, RuVelle graced Main Street in Sumter; the first store was just 8 feet wide and 60 feet deep. However, the store would celebrate its 54th anniversary in 1990 in a new location on Bultman Drive. The RuVelle was purchased by Jackie Allgood, who hoped to continue an additional 54 years of fashion memories in Sumter. Obviously, big-box stores, huge one-stop malls and online sources have changed the way the Sumter community shops; nevertheless, residents with a taste for fine apparel who have resided locally for a decade or more certainly recall RuVelle's with nostalgia.  |
| Posted: 25 Feb 2019 10:50 PM PST Heroines in the Star Wars science-fiction movies dress more skimpily and grow more helpless under the force of love, according to a study released on Tuesday showing two of the strong female leads lose power when romance strikes. Star Wars characters Padme Amidala and Princess Leia typically wear stately robes and ornate dresses when protecting empires but shed those clothes when they fall in love, according to researchers at Florida State University. The two characters, played by Natalie Portman and Carrie Fisher, are among the most popular and best known in a Star Wars franchise, created by George Lucas, that has grossed more than $9 billion (Dh33bn).  A new film, Star Wars: Episode IX, is due in theatres this year. The movies show the two famous female characters wielding less power as the plots delve into romance, the research found. The criticism comes in the midst of the #MeToo movement that was triggered by women in Hollywood calling out sexual abuse and harassment. It has turned into widespread demands ranging from equal pay to better jobs and less demeaning roles for women. Does romance really trump power?In movies and in the real world, women do not need to cede control just because they become romantically involved, Mary King, co-author of the study published in the international journal Fashion and Textiles, told Thomson Reuters Foundation. "Filmmakers can show women as leaders and romantic partners simultaneously," she said. "We don't have to be one or the other. "We've seen some improvement, but there is so much more that can be done." Amidala is first portrayed fully clad in ornate dresses, making decisions and wielding authority as a 14-year-old queen, the research said. But when she declares her love for Anakin, the future Darth Vader, she turns up in a skin-tight jumpsuit bearing her midriff and needs his help in battle. Princess Leia is introduced in a loosely fitted white gown, leading a rebellion, but is arguably best known for the iconic metal bikini she wears when she is a slave stripped of all power, the research said. The research looked at the two characters in 118 scenes in six films in 34 different costumes. "How groups of people, in this case women, are being presented to an audience should be done with care," King said. "Sure, give us the gorgeous costumes, but don't diminish our roles just because we wear them." Updated: February 26, 2019 10:49 AM  |
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