Going Gangster on the Red Carpet

Going Gangster on the Red Carpet

Marlies Dekkers – The ITV Festival Red Carpet Bra Brand One of the highlights of being “Joy from JOY” has been hosting the Red Carpet at the ITV Festival while it had its home here in Manchester, Vermont for the past two years. ITV Fest is the Independent Television Festival, and while the Fest is now […]

Gettin’ Your Colors Done

Gettin’ Your Colors Done

  I have a friend named Cheryl.  She’s a “Spring.”  An “Autumn” walked in the shop once and asked if we carried any brown bras.  The more people I mention our upcoming color analysis event to, the more stories I hear.  One woman said her daughter had her colors done to find the perfect shade […]

Music Matters

Music Matters

Music Matters: How a Bluegrass Festival Helped Me Remember the Truth It was kind of a fluke that I ended up at the bluegrass festival yesterday. It was slow at the shop and I knew Katherine and Lindsey could handle it without me.  I left work around 3. It’s weird for me to free at […]

Bras of Summer

Bras of Summer

Summertime! Where the bra-styles are easy (ha ha). We are fully stocked with summer bras including strapless, backless, bralettes, t-shirt bras, and bras that have a little color and sass. Here are a few summer bra-shopping tips. Come see us! Bra fitting always available! The Strapless Goal #1 – you want the thing to stay […]

Destination DRESS – Manchester, VT

Destination DRESS – Manchester, VT

With Easter, formals, proms, weddings, graduations, and all sorts of spring and summer occasions upon us, dress-shopping season is here. I felt it start the other day when a woman came in, dress slung over her arm, looking for a strapless to wear under a low-cut black number she’s wearing to a wedding in a […]

The Stratton Pop Shop

The Stratton Pop Shop

You might have heard that we have a little satellite store at Stratton Mountain Resort this month.  It’s true!  It’s the Stratton “Pop Shop.”  What’s the scoop?  Here you go… Marcia, she’s the Editor/Publisher at Stratton Magazine and Manchester Life Magazine, reached out with the idea of a “Pop Up Shop” in the Stratton Village […]

Joy’s ITVFester’s Guide to Manchester

Joy’s ITVFester’s Guide to Manchester

The first thing you should know is that we are glad you are here!  Manchester is a unique and beautiful town.  Here’s my guide and some tips! It’s a small town… We all pretty much know each other – especially in the business community.  If someone says, “Go to Bob’s or go up to Amy’s,” […]

The Nina, The Pinta, and The Santa Maria

The Nina, The Pinta, and The Santa Maria

Nina had been in before, but this time in she walked with a dress on its hanger draped oh so gingerly over her arm.  The dress had that “this is special” look about it.  We could tell by the plastic.  “I think I need a strapless,” she announced. We looked up Nina’s customer file (or […]

Sidewalk Sale 360

Sidewalk Sale 360

Manchester’s Sidewalk Sales started today.  It’s an annual tradition here where the retailers in this gorgeous town of ours pull sale racks to the outside of our stores and the shoppers have a field day with great discounts.  As a shopper, I get it, who doesn’t love a sale?  As a retail shop owner, I have […]

“What’s up with the Barbies?”

“What’s up with the Barbies?”

It’s one of the most-asked questions at the shop and one of my favorite stories to tell. If you’ve been to the shop, you probably have noticed that we have a bowlful of Barbies and a Barbie chandelier. Here’s what’s up. Before we opened four years ago, I went shopping for furniture and other decorations for […]