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    Austin says show goers were blown away by Fashion Week and what West Michigan has to offer. "The women are saying I can't believe I didn't know about this store before. I can't believe what I am finding here. They didn't know these stores existed ... I want to see this get to the next level. This is the first year, first step. It is only going to grow from here. Next year it will be even bigger. A couple of years from now we'll have tents outside like New York Fashion Week." Full Article at WZZM Grand Rapids
    The women are saying I can't believe I didn't know about this store before. I can't believe what I am finding here. They didn't know these stores existed ... I want to see this get to the next level. This is the first year, first step. It is only going to grow from here. Next year it will be even bigger. A couple of years from now we'll have tents outside like New York Fashion Week.
    SOURCE: WZZM Grand Rapids 1 month ago
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Glitz and glamour of Grand Rapids Fashion Week
  1. It is uniqueness. It is customer service. The buyers and store owners go out and pick out these individual items to bring to you to make it special and I think what is going to bring people back in the stores after the show, is they like that customer service. They like that attention. And they like the...
    SOURCE: WZZM Grand Rapids 1 month ago
  2. I've heard a lot of great comments about how real the show feels authentic. It feels like a real New York Fashion Week show. We've got the lights and the set, and it feels real. It's really exciting.
    SOURCE: WZZM Grand Rapids 1 month ago
  3. It is unexpected but it is exciting. Grand Rapids is such a small town but I think we are ready for stuff like this. ArtPrize proved it and I think we are ready to expand and have exciting things like this
    SOURCE: WZZM Grand Rapids 1 month ago
  4. This has been excellent. I have had so many people ask where we are located and how they can find us. I have had so many people say they are going to come out to the stores so I am very happy
    SOURCE: WZZM Grand Rapids 1 month ago
  5. I mean we have a lot of fashionistas. It may not seem like it, but a lot of these stores are very fashion forward. They go all over the United States to bring fashions here to Grand Rapids, and I think that is overlooked sometimes. Coming here today, you are going to see these fashions that are all over...
    SOURCE: WZZM Grand Rapids 1 month ago
  6. We brought over 30 boutiques here in one place at one time, and people are finding all these boutiques have set up mini shops within DeVos Place, where they can purchase merchandise and do all the stores in one place
    SOURCE: WZZM Grand Rapids 1 month ago
  7. You always want to get the word out about your store whenever you can get the word out, and this is a great way to do it ... There are still people out there spending the money the way they were before, but there are also those getting nervous and not spending as much as they were before.
    SOURCE: WZZM Grand Rapids 1 month ago

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