The Sandspur

Issue date: 4/14/06 Section: Arts & Entertainment

Media Credit: Lionel Hahn FAMOUS FASHIONS: Stalhi includes styles by celebrity designers like Gwen Steffani and Nicky Hilton.

Look out all you Rollins fashionistas, there's a new boutique in town meant to keep you looking like the celebrities. Stalhi enjoyed its grand opening last Saturday in Waterford Lakes next to Ross, hosting clothing lines from Gwen Stefani, Nicky Hilton and more. The aim of the boutique is to assist their customers in finding the most up to date celebrity fashion and become "famous for their style and to treat everyone like a celebrity". They will even help you track down that fabulous purse or accessory you saw on the Hollywood's hottest or in your latest issue of Cosmopolitan. All you have to do is send them an email and their stylists will do their best hunting down those earrings or that skirt you can't live without.

Although Waterford is a bit of a drive, checking out this boutique is worth the gas money if you love fashion. The small boutique is staffed by friendly employees with smiling faces, who introduce themselves and explain their purpose to customers who walk in through the door. The stylists are there to assist you find the right fitting jeans and tops, and make sure that you don't spend your money on clothes that don't flatter your body type. Their honesty is hard pressed to find in today's commission driven world, and is honestly a breath of fresh air for the shopper.

But maybe you need the perfect outfit for next week's party and you just don't have time to make it out there. Check out their website, at www.famousstyle.com. The orders placed on line are shipped out from the boutique in Waterford Lakes, and the web site offers more clothes than the boutique. What's more, like celebrities who don't like to wait for their clothes, neither should you. The boutique boasts of their expedited shipping, which will get the clothes shipped out within twenty four hours of your purchase, and to your house in two to three days. You get free shipping if you spend over $100, free gift wrapping and awesome customer service should you change your mind. You can shop according to celebrities, based on what they are wearing right now, such as Angelina Jolie or Nicole Richie, or you can shop based on what you need, whether it is that desperately needed shirt or summer dress.

Above the clothing racks within Stalhi are pictures of celebrities wearing that style to help you organize your look. Or try something eclectic, mixing together fashions from all walks of Hollywood. However, the best part of the store is that it has something to offer for everyone, no matter the budget. You can find twenty dollar shirts or you can buy one hundred dollar shirts, it all depends on you and what you are looking for. It's also not just clothes that they sell in the boutique. They also host an array of purses, hats, belts and shoes, also all made based on what is hot right now.

So take a drive down to Waterford and check out the boutiques. Say hi to store Gregg and Stephanie, who have collaborated together to created the boutique, and enjoy the life of a celebrity every time you walk into the store.

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