Susannah Siger, the owner of Ma Petite Shoe, is opening up a new boutique next door to her Hampden business that specializes in socks.
Ma Petite Shoe's Sock Shop will launch this week with a Sock Hop event, part of Hampden's monthly First Fridays that feature promotions and gatherings at local businesses.
Siger will be joined Friday by Susan Costa-Walston, the Baltimore-based owner and creator of Lily Trotters compression socks, which will be sold at the new store. Lily Trotters was started in 2015 through a crowd-sourcing effort.
"I call the Sock Shop my happy place. I'm so excited to launch a new business that compliments our beloved shoes and chocolate. It's energizing to work with a fellow woman entrepreneur who, like me, started with a dream and made it happen here in Baltimore…we are creative kindred spirits in that regard," Siger said in a statement.
Hot off a successful fashion week collection, menswear designer and Severna Park native David Hart will be featured again in GQ magazine. This time, his ruffle front blue tuxedo shirt will be in a fashion spread in the October issue. The shirt is actually available now on the designer’s website. Get it while you can. Find the ruffle front tuxedo shirt by David Hart for $295 at davidhartnyc.com. (Handout)
In addition to Lily Trotters, the new shop will sell a variety of brands including: Look from London, a Brooklyn-based brand that specializes in printed hosiery and specialty-dyed fishnets; Fil de Jour, a brand of tights, knee highs and gloves designed in France and made in France and Italy; Peony and Moss, a small independent Seattle-based company that gives a pair of socks to someone in need for each sock purchased; Sock It Up, an LA-based company featuring textured and detailed socks for men and women; and Good Luck Socks, a Canadian-based sock company primarily for men.
Attend Sock Hop from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. Friday at Ma Petite Shoe's Sock Shop, 830 W. 36th Street in Hampden. Call 410-235-3442. Ma Petite Shoe is located next door in Hampden at 832 W 36th Street.