Keys to the Door: Store manager Erin Malstrom. Red, Like My Sole: There are few more revealing status symbols than a flash of crimson from your soles. Since Christian Louboutin opened his first boutique in Paris in 1992, the eminent French designer quickly burgeoned into fashion and society’s go-to shoemaker. Now, loc...

Keys to the Door: Store manager Cheri Schwartz.Of French Heritage: In Façonnable’s new boutique at Galleria Dallas, we suddenly channel Daisy Buchanan, circa 1922, when she’s overwhelmed at the splendor in Jay Gatsby’s closet: We, like her, have never seen such beautiful shirts. We’re swooning a...

Keys to the door: Owner Carrie Schwartzenburg. Stocked goods: For the past decade, Carrie Schwartzenburg ran the Rice Village boutique Raspberry Rose with her mother, Maureen Sweeney. Once mom retired and the fashionable Schwartzenburg hit her stride as a solo entrepreneur, she decided to branch out — across the stree...

Keys to the Door: Owner Jennifer Howell. For Babies With Lavish Leanings: Should you be producing a tiny Carleton Varney or a mini Martha Stewart, his or her nursery must be dolled up with furniture from Night & Day. Owner Jennifer Howell’s new decor venture in Snider Plaza goes swimmingly with Hip! Hip! Hooray...

Keys to the Door: Founders Joan and Bill Martin; store manager Brittney Francois. East Coast Establishment: For New England’s social elite — the so-called Boston Brahmin, whose family trees boast founding fathers and past presidents — there are but a few handbag lines acceptable for toting to lunch at ...