Fantazi Fashion has loads of hats.

Fantazi Fashion has loads of hats. Deborah Belgum

RETAIL ON THE MOVE

Long-Established Dress Store Moving from Cooper Design Building

— After 25 years in the same space, Fantazi Fashions is moving out of the ground floor of the Cooper Design Space building in the heart of the Fashion District.

Starting May 1, the venerable dress shop that also sells church-lady suits with matching hats, is moving from 860 S. Los Angeles St. to 834 S. Los Angeles St. to a 2,000-square-foot space that is about the same size as its current location.

Kamry, a Fantazi Fashions salesman who didn't want to give his last name, said the move was to attract more customers. "This area is mostly showrooms now," he said. The store's new location will be closer to other clothing stores that sell men's suits and women's shoes.

Fantazi Fashions has an incredible selection of ladies' hats, almost something from a bygone era. It also has a wide variety of sizes, ranging from a 4 to a 36. So far, no one is scheduled to move into this prime retail space.