Several years ago in a small town of Red Bank, New Jersey, was open a fancy boutique for women-CoCo Pari. Elegant and sexy, it has been attracting women from all parts of NY,NJ and Philadelphia for the last 8 years. Who contributes to such a great success of the boutique? The answer is simple: Kimberley Landau and her infinite desire to help each and every woman to feel confident and beautiful. No formulas of success-just her desire to bring joy in other people’s lives.
On a sunny day in the beginning of September, LEADER went to chat with Kimberley Landau, and tell our readers about this goal-oriented, enthusiastic woman and her “paradise spot”-CoCo Pari.
Once you enter CoCo Pari it is as if you visited a small and cordial country, where you are surrounded by joyful, caring and attentive people. The world of fashion and perfections fills up the walls of CoCo Pari, and you surely deserve for at least a couple of hours to feel as if you ere a queen. This is how they celebrate you here! Even if you come with your husband and kids, they will be taken care of, so you could free your mind and enjoy the time.
Along with all this magnificence, gorgeous Kimberley will meet you as if you were her old friend. Beautiful, stylish, sexy, good-natured and confident Kimberley is a woman other women love to love!
Kimberley starts a friendly conversation and invites us over to her office on the second floor. We “Locate” ourselves in the comfy chairs and start chatting.
Kimberley, how did it all start? Dream or just an occurrence? What was ruling the ball?
Dream. Several years ago my husband and I went to Miami, and once at the dinner for some reason I felt bad that NJ does not have this cosmopolitan as on Ocean Av in South Beach, where fancy boutiques, cafes and restaurants stretch down the street. I passionately wanted to bring in some changes into the loves of NJ women, and I got overwhelmed by my dream of creating a boutique for women where they can relax and really take care of themselves, dedicating some time to their own world. Red Bank in my mind was the best place to make my dream come true. I started looking for a space, and to find a space in RB at that time was extremely difficult, especially there were not that many people who believed in the success of my idea. I was ordering clothes for my store, although I really did not have the store yet. The merchandise was delivered to my townhouse, and it was really insane. However, everything came alive. A fairy-tale became reality.
People come from all over to CoCo Pari, different people? Do you have any Russian women?
Absolutely! Those are my favorite clients. Russian Women have so many amazing and rare qualities, that you can say they are the sample of being an ideal woman. The most that amazes me is that they are very strong women and at the same time somehow they are elegant and feminine, and still are very lady-like. They always notable in the crowd, they love life, and take the most out of it! These are stunning people, with out-of-the way personalities. I very much respect and love them.
Thanks for your warm words. In that respect, what do you think is the most rewarding thing for a woman; to be beautiful, be very successful or have a happy marriage?
The most rewarding thing for a woman in my opinion is her relationship with her man. If my home is ok, then I am ok.
Kimberly, you are a very easy-going, sweet and down to earth person. It is amazing! What do you think is the most important quality to have for a person?
Be Simple. The meaning of life is not in money, it is our relationship with significant others, that is what matters the most. Judging other is the same as judging yourself to some extent. No one can know what other person is all about, and what his soul and hear are made of; jealousy, arrogance, composure will never make anyone happy. Kindness, generosity and open heart-that is what I am all about. We all human beings and thinking that I am better than someone else is basically humiliating to me.
You can definitely see that in you, you respect people. Let’s talk about the boutique a bit now. What do you love the most about you paradise spot-Coco Pari?
Atmosphere. We are very different from others, we try to fill the woman’s world with beauty and sincerely help her feel who great and wonderful she is. We are open till midnight, and although it is late time, you always feel life at CoCo Pari, it is always lively in here. I would name our boutique a “fashion amusement park”, this is some kind of place where you learn how to make other people happy, people you don’t really know. We try to bring every woman to a pedestal. No one can deprive any woman a fight to feel beautiful and gorgeous. We even have a so-called “personal club”. Women can call us before they go on vacation and ask for help. We put a whole show together to them, prepare many different outfits and when they come to tell us all they have to do is chose what their heart feels right for them.
Who does the buying of the merchandise?
I do. We never sell the clothes for last seasons. If we have leftovers we put it on sale. We have “sale basement” where we take our leftovers from the last season. I am very meticulous about the merchandise I bring in, and I try to choose things that are original and feminine. I trust my instincts. I don’t buy clothes for Hollywood, I buy clothes for regular women, and I always keep that in mind, but I buy clothes that definitely makes my clients feel as they were celebrities. I get a lot of phone calls from different designers, but if I don’t feel their collection is a perfect fit for my clients I would politely decline the offers. I love fashion. This is my passion!
What would you say to our readers?
To the Russian women: first I wish them to stay as they are-inimitable, strong and feminine. Patience and good luck in everything you do. To Russian men: stay as generous as you are, as your women deserve special attention from you. Stay generous not only in terms of how much you spend on your women, but be generous with feelings and take care of your lovely ladies. They definitely deserve all the love from you!
We wish you all the best as well, lots of luck in your business and peace and happiness in your home. Stay as you are: beautiful, stylish, warm, responsive and kind.
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