{"id":36035,"date":"2023-01-16T14:58:06","date_gmt":"2023-01-16T19:58:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/glensfallsbusinessjournal\/?p=36035"},"modified":"2023-01-16T14:58:06","modified_gmt":"2023-01-16T19:58:06","slug":"sisters-open-consignment-shop-in-glens-falls-as-a-business-to-operate-during-retirement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/glensfallsbusinessjournal\/2023\/01\/sisters-open-consignment-shop-in-glens-falls-as-a-business-to-operate-during-retirement\/","title":{"rendered":"Sisters Open Consignment Shop In Glens Falls As A Business To Operate During Retirement"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_36036\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-36036\" style=\"width: 900px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-36036\" src=\"https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/glensfallsbusinessjournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/109\/2023\/01\/fashion-follies-h.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"633\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/glensfallsbusinessjournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/109\/2023\/01\/fashion-follies-h.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/glensfallsbusinessjournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/109\/2023\/01\/fashion-follies-h-300x211.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/glensfallsbusinessjournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/109\/2023\/01\/fashion-follies-h-768x540.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-36036\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fashion Follies in Glens Falls offers casual clothing, pocketbooks, jewelry, wedding gowns, prom dresses, fancy hats and other items for special occasions.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>By Jill Nagy<\/p>\n<p>A new consignment shop, Fashion Follies,<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>has opened at 32 South St., Glens Falls, next to Peter\u2019s Diner.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople love consignment stores,\u201d said Lori Arpey<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>who opened the new venture with her sister Lisa Arpey.<\/p>\n<p>Fashion Follies is almost like two stores in one. One section offers day-to-day items like casual clothing, pocketbooks, and jewelry. The other side features wedding gowns, prom dresses, fancy hats, and other special occasion clothes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEverything is gently used\u201d and much of it looks new, Arpey said. Some items still have their original price tags. We want things other places don\u2019t have,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>The store accepts contributions by appointment. They insist that everything be clean and in good condition.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf it needs cleaning, we usually ask the consignor to take it back and clean it,\u201d Arpey said. Proceeds are shared equally between the consignor and the business.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"s1\"><span class=\"s2\"><!--more--><\/span><\/span>The sisters undertook the business as a retirement project. Both have experience in retail sales and consignment businesses, but this is their first time as business owners. Others in their family banded together to help, both with financing and with renovation work.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a beautiful space, a very old building, and we love it,\u201d Arpey said. Still, it needed quite a bit of work, including refinishing floors and painting the walls, before they were ready to open in November.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>She said while the work was going on, a sign in the window informed passersby of what was coming and, by opening day, the sisters had as much inventory as they could handle.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are going to keep it small,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Fashion Follies is open from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Saturday. The telephone number is 518-769-2337. 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