Photo by Fulton Davenport: PWL Studio
After all these years, Tootsies remains on Westheimer, but in a new location at West Ave. Here's an inside view of the store.
Photo by Clifford Pugh
Throughout his long fashion career, Mickey Rosmarin has never strayed off of Westheimer. He launched Tootsies as a hippie clothing store on lower Westheimer in the early '70s, and moved to Highland Village in the '80s with a store aimed at the upscale fashion conscious woman. After a quarter-century there, he relocated Tootsies to plush new digs at West Ave, the mixed-use complex at the corner of Westheimer and Kirby, last week. "It's been a long haul but it's been worth it," said Rosmarin, who took the move as an opportunity to design a store that he and his customers might like to live in. As the venerable high fashion store opened in its new location just as the winter storm hit, CultureMap took a peek inside.
