Iva Style Boutique — Local services in San Antonio

Today my friend and I stopped at the Alley on Bitters (formerly named Artisans Alley) to try out the Bread Box and afterwards we happened upon Iva Style. What a wonderful and unique shopping experience! The staff was so personable (without being intimidating or intrusive) from the minute we walked in. It felt like we had been friends forever. Our four young boys were with us and they were treated like family too. The sweet sales person stooped down to eye level to my youngest (age 3) and gently took the time to explain to him ‘why’ he should not touch the guitar that was propped against the wall (not just admonishing him for touching it - good teachable moment done with love and respect). Then she followed that up by giving him (and the other kids) a coloring book! What a darling thing to do! The store was covered in unique artwork, jewelry, accessories and finds you don’t see in other places. I enjoy a colorful whimsical aesthetic, it was like walking into HAPPY LAND! And oh! my! gosh! The baby & children’s clothes are to die for! What a perfect place to come for a gift! We learned about some new womens athleisure & womens clothing items she has in the works. I will be absolutely be back to check them out. They do carry an extensive collection of Meileg dollhouse items. This makes me wish I was 5 again. Our little ones were in wonder (as I was) taking in the experience of the store, but were very careful to look and not disturb. I know it’s so difficult to keep a boutique going in this day and age were people want to buy everything online, but what would we do if we didn’t get to actually see and enjoy these treasures in person any more? What fun would life be then? I think it’s important to visit your local businesses and help out where you can. We learned Iva Style is also a woman owned business, and I commend her for making it through Covid. Hopefully the rest of the Artisans Alley will soon come back to life. It does look like its had a few hits but WE all carry some economic power to help bring these fun places back to their former glory. Its a perfect place to go have a girls day (my husband enjoys too) without having to drive all the way to Boerne or Fredericksburg. They have a wine bar where you can get a charcuterie board some other shops that are truly gems, like a balloon specialty shop! Definitely check out The...

Please don’t give your money to this shop. My family & I were treated with such disrespect and harshness. If you notice from the pictures of the shop, a large number of the items are gifts & toys for young children & toddlers. Since the moment we went in, the only lady working there kept rudely following us and eyeing my toddler telling us to be careful. I understand you need to protect inventory, but it was done with zero tact-fullness or professionalism. On top of that, there’s a section of the store strictly devoted to toddlers and children (literally doll houses, toys, etc) and she was hovering over us the ENTIRE time telling me how expensive those toys were and that they were imported from Denmark and she wanted us to stay away from that area due to our daughter. By the way, how do you sell those items if the actual clientele that it’s targeted for, children, can’t even touch them? I finally said look I guess we will just leave your store. I couldn’t help but feel like I was in the movie pretty woman- only in a small overpriced gift shop. Also I can’t help but wonder if she thought our Hispanic ethnicity placed us beneath her beloved items for sale. I highly suspect that she is either the owner herself or has a connection to the owner. Similar reviews state similar behavior from her a while back and it’s clear she still works here and is allowed to get away with this awful behavior and...

Me and my wife had just finished eating at one of the restaurants, and wanted to walk around and see the stores. The cashier at this store was a very rude. My wife was recording a small, 5 second video of the store for her small social media account and the lady told my wife she could only post the video as long as she put the store’s name to give credit. To be honest, we felt a bit disrespected by her attitude and tone, as customers, to have the cashier tell us that. We were going into your store because we were interested in the shop and items for sale not to just make a quick video and leave. We were both not happy with the cashier’s attitude and left immediately, probably won’t come back ever again either because of how the cashier was trying to convince us to buy a sweater by yelling across the store to my wife that had made nice...