Globally produced fashion and housewares have revamped an unlikely space: THE LOTUS SHOP at the Crow Collection of Asian Art. Managing consultant Dean Driver, who has a background in luxury marketing, recently reformulated the compact, 350-square-foot boutique near the museum's entrance.

"I've been traveling the world, to Paris, Frankfurt ... to try to find things that no one else has in Dallas – or the U.S.," says Driver. Scores include embroidered clothing from Abraham & Thakore, a New Delhi line with a Singapore-born designer; Red Flower organic perfumes and bath products; and Vietnamese Ekobo spun-bamboo bowls (one recently went home with Fashionista Heidi Dillon, Driver reports).

Porcelain tableware by Mumbai-born designer Jacqueline Cambata is another find. Inspired by India's Mughal Empire, Cambata's Shangri-La and Elephant Shantih collections are crafted in Limoges, France, with a portion of proceeds benefiting women's microfinance groups in India.

Kids' items include Lucky Wang

kimonos and Yesterday's News colored pencils fashioned from copies of Beijing People's Daily.

"We started from scratch, basically," Driver says. "I just saw the need for a neat boutique that still keeps our ties to Asian culture and the arts."

Lotus Shop at the Crow Collection of Asian Art, 2010 Flora St., crowcollection.org. Open Tuesday through Sunday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and until 9 p.m. Thursdays.

Jessica Elliott