Sandra P.
Yelp
Before my visit to Charleston, I made a list of boutiques I wanted to visit. Wothwhile was high on the list, so I was excited when I came upon the store on King Street. When I walked in I was immediately stricken by the minimalist look and rather depressing vibe. The mood of the store was very dark and kind of creepy. "Are they going out of business?", I wondered as the first shelving unit to my right contained sparse rows of these paper house-shaped box thingies. The next shelf housed sad little white faceless Tyvek teddy bears. Eek. The clothing racks were stocked with very avant garde - and VEEEEERY pricy - clothing from mainly Japanese designers. Now, I can appreciate Japanese design, but the items they carried were something I could only describe as Depression Era Chic. A $1,200 dress that looked like great-great grandma's nightie that had been sitting in the attic for the past 100 or so years, and $1,100 for a dress that seriously looked like it had some sort of bodily fluid stains all over it. No joke. The whole experience was bizarre and a bit...unsettling. I guess I'm not as hip as I thought, because I really just did not get it.