Clair de Lune, a Johnson County lingerie boutique that closed earlier this year, is back up and running in a new location and under new ownership.
Catch up quick: The store, which closed this past spring after more than 17 years in business at Overland Park’s Hawthorne Plaza shopping center, reopened this month at Leawood’s Park Place.
Where exactly: The store is now open on the south end of the pedestrian shopping center, 5285 W. 116th Place, neighboring Moshiri Jewelry and Outta the Blue coffee shop.
- The new Clair de Lune is open from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., Wednesday through Saturday, and from 12 p.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday.
How it came back: Natalie Thayer was a customer of Clair de Lune’s for years, and when the store’s original owners announced its closure in April, she said she was sad to see it go.
- Thayer said she’s always wanted to run a store like Clair de Lune, so she reached out to former owners Clair Keizer and Terry Levine to ask if it was for sale and was surprised to hear that it was.
- The store carries a range of lingerie and bras in many different sizes, from European styles to nursing and bridal merchandise.
Key quote: “If I could do anything, I would run a lingerie store like Clair de Lune, but (Johnson County) already had that market,” she said. “So when (my husband) told me that they’d closed, he reminded me that this could be an opportunity.”
Looking forward at new Clair de Lune
Since it reopened, Thayer said customers who used to shop at Clair de Lune in Overland Park have been excited to see it return just in time for Christmas.
- Thayer said the new Clair de Lune will have the same size and sense of inclusivity that it had before — and if a customer is looking for a specific size they don’t carry, she said they will seek it out from other vendors.
- She added that the store will also sell items catering to the transgender community, including binders.
In her own words: “If somebody comes in looking for something specific, they’re probably not the only one,” she said. “I want to help people get that confidence that you get from walking into a store and knowing not only that they have it, but that you also have options.”
