Mint Julep
About
Mint Julep is a women’s clothing boutique in Harvard Square with a sister shop in Brookline’s Coolidge Corner. It describes itself as funky and charming, and its racks hold a carefully edited mix of dresses, jumpsuits, sweaters, denim and jackets from U.S. and European designers, alongside jewelry, handbags, scarves and other accessories. Collections span a range of price points and ages, with labels such as Tibi, Orla Kiely, Milly, Nanette Lepore and Citizens of Humanity.
Friends Brooke Garber and Stephanie Nist, who met on a junior high school bus in rural Vermont, left corporate jobs in advertising and retail analysis to open the first shop in Brookline in July 2004, adding Cambridge in 2006. They later ran stores in Manhattan for several years before returning to Boston full time in 2014. Staff are known for helping customers put together looks for any occasion, and the owners count many longtime customers as friends.
What to Know
- The shop has been named to Best of Boston lists by Boston Magazine and the Improper Bostonian.
- It has appeared on TLC’s What Not to Wear and MTV’s Made.
- Gift certificates are available, and the store also sells online.
- Local designer Jo Jo Jewelry is among the jewelry lines carried.
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