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Fashion entrepreneur Ashley Dean-Parson’s ‘glamtique’ offers one-stop shopping

By , Daily Memphian Updated: September 23, 2018 12:27 PM CT | Published: September 21, 2018 4:15 PM CT
<strong>The host of two annual fashion events, The Weight Is Over Fashion Show and The Curvy Social, Ashley Dean-Parson, pictured at her Summer Ave. store on Sept. 9, 2018, has opened Dean of Fashion, Memphis' only independent plus-sized fashion boutique.</strong> (Jim Weber/Daily Memphian)

The host of two annual fashion events, The Weight Is Over Fashion Show and The Curvy Social, Ashley Dean-Parson, pictured at her Summer Ave. store on Sept. 9, 2018, has opened Dean of Fashion, Memphis' only independent plus-sized fashion boutique. (Jim Weber/Daily Memphian)

With her “glamtique” Ashley Dean-Parson has flipped the concept of boutique on its head. “A lot of times, being a full-figured woman, we would go into a store that we would really, really love and they wouldn’t have a plus-size section or if they did, it was really, really small,” she said. “So, I took that same concept and did it here and did the reverse.”

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Elle Perry

Elle Perry

A native Memphian, Elle Perry has earned graduate degrees from the University of Memphis and Maryland Institute College of Art. She’s written for publications including the Memphis Business Journal, Memphis Flyer and High Ground News, and previously served as coordinator of The Teen Appeal.

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