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ne Shopping Closet Case F Leslie Fincke at her Rockport shop, Francie's Boutique. What's Old is New 92 nshoremag.com January/February 2012 Resale and consignment shops are popping up all over the North Shore. By Jeanne O'Brien Coffey rancie's boutique looks like it's been in Rockport forever. Tucked into a Swiss Chalet-style building, the narrow storefront is all shades of brown, from the brick flooring to the dark walls. Low ceilings with exposed beams give the space an Old World feel that is isn't out of place among the eclectic collection of carefully selected new and used clothes avail- able for sale. "I know it's all wrong from a retail perspective," admits proprietor Leslie Fincke, whose prior retailing career included a stint for Mar- shalls Department Store. "It's like a cave—but I just fell in love with the space." Seems like customers have accepted it, too—on a crisp weekday afternoon, at least a dozen people popped in to browse the racks. Despite the feeling that Francie's Boutique has always been here, the store actually opened in Rockport a little over a year ago, just one of a burgeoning number of resale and consignment shops popping up across the area. In fact, this is Fincke's second location in less than two years. She opened her first Fran- cie's Boutique in April 2010, just 13 months before debuting in Rockport. While upscale used clothing stores have always been around, they are appearing with increasing photographs by fawn deviney