Winter 2014
Best Sellers in Philadelphia, PA By Reecy Pontiff

Hello World

Hello-World1-copyJ. Lamancuso, Owner; Hannah Cooley, Manager
www.shophelloworld.com

“If I want to [just] see beautiful objects I can go to a museum,” says Hello World owner J. Lamancuso, who was often frustrated by the high prices he found at gift shops during his many travels. Affordability was paramount when he finally opened his own store.

“I like to shop so it seemed a natural choice to own a store,” Lamancuso says. His master’s degree in textiles from the Tyler School of Art got the ball rolling. “Textiles got me into home interiors,” Lamanusco says, who enjoys the “creative aspect” of designing a store.

Lamanusco owns two other shops in the high-end Rittenhouse Square area of Philadelphia: Hello Home, an interior décor store and Industry, and an accessory-based gift shop.

Best Sellers
Overall Leather wallets and bags by mywalit; Big zipper bags by Baggallini; Map prints by Cavallini; Whisky Stones by Teroforma
Baby Bath squirties by Elegant Baby
Jewelry Silver and gold LOVE necklaces by Tashi Trading Company; Watches by TOKYObay; Ring holders by umbra garden
Stationery Desk calendars by Cavallini

Reecy Pontiff

Reecy Pontiff is a freelance gypsy journalist who roves the globe in search of the strange and unusual, writing for such illustrious publications as the Philipsburg Mail and Black Rock Beacon. Her blog is at reecypontiff.blogspot.com.




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