ASHEVILLE, N.C. (828newsNOW) — Located just outside of Biltmore Village in South Asheville, Boutique Royale offers lingerie, adult toys and novelty items to people of all shapes, sizes and sexualities. For owners Patrick Kennedy and Katie Collins, a married couple, creating a safe, inclusive space for their community was priority number one.
Kennedy said that the biggest thing he wanted to bring to his shop was a bright, welcoming atmosphere.
“Having worked at a previous business that had movies and magazines, that was the part of that business that drew in more of the weird, kind of creepy element that people are scared of when you mention this type of business,” Kennedy explain. “I don’t want to do that. I just want to have the lingerie and I want to have the novelties and just have a nicer, cleaner, friendlier atmosphere that isn’t going to weird people out, that’s going to be friendly and welcoming.”…