[vc_row row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" css_animation=""][vc_column][vc_column_text] Grant Tillery, Special to the Star Tribune Boutique owner Patric Richardson feels nothing but affection for the Mall of America. “I was in college when the plans for the mall emerged,” he remembered. By his junior year (in 1992) the...

[vc_row row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" css_animation=""][vc_column][vc_column_text]JAHNA PELOQUIN, Minnesota Monthly Minneapolis clothing boutique Mona Williams has opened its Mall of America location, just in time for Memorial Day weekend. Unlike its original Northeast location, which focused on high-end designer contemporary and vintage resale, the new location spotlights some...

[vc_row row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" css_animation=""][vc_column][vc_column_text] Allison Kaplan, Mpls St Paul Magazine Fueled by shoppers' positive responses to a new batch of lesser-known European fashion labels, indie boutique Mona Williams is making a leap that intimidates most small retailers: opening a second store at Mall of America.   [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row row_type="row"...

[vc_row row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" css_animation=""][vc_column][vc_column_text]BY JAHNA PELOQUIN, Minnesota Monthly This past spring, longtime couture collector Mary Wangsness of North Oaks passed away, leaving behind thousands of designer pieces. In collaboration with Patric Richardson, the owner of Minneapolis designer resale boutique Mona Williams, her family...