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Celebrities Mobile BoutiqueBronx resident Nneka Green-Ingram is taking advantage of New York’s booming <a href="http://inhabitat.com/nyc/free-fruit-fridays-go-healthy-new-yorks-food-truck-offers-free-fresh-produce/">truck storefront</a> frenzy, but instead of selling food, she’s serving up style on a platter. Having transformed an old Cheetos delivery truck into a mobile clothing store called Celebrities Mobile Boutique, Green-Ingram is providing the Harlem community with <a href="http://inhabitat.com/nyc/event/launch-of-afias-premier-collection/" target="_blank">fashion</a> on wheels. So far, the response she’s received from local shoppers has been positive.1
NYC Mobile Fashion BoutiqueThe boutique -- which sits on the highly trafficked <a href="http://inhabitat.com/nyc/affordable-sugar-hill-housing-complex-aims-to-be-a-model-of-urban-renewal-in-harlem/">125th Street</a> between Lenox Avenue and Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard Thursdays through Saturdays -- offers an array of trendy costume jewelry, accessories, apparel and a small section of mens items.2
NYC Mobile Fashion BoutiqueWhile not your typical entry into the fashion industry, Green-Ingram, a current MTA employee, vended costume jewelry on 125th street before realizing she could mobilize her business in a safer and <a href="http://inhabitat.com/nyc/new-report-shows-how-nyc-could-cut-a-whopping-90-of-emissions-by-2050/">warmer environment</a>3
NYC Mobile Fashion BoutiqueThe boutique sits on the highly trafficked <a href="http://inhabitat.com/nyc/affordable-sugar-hill-housing-complex-aims-to-be-a-model-of-urban-renewal-in-harlem/">125th Street</a> between Lenox Avenue and Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard Thursdays through Saturdays from 11am to 7pm.4
NYC Mobile Fashion BoutiqueGreen-Ingram purchased the truck for $9,000 from a dealer in <a href="http://inhabitat.com/nyc/amtraks-proposes-high-speed-rail-to-take-riders-from-ny-to-philly-in-37-minutes/">Philadelphia</a> and enlisted the help of her husband and his friend who installed the boutique’s shelves and wooden floors.5
NYC Mobile Fashion BoutiqueIn addition to offering trendy accessories and apparel, the mobile fashion boutique also offers mens items. Customers also have the ability to try clothes on in a small fitting room.6
NYC Mobile Fashion BoutiqueItems in the mobile boutique range from a pair of gloves for $5 to a large metal necklace for $35.7
NYC Mobile Fashion Boutique"I would love to become a household name," Green-Ingram said to <a href="http://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20130221/central-harlem/city-bus-driver-runs-mobile-fashion-boutique-out-of-truck-on-125th-street">DNAinfo</a>, "so I can be an inspiration to others that they can accomplish their goals."8








