For over a decade, Frankie and Julian’s has been run by Suzanne Bishop West on Frazier Avenue as a way to provide chic boutique-ware to North Shore shoppers.
West, though, is ready for a change.
She has sold the boutique to her longtime friend and former employee Starr Card, who will be assuming control of the shop within the next two months. Fans of the boutique can rest easy, though. Card said the only thing that’s going to change is a remodel in June.
“All the lines in the store will be kept the same,” Card said of the fashion lines Frankie and Julian’s currently carries. “I say if it isn’t broke, don’t fix it. People will still get the same great service they look forward to now.”
West hadn’t grown tired of her shop, though. In fact, she’s become fast friends with new neighbor Betty True, owner of Backstreet Betty’s, which moved nearby on Frazier late last year. But West has been running the shop for more than 12 years and wants to see what else she can do.