Teenage entrepreneur opens Monhegans Boutique in New Albany

DESK. ALL RIGHT MO, THANK YOU. A CLOTHING STORE IN NEW ALBANY IS CELEBRATING ITS GRAND OPENING THIS WEEKEND. THAT’S RIGHT. IT’S CALLED MONHEGAN’S AND IT IS OWNED BY A WOMAN PURSUING A DREAM THAT HAS CAUGHT HER TO FORGO COLLEGE AND GO STRAIGHT INTO FASHION. OUT OF HIGH SCORE. SAM CARTER IS LIVE IN NEW ALBANY WITH MORE FROM THAT YOUNG STORE OWNER. YEAH, KEVIN GARNETT DID IT. LEBRON JAMES DID IT. WHY CAN’T RACHEL DO IT? WE’RE IN HER REALLY BEAUTIFUL RETAIL STORE RIGHT HERE ON PEARL STREET IN NEW ALBANY. IT IS, AS YOU GUYS SAID, MONHEGAN’S RACHEL’S HERE. SHE’S ROCKING A NEW LOOK FOR US TODAY. UM, MONHEGAN. TELL US, FIRST OF ALL, WHAT YOU’RE WEARING BECAUSE IT’S REALLY, REALLY NEAT. UM, THIS IS A DRESS FROM MY STORE. IT IS RIGHT HERE. UM, IT IS THIS CROCHET HUNTER GREEN KNITTED DRESS, AND IT IS A MAXI DRESS. IT COULD BE A MIDI DRESS, TOO. AND IT HAS THIS KNOT RIGHT HERE. AND IT CAN BE STRAPLESS OR HALTER. I LOVE THAT. AND A MOST, IF NOT ALL OF YOUR STUFF. HERE IS YOUR OWN PRIVATE LABEL, RIGHT? TALK TO ME ABOUT THE KIND OF LEARNING CURVE ON MAKING THAT HAPPEN. THERE’S WHOLESALERS INVOLVED. THERE’S THERE’S A TON OF STUFF THAT PEOPLE DON’T REALLY KNOW. AND YOU’RE 19 AND YOU FIGURED THIS OUT. UM, I JUST DID A LOT OF RESEARCH ON HOW TO FIND WHOLESALERS, AND I JUST DID ALL I COULD TO FIND OUT, UM, DIFFERENT PLATFORMS ON HOW TO FIND WHOLESALERS AND THEN FROM THERE, YOU KIND OF CREATE RELATIONSHIPS WITH THEM, AND YOU’VE KIND OF FIGURED OUT HOW TO MANUFACTURE YOUR OWN CLOTHES, TOO. I WAS FIGURING OUT HOW TO USE THE DRYER WHEN I WAS 19. AND GUYS, LET’S MOVE OVER TO SIMON HERE QUICKLY. RACHEL, WHAT IS SIMON WEARING? AND YOU GUYS ARE DRESSED KIND OF FOR SUMMER ONCE YOU SAY WHAT HE’S WEARING, GIVE ME AN EVENT THAT YOU GUYS COULD GO TO DRESSED LIKE THIS. BECAUSE YOU GUYS LOOK, SIMON LOOKS GOOD. YEAH. HE DOES. THIS IS A MINT GREEN, SUPER PRETTY COLOR FOR MEN’S SHIRT. UM, IT IS A COTTON BREATHABLE DRESS SHIRT. AND SAME WITH THE SHORTS. THERE ARE SIX INCH INSEAM CHINO STYLE. LIKE DRESSY SHORT. THEY CAN BE DRESSED UP OR DOWN. AND I WOULD DEFINITELY PAIR US TOGETHER AS A COUPLE’S OUTFIT TO GO TO DINNER IN THE SUMMER. BEACH PICTURES GO OUT WITH FRIENDS, ALL KINDS OF PICTURES. THAT’S A THING. NOW PEOPLE GO OUT FOR PICTURES. I DIDN’T KNOW THAT. UM, RACHEL, THIS IS SUCH A COOL THING. WHAT HAS BEEN THE KIND OF STEEP LEARNING CURVE SINCE YOU’VE OPENED THE RETAIL SPACE? UM, I WOULD SAY, I DON’T KNOW, LEARNING CURVE, PERHAPS. MAYBE WITH MY POP UP SHOPS. IT WAS. I WAS KIND OF USED TO DEALING WITH CUSTOMERS COMING IN AND OUT, BUT MAYBE JUST GETTING USED TO COMING HERE EVERY DAY. IT’S LIKE YOU HAVE TO BE HERE, YOU KNOW? AND, UM, AND KIND OF WHEN OTHER PEOPLE WORK HERE, IT’S KIND OF LIKE, I WANT EVERYTHING TO BE A CERTAIN WAY. AND IT’S JUST, YOU KNOW, MAYBE, MAYBE THE LEARNING CURVE IS BEING A BOSS. YOU KNOW, I’VE NEVER BEEN A BOSS BEFORE. THAT’S INTERESTING. YEAH. UH, AND BEHIND EVERY GREAT WOMAN IS A VERY TALL MAN. SIMON. HERE. SIMON, DO YOU EVER HAVE TO, LIKE, SLOW HER DOWN? DO YOU EVER HAVE TO GO? RELAX. WE’LL FIGURE THIS OUT. YEAH? YEAH. MAYBE EVER DAY EVEN. BUT SHE’S VERY. SHE’S GOT A LOT ON HER PLATE, AND I JUST TRY TO BE THERE FOR HER ANYWAY, IT’S PRETTY NEAT TO SEE THIS WHOLE THING GO, ISN’T IT? YEAH IT IS. SHE DOES A GREAT JOB AND THE WAY SHE’S ABLE TO KEEP EVERYTHING TOGETHER IS REALLY IMPRESSIVE. SO COOL GUYS, SO COOL. THE NEW POWER COUPLE OF NEW ALBANY, SIMON AND RACHEL. OBVIOUSLY THAT’S WHO I’M TALKING ABOUT. I LIVE IN IN LOUISVILLE. SO ANYWAY, I’M JUST JOKING AROUND. GUYS. WE ARE GOING TO BE HERE THE REST OF THE MORNING A TON AFTER CBS MORNINGS. CAN’T WAIT TO SHOW YOU THAT THAT THAT’S PRETTY KILLER, DON’T YOU THINK? I LISTEN ALL THE HATS ON THE TABLE I WAS ADMIRING. I THINK THEY’RE GREAT. I DID TRY TO LOOK THEM UP ON THE WEBSITE, SO I DIDN’T SEE HIM ASK HER HOW MUCH THEY ARE, SHOOT ME A TEXT. I DIDN’T SEE THE HAT ON THE WEBSITE. THE HATS NOT ON THE WEBSITE. RACHEL, YOU GET IT ON WEBSITE. WE’RE GONNA GET THE HATS ON THE WEBSITE. YEAH, I DON’T KNOW WHEN, BUT WE’RE GONNA GET THE HATS OF THAT. SAM. THEY’RE VERY EXCLUSIVE, AREN’T THEY, THOUGH? THEY’RE BEAUTIFUL. THERE’S A VARIETY OF COLORS, AND I LIKE IT. I LIKE MATT, YOU COULD MAYBE ROCK ONE OF THOSE. YO