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Designer shop with non-designer prices pops up in Mizner Park

- By Rod Stafford Hagwood

Attention all glamazons: There’s a pop-up shop heading to Mizner Park in Boca Raton with high-end labels such as Brunello Cucinelli, Gucci, Louboutin, Isaia and Loro Piana, but at bargain basement prices.

Shop EFG will offer deep discounts on designer-level fashion, shoes, bags, jewelry and other accessorie­s. The pop-up will be from Jan. 21-Feb. 21. Featured designers will be updated weekly.

“These prices would range from $5,000 to $35,000 in designer shops,” explains Hillel Simon, one of the partners behind the New York-based Shop EFG. “Generally our prices range up to 80% off and not less than 50% off. But most of the prices are much closer to 70 to 80% off.”

He says that, in lieu of a traditiona­l brick and mortar location, the company has done pop-ups in the Hamptons and Long Island. The South Florida pop-up will be their first outside of New York state.

“The clientele that likes these kinds of projects is in Boca Raton,” adds Simon. “It’s the best location coming out of New York. Boca is known for its attraction to fashion and for their enjoyment for life. That’s what it’s really known for.”

Previously, the parent company — Exclusive Fashion Group — was in the wholesale business, selling apparel and accessorie­s to luxury off-price retailers such as Century21 and Neiman Marcus Last Call since 2010.

“This is something we’ve been trying to do for some time, to go direct to consumer,” says Simon.

And as for a more permanent presence in Boca Raton, Simon will only say that it is “most definitely on the radar, is the best way to answer.”

 ?? SHOP EFG ?? Shop EFG’s pop-up in Boca Raton’s Mizner Park will carry women and men’s clothing, as well as accessorie­s.
SHOP EFG Shop EFG’s pop-up in Boca Raton’s Mizner Park will carry women and men’s clothing, as well as accessorie­s.
 ?? SHOP EFG ?? Shop EFG will feature designers — such as Gucci, Louboutin and Isaia — and will update weekly with discounts up to 80% off retail prices.
SHOP EFG Shop EFG will feature designers — such as Gucci, Louboutin and Isaia — and will update weekly with discounts up to 80% off retail prices.

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