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Working It: Diversity of customers enlivens fashion store routine

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photo Suzanne Bishop West owns Frankie & Julian’s on Frazier Ave.

Name: Suzanne Bishop West

Position: Owner

Location: Frankie & Julian’s

First job: Sales clerk at J.Peterman store at Warehouse Row

Favorite part of the job: “The buying trips to get to see what’s upcoming for the next season because we buy way ahead of time. In September, I went to market but we were actually buying for next spring. And I love working with my customers. I always have fun putting outfits together. That kind of goes hand in hand with merchandising the store, kind of getting that great outfit together. It makes you feel good, especially when they say, ‘I never would have thought that would look good on me.'”