After food trucks, fashion hits the road in the US

Mobile fashion: Curvy Chix Chariot owner Donna Hundley (right) takes customer Miranda Gillis on a tour of her truck in Washington. Hundley and her fashion truck are part of a growing number of 'rolling' boutiques in the United States. - Photos by AFP

Fashion is now a business on the move in the United States.

At about noon on a square in Arlington, Virginia, food trucks line up, offering soups and sandwiches to the lunchtime crowd. Lia Lee’s truck is there, too – but she’s selling dresses and jewellery.