August 16, 2013 The Dispatch/Maryland Coast Dispatch Page 77 the personalized service. We constantly have repeat customers. We see families grow up,” Teresa Hastings said. Teresa Hastings added Paco’s Paradise offers casual shopping at the beach, which is what most people enjoy in this area. “We always have fun music playing, we have a great staff, and there is usually a dog greeting you at the door,” she said of the couple’s three dogs Luna, Emmy and the newest addition of a Labrador retriever puppy, Linen, who John has proclaimed Paco’s Paradise’s new mascot in training. The Hastings also own Krugerrand, a fine jewelry store in the Village of Fenwick that opened in 1976 and specializes in estate and antique jewelry. Most of the jewelry is acquired from antique jewelry dealers or customers. ... Couple Operating Two Village Of Fenwick Stores FROM PAGE 76 shop in the Village of Fenwick and they married in 1983. When Paco’s Paradise first opened, the store offered primarily hand-made women’s clothing. The Hastings take pride in not buying from companies that produce their clothing in factories or “sweat shops.” “Throughout the entire 40 years, we have offered hand-made, very limited production clothing. It is all from what they call the ‘cottage industry’ because it was made in homes,” John Hastings said. “We were our best supplier. We would travel and we were in these people’s homes, we were eating with their children and experiencing the culture.” In the 1990s, the Hastings stopped importing clothing from Mexico and started importing their own private line, appropriately called Paco’s Paradise, from Bali and Indonesia. “We did that until 2007 and now we have been out of the import business for five to six years, but it was a great career and we got to see the world,” John Hastings said. Currently, the Hastings buy for Paco’s Paradise from friends who remain in the importing business or from fashion trade shows. “We buy from people we met traveling the world,” he said. This weekend, the couple will travel to a trade show in Las Vegas to buy for February, March and April next year from companies predominantly producing from offshore in foreign countries and need a sixmonth lead time. The Hastings will return in February to buy from domestic companies. Is the last 10 years, the biggest change at Paco’s Paradise has been the growth in the accessories department, such as handbags, scarves and costume jewelry that now make up at least 40 percent of the store’s business. “We go with the times … what is most unique about our store is it’s not like the typical department store shopping experience. It is a small boutique, more personalized service. 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