photography
by
paige
newton
With her newly
opened boutique,
Found, Stacey Smith
brings designer labels
to downtown Austin.
Retail
theR apy
PSYCHOTHERAPIST-TURNED-ENTREPRENEUR
STACEY SMITH FINDS HER TRUE CALLING
WITH HER NEW BOUTIQUE, FOUND.
by jane kellogg murray
Behind a br ight magent a door, beyond racks
of contempora r y desig ner labels, pa st a w ine
f r idge f ull of Cha mpag ne, a nd up a f light of
w ild leopa rd-pr int st a irs lies St acey Sm it h's
over f low ing stock room. Sur vey ing it , she
says, "Y'a ll, I may have overdone it!"
Overbuy ing wa s one of t he few self-
procla imed "rook ie m ist a kes" t his Sout her n-
belle ent repreneur made in t he excitement
of opening her new bout ique, Found—housed
in a renovated bunga low in dow ntow n
Aust in. But ba sed on t he success t he newly
opened shop ha s had in it s f irst few mont hs of
operat ion, t he m isca lculat ions end t here.
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