Willits Moon Lady

About Moon Lady

Marie Blancas,

is the owner of Moon Lady boutique in downtown Willits, California. She was bitten by the fashion bug in 1966 at the early age of fourteen when she began designing and sewing her own wardrobe. Fashion of her liking was not available in her small size.

Marie's first job in the retail apparel world was at Penelope's, a boutique in Fresno, California. Attendance at her first buying show in Los Angeles was all it took too send her on the fashion path for the next forty years.

In the early 1970s, Marie worked for a chain of shoe and clothing boutiques and at the age of 22, she earned the position as manager of Mandel's in its Fresno store.

Marie's own store, Moon Lady, was born in 1975 with the financial and emotional support of Edward and Teresa Bruno. She is eternally grateful to them. The first three Moon Lady stores in the Tower District in Fresno provided an opportunity for Marie to try her hand at design, manufacturing and marketing. The Moon Lady clothing line was marketed from the Mississippi river to the Hawaiian Islands. By the early 1980s, Marie had also begun importing clothing from Bali and Thailand.

In 1992, Marie moved to Mendocino County, Northern California and opened the first of three successive Moon Lady boutiques in downtown Willits. Outgrowing the first two spaces, the current store has been thriving for the past five plus years. It is located at 100 South Main Street.


	About Moon Lady Marie Blancas, is the owner of Moon Lady boutique in downtown Willits, California. She was bitten by the fashion bug in 1966 at the early age of fourteen when she began designing and sewing her own wardrobe. Fashion of her liking was not available in her small size. Marie's first job in the retail apparel world was at Penelope's, a boutique in Fresno, California. Attendance at her first buying show in Los Angeles was all it took too send her on the fashion path for the next forty years. In the early 1970s, Marie worked for a chain of shoe and clothing boutiques and at the age of 22, she earned the position as manager of Mandel's in its Fresno store. Marie's own store, Moon Lady, was born in 1975 with the financial and emotional support of Edward and Teresa Bruno. She is eternally grateful to them. The first three Moon Lady stores in the Tower District in Fresno provided an opportunity for Marie to try her hand at design, manufacturing and marketing. The Moon Lady clothing line was marketed from the Mississippi river to the Hawaiian Islands. By the early 1980s, Marie had also begun importing clothing from Bali and Thailand. In 1992, Marie moved to Mendocino County, Northern California and opened the first of three successive Moon Lady boutiques in downtown Willits. Outgrowing the first two spaces, the current store has been thriving for the past five plus years. It is located at 100 South Main Street.
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