Shops "Pop-Up" in Edgartown

While many traditional Martha's Vineyard stores have yet to reopen for the 2013 getting-and-spending season, "pop-up shops" have begun appearing on the scene.

These temporary retail operations, often lasting just a day or a weekend, have been popular in major cities for several years now, sometimes drawing long lines of shoppers eager to take advantage of limited-time sales.

In Edgartown, the In the Pink Lilly Pulitzer store held a pop-up opening during the St. Patrick's Day festivities March 17, offering a limited-edition handbag.

And this weekend, L'etoile restaurant on North Water Street becomes Stuff We Love, a popup boutique with "new and almost new, one of a kind furniture, clothing, shoes, jewelry, purses, linens and so much more," says organizer Nevette Previd in her Patch event listing.

The goods will be available at "prices that you would never find in a retail store but not yard sale prices either," Previd says.

The shop will be open Friday and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at 22 North Water St., Edgartown. A Thursday evening opening is by invitation only, Previd says.

For more information: nevetteinfo@­gmail.­com.

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