BaltimoreBcause Issue #5

Add two more locally-owned businesses to put on your shopping list – Brightside Boutique & Glitter Rat Boss! Before you drop the dough with one of those big-time retailers, check out a local shop – online, safely in person, or on the phone – and support our community.

Buy Baltimore. Because.

Brightside Boutique

Brightside Hampden 915 W 36th St., Baltimore, MD 21211 410-814-0595 Brightside Fells Point 732 S Broadway, Baltimore, MD 21231 410-522-1337 Brightside Federal Hill 1133 S Charles St., Baltimore, Md 21230 410-244-1133 Brightside Annapolis 30 Market Space, Annapolis, Md 21401 443-775-5069 Brightside Shaw 1924 Eighth St. Unit 115, Washington, DC 20001 303-836-4157 Contact: info@shopbrightside.com Website: https://www.shopbrightside.com/

Brightside is a women’s clothing, home, and gift boutique based in Baltimore, with five locations across MD and DC, complete with popular brands such as Levi’s, BDG, Free People, RVCA, and more.

Glitter Rat Boss

https://www.depop.com/glitterratboss/ & https://www.instagram.com/glitterratboss/

Glitter Rat Boss is an upscale Baltimore virtual thrift shop with a “more is more” vibe.

Bought in Baltimore

Lisa Simeone

Writer/radio host


“Vintage Vixen”

Vintage 1950s Suzy Perette dress she bought at The Zone 35 years ago…that she still wears.

“Of all my vintage clothing (tons of it), this is my favorite. It makes me feel like a million bucks.”

Sloane Brown, founder and managing editor of Baltimore Snap
Sloane Brown

Baltimore's longtime fashion and social scene reporter, Sloane is the founder/managing editor of Baltimore Snap.