OWNER / BUYER

STACY SMALLWOOD

When I think about my company’s Core Values, I think simply about how I want to show up in my life as a person and how I want to be treated. When owning a business people often think about how they want to be perceived instead of reflecting on how they want to show up for their clients and how they want their clients to feel when they leave the doors.

AUTHENTICITY
Authenticity is not a word often used when describing the core values of a small business let alone a women’s clothing store.  A small business is more than the brick and mortar walls that it inhabits.  It is one person’s careful planning, sleepless nights, bold risks, and willingness to do anything and everything in their power to bring their vision to life to ultimately tell a story.  With Hampden, I wanted to bring designers together that are emerging into fashion and trying to tell their own stories through their art.  Each season I search the world for collections that inspire me, and I hand select each piece that hangs in Hampden.  Each piece has a purpose, a story, a reason for being there and I proudly hang them together as something I have cultivated.

CONNECTION
Connection is at the core of what we do at Hampden.  We have been in the dressing room with women at some of the most vulnerable and the most exciting times in their lives.  We are encouraging them as they learn to dress a new body shape after a double mastectomy, listening to their fears as they get dressed to face a new life without their spouse, and sharing in their excitement as they find a new dress for their daughter’s wedding.  We don’t just help you find a dress, a top, and outfit; but instead we connect with you so we can listen to you, support you, and dress you for those moments in life that are the most important.  We all get dressed in the morning, and we are here to help you feel your most beautiful at each moment in your life.

GRATITUDE
I am grateful for each and every day that I get to do what I love.  I am grateful when women say they have never felt more beautiful when wearing clothing they found at Hampden.  When women say they felt empowered to take on their most difficult day because they felt beautiful.  I am grateful when women trust us to try a new style because they know we would never put them in anything that doesn’t bring out their beauty or their personality.  I am grateful for my incredible team that believes in my vision and do not work on commission to make themselves more money but instead for the best interests of the clients.  I am grateful for my incredible E-commerce team that runs every single aspect of this website in house and is constantly evolving the site to better suit the needs of our clients.

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