Winnipeg consignment store owner Allyson Linklater is a woman who understands the concept of redemption and now delivers it to women across the city in a new way.

Redeemed The Consignment Place is a consignment store located on Academy Road in Winnipeg that carries women's clothing for sizes "little to extra luscious," in the words of Linklater.

"We take mid- to high-end garments, everything from Gap to Gucci," said Linklater, whose store boasts every style from vintage to prep to funky and everything in between. "We just take the best of the best for our ladies.

An assortment of jewellery, sunglasses, shoes, hats, and other accessories can be found in addition to the clothing sold at Redeemed, perfect to create or complete any outfit.

"We can dress pretty much anybody," Linklater explained. Clothes at Redeemed range from size 00 to XXXXL and shoes from size five to 12, striving to make every woman who walks through their doors feel comfortable in her own skin (and a fashionable new piece of attire.)

"We also have pretty much everything that sparkles here," the owner chuckled. "It's for that lady who likes something beautiful, special, and affordable."

Redeemed, though not part of her original plan, is a green and sustainable clothing option for more than just its customers. Thanks to generous consigners and various stores that bring new stock to fill Linklater's clothing racks, the owner regularly is able to donate accessories and articles of clothing to non-profit organizations within the city.

The Up Shoppe on Selkirk Avenue is one of the places Linklater will frequently send clothing, a gently used clothing boutique that provides employment skills to local women as a program of the North End Women's Centre. All sales revenues are put towards further women's programming with the organization.

The Charis Centre and Red River College's Language Training Centre are also organizations Linklater has blessed with clothing items and accessories.

Sharing blessings with others is a simple way that Linklater lives out her store's name, which came as an inspiration from God.

"I was living in Stony Mountain and I heard a speaker at a retreat at Camp Arnes," says Linklater. The speaker owned a store called Hidden Treasures.

"I was needing to start all over again," Linklater explained, "and the hidden treasures were actually the ladies."

The lady inspired Linklater with both her look, journey, and her message of hope. "I thought, I could do that. But I had no anything (sic)."

After selling her land and assets, Linklater "started all over again."

With her dream of a local clothing shop coming to fruition, the owner says she wanted to initially call her store something cute and fun, but God convicted her, calling her towards the name she eventually chose for her establishment, Redeemed, which has its roots in the book of Isaiah.

"It means something that has value; people that have value, things that have value... and they can be repurposed, reused, redeemed."