VINTAGE & VOGUE, A SECOND HAND BOUTIQUE OPENS IN ROSWELL

Upscale Women’s Consignment Boutique For the Fashion and Community Conscious Offers Local Women Opportunity To Reach into their Closets To Give Back!

Roswell, GA – November 5, 2010 – Vintage & Vogue, A Second Hand Boutique offering affordable, gently used vintage and designer clothing and accessories will open for business on November 12, 2010.  The upscale women’s consignment boutique located in historic Roswell will allow for consignors to donate their dollars to local charities as an option to making some extra cash for themselves.  Among the local charities that will receive net proceeds from sales of goods from Vintage & Vogue are Prevent Child Abuse Georgia, Partnership Against Domestic Violence, Center for Family Resources, The Drake House, CHRIS Kids, Dress for Success, My Orange Duffel Bag, Minds in Motion and Chrysalis.  Consignors can also choose to donate to their own charity of choice. 

Owner Maria Walden Sullivan, an Alpharetta resident and social entrepreneur who is a past and current member of numerous non-profit boards, founded Vintage & Vogue as a new and different way to fundraise.  Said Sullivan “In the current economy people may not have the finances to give back, however women always have something in their closets they are either bored with or just need to make room.  So, as an option for women to reach into their purse, they can reach into their closet to give back.”  Charities will receive a check on a quarterly basis from the boutique with the consignor’s name and donation amount.

Sullivan’s background includes having worked with FranklinCovey to create their Home and Family Division helping to strengthen families and youth throughout the U.S.  She is also a national speaker and facilitator on youth and family issues.

For Vintage & Vogue’s grand opening weekend 11/12 through 11/14, the store will match proceeds generated and divide and donate monies among participating charities

In keeping with Sullivan’s mission that Everyone, Everything, Deserves a Second Chance, Vintage & Vogue will offer internships and career opportunities for youth who are in need of work experience, have experienced challenges in their young life.

In addition to the boutique’s fabulous selection of great, fun vintage clothes and upscale designer new wear and accessories, inspiring training seminars and workshops on career, relationships and more will also be offered.  So…not only will Vintage & Vogue help in making your outside shine, they will help with the inside too.  Among the workshops, trainings, and speaking engagements scheduled to be offered are:

•       Career Coaching

•       Resume Building

•       Relationship Classes

•       7  Habits of Highly Effective Women

•       Meditation and Yoga

Vintage & Vogue is located at 55 Park Square, Roswell, Georgia 30075.  They can be contacted by phone 678-495-GIVE (4483) or through their web site www.vintageandvogueclothing.com.  Hours are Tuesday through Friday 10:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m., Saturday 11:00 a.m.-7:00 p.m. and Sunday during the holiday season, 11:00 a.m. through 3:00 p.m.

CONSIGNMENT STORE HELPS CHARITIES!

A consignment store in Roswell gives women the opportunity to sell their clothes and donate to charity.   Vintage and Vogue carries designer and upscale women's clothing, shoes and accessories.

Customers who consign their gently used items at the shop receive 40 of the sale price of the item or have the option to donate the money to any charity they choose.

Owner Maria Sullivan handles all the paperwork and consignors get  a monthly statement indicating the amounts they have donated.  "It's a 60 40 split and that 40 percent right off the top goes either to the consignor or the charity of their choice," Sullivan said.

Vintage and Vogue has a variety of fashions; some are decades old and others fairly recent.  Sullivan said she often carries  shoes with designer labels  like Manolo Blahnik and Prada in her shop.  "We sell them at a fraction of what you would pay somewhere else," she said.

The store is popular among those who have eclectic taste as well as women who want to donate their proceeds to charity.  Many items are in the $30 price range.

Vintage and Vogue requires an appointment to consign clothing.  To make an appointment call 678-495-GIVE (4483)

The store is located at 55 Park Square, Roswell
Georgia 30075. 

   

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