A boutique, from the French word for "shop," is a small shopping outlet, especially one that specialises in elite and fashionable items such as clothing and jewellery. French ( français,) is a Romance language spoken around the world by 118 million people as a native language and by about 180 to 260 million people Shopping is the examining of Goods or services from Retailers with intent to purchase at that time Clothing (also called clothes, accoutrements, accouterments, or habiliments) protects the Human body from extreme Weather Jewellery (also spelled jewelry, see spelling differences) is a personal Ornament, such as a necklace ring or bracelet made from Gemstones
The term entered into everyday English use in the late 1960's when, for a brief period, London, UK was the centre of the fashion trade. London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. Carnaby Street and the Kings Road were the focus of much media attention as home to the most fashionable boutiques of the era. Carnaby Street is a pedestrianised shopping street in London, United Kingdom, located in the area of 'Carnaby' in the district of Soho The Kings Road is a major well-known street in west London, England.
It can also refer to a specialised firm such as a boutique investment bank or boutique law firm. Investment banks profit from companies and governments by raising money through issuing and selling Securities in the Capital markets (both equity and A boutique law firm is a collection of Attorneys typically organized in a Limited liability partnership or Professional corporation specializing in a niche The word is often used to describe a property in the independent section of the hotel market (such as The Rockwell in London) in order to distinguish themselves from larger chains (such as Hilton Hotels). London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. UH Hilton Hoteljpg|thumbnail|right|The Hilton University of Houston in Houston Texas, located on the campus of the University of Houston, contains the Hilton College of In such cases the idea is that the operation is elite and highly specialized.
In the strictest sense of the word, boutiques would be one-of-a-kind but more generally speaking, some chains can be referred to as boutiques if they specialise in particularly stylish offerings. In the United States, Sharper Image might be described as a boutique chain or selling boutique items. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The Sharper Image Corporation ( founded by Richard Thalheimer, was an American retailer that specialized in high-end electronics and gifts In Japan, chains such as Three Minutes Happiness, MUJI, and ranKing ranQueen are well-known boutiques. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. ( or is a Japanese retail company which sells a wide variety of household and consumer goods A mix of a boutique and a department store is called Concept store. A department store is a Retail establishment which specializes in selling a wide range of products without a single predominant merchandise line.
Recently, the term "boutique" has started being applied to normally-mass-market items that are either niche or produced in intentionally small numbers at very high prices. For example, before the release of the Wii, a Time Magazine article suggested that Nintendo could become a "boutique video-game company", producing games for niche audiences, rather than trying to compete directly with Microsoft and Sony [1]. Time (trademarked in capitals as TIME) is a weekly American Newsmagazine, similar to Newsweek and is a Multinational corporation headquartered in Kyoto Japan founded on Microsoft Corporation is an American multinational Computer technology Corporation, which rose to dominate the Home computer is a multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Minato Tokyo, Japan, and one of the world's largest Media conglomerates with
Although some boutiques specialise in hand-made items and other truly one-of-a-kind items, others such as The King of Games and SlamJam simply produce t-shirts, stickers, and other fashion accessories in artificially small runs and sell them at unusually high prices. Artificial scarcity describes the Scarcity of items even though the technology and production capacity exists to create an abundance
External links
- High Snobiety, a blog that tracks online boutiques.
- s2fashions.com, an online Boutique.
- Boutique Photography, Exclusive Boutique Art Images for sale on Canvas and Print.
Dictionary
boutique
-noun
- A small shop, especially one that sells fashionable clothes, jewelry and the like.
- A small shop located within a larger one.
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