In downtown San Bernardino, where small businesses continue to shape the city’s uneven but visible revival, Three Little Blue Bryds has built more than a boutique, it’s truly an amenity for the couture loving fashionistas in the community.
The shop, co-founded by Tia Lynn Johnson and Erica Jorden, serves as a fashion destination, community gathering space and small-business training site — a role the owners say grew out of family inspiration, personal sacrifice and a deeply hands-on vision.
Johnson said the idea began with her longtime desire to reopen a boutique after previously owning one in Las Vegas. In April 2024, that opportunity resurfaced when she was offered a 1,700-square-foot downtown space after sharing her dream with a local property owner. When her original plan to open the business with her sister fell through, she called Jorden…