Espy was fea­tured in the Calgary Sun this past Saturday ( April 24^th, 2010 ) in a fab arti­cle writ­ten by Kelly Doody. We thought we post it up for any of you who might of missed it:

This Experience Works Wonders

Kelly Doody — The Calgary Sun: Saturday, April 24^th, 2010
I’ve just had my first Espy Experience. And ladies, if you’re not aware of the con­cept behind the unas­sum­ing shop on 9 Ave. S.E., you might want to lis­ten up.

Having dri­ven by Espy on the way through Inglewood my fair share of times, I assumed, judg­ing by the flirty man­nequins dressed to the nines in the win­dow, it was just another high-priced cloth­ing bou­tique for peo­ple with a lot of dis­pos­able dough.

Not So.

Think Winners, minus the painful chore of sift­ing through a ware­house worth of racks before find­ing a bargain-priced gem.

Thanks to more than a decade of expe­ri­ence as a fash­ion indus­try buyer in a smat­ter­ing of cites across North America, owner Megan Szanik knows exactly how not to pay full price when buy­ing fan­tas­tic clothes, shoes, bags and acces­sories for her eight-month-old store.

The ‘Espy Experience’ being a free, full-service per­sonal styling ses­sion with Megan — the vision­ary of afford­able designer fash­ion, cre­ative guru Lisa Marie Sikina or pro styl­ist and part-owner Theresa Bagan.

From help­ing pick out a few fab items for you, to cheer­ing or frown­ing when you step out of the change room, these ladies aren’t lying when they say they want every cus­tomer to leave content.

“We’re not about van­ity siz­ing,” said Lisa. “We’re not try­ing to change you, we’re dress­ing you for your body types, and we want you to leave a happy customer.”

With men’s siz­ing rang­ing from small and skinny to uber-XL, and ladies sizes and styles meant to fit every body from in Megan’s words, “Little mini to hour­glass pear to straight up and down to vol­ley­ball player with a 38” inseam,” it turns out her rep­u­ta­tion as Calgary’s Stacy London isn’t much of a stretch.

Not only will you leave know­ing you scored a great deal on one-of-a-kind designer duds, but you’ll have had some seri­ous guid­ance and good hard advice.

Two things that com­bine to elim­i­nate both the prob­lem­atic muf­fin top and that nasty thing called buyer’s remorse.

Making Espy that much sweeter are the pri­vate shop­ping par­ties, open-late hours on Thursday and Friday, and the fact that, for every per­son you refer to the store, a $7 credit goes into your account.

Bid adieu to big-box dis­count and go get your own expe­ri­ence. Head to www.expyexperience.com for more.

Kelly Doody — Calgary Sun

Click here to read a PDF ver­sion of the arti­cle: http://www.espyexperience.com/espynew/wp-content/media/Sun-article-Apr24-2010.PDF