NEWS - Retail & Shopping Centers

It isn’t every day that you get the opportunity to have a “makeover” from one of Savannah’s chic’s women’s clothing shops, but that’s what was provided for local military mom Lindsey Tolbert (27 years old) who was chosen for an alice + olivia makeover in partnership with Savannah’s BleuBelle Shop.

Her husband is currently stationed in Afghanistan and has been there since October, scheduled to come home at the beginning of August for his two week R&R. By the time he gets home it will almost have been 10 months since she has seen him. She told BleuBelle shop owner Heather Kaney Burge that she had “no clue what to wear when she meets him at the airport and really wanted to knock his socks off, so we (the a+o team) helped her score a great new look!” said Burge.

Burge started BleuBelle Boutique in 2003 in a small retail space on West Broughton St., and immediately found sales success in the first year. She then relocated to a new, larger space down the street and is now located at 205 West Broughton St.

Burge then expanded BleuBelle in 2006 opening BleuBelle Bridal on Abercorn St. on Savannah’s Southside at the Publix shopping center. With access to two stores, a woman can fulfill her fashion needs from her teen years to her wedding through her career and onto middle age, according to Burge. And both BleuBelle locations continue to provide a level of customer service that is sometimes hard to find.

The alice + olivia's summer style squad tour added Bleu Belle, one of their customers, to their travel plans, coming to Savannah last month with a vintage 1970’s Airstream RV.

alice + olivia’s Stacey Bendet is on a mission to beautify America and help girls across the country this summer, according to the company. In Savannah. their seventh stop on their summer makeover tour, Blue Belle chose Lindsey to be the recipient of the makeover by Stacey and the “a+o girls,” as they call themselves. The Bleu Belle owners were excited to bring the alice + olivia brand to life in their store and to bring buzz and excitement to their favorite and most devoted customers!, added Burge.

Lindsey was the lucky girl chosen to receive a head to toe makeover, and in true Stacey Bendet style, she walked away with a new addition to her wardrobe and a more uplifting self esteem! The 1970’s vintage alice + olivia airstream stayed parked outside Bleu Belle on West Broughton St. for the day, and customers spent the afternoon and night sipping cocktails, playing with a+o products and receiving style tips from the a+o experts themselves.