# Velvet Horizon Boutique

[Velvet Horizon Boutique](https://apparel-boutique.mock.shop/llms.txt) is a [mock.shop](https://www.mock.shop/) sample store for building against a fashion boutique with clothing, handbags, and jewelry sold as single-variant items before a real Shopify store is ready. The catalog includes dresses, tops, coats, belts, handbags, and jewelry. There are 60 products across five collections. Each of the 60 products has one Default Title variant, so product pages don’t need a size or color selection step.

mock.shop is an auth-free Shopify Storefront GraphQL API backed by sample reference stores. Find out more about [mock.shop sample stores](https://www.shopify.com/blog/mock-shop).

## When to use this store

Choose Velvet Horizon Boutique when you want to build a clothing and accessories boutique with a broad range to browse and simple product pages without option selectors.

Use Velvet Horizon Boutique for:

- A fashion boutique combining clothing, bags, and jewelry
- Product pages with a direct add-to-cart action and no option selection
- Collection navigation and paginated browsing across 60 products

Choose another mock.shop store if you need clothing with size and color combinations or configurable accessories. Browse <https://mock.shop/llms.txt> to find a store that matches your catalog.

## Example Velvet Horizon Boutique query

Here’s an example GraphQL `POST` request that retrieves options and variant prices for one product from <https://apparel-boutique.mock.shop/api>:

```bash
curl https://apparel-boutique.mock.shop/api \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '{"query":"{ product(handle: \"women-s-relaxed-cotton-dress\") { id title options { name values } variants(first: 20) { pageInfo { hasNextPage } nodes { id title selectedOptions { name value } price { amount currencyCode } compareAtPrice { amount currencyCode } availableForSale } } } }"}'
```

This query retrieves Women's Relaxed Cotton Dress, including option values, variant IDs, selected options, availability, and current and compare-at prices. Use the selected variant’s ID and price when adding it to a cart.

The endpoint doesn't require authentication or an access token. Read <https://apparel-boutique.mock.shop/llms.txt> for catalog details and store-specific instructions.

## What this catalog lets you test

Build a boutique storefront with collection pages, product cards, and a cart that doesn’t require shoppers to select options. The Women’s Relaxed Cotton Dress and Concrete Grey Mesh Dress each have one Default Title variant, as do the other 58 products. Hide that default label instead of turning it into a shopper-facing selector. Five collections give you navigation groups for the 60-product catalog, while 11 products have compare-at prices for building price displays alongside full-price items.

Preview the catalog in a storefront by opening <https://apparel-boutique.hydrogen.mock.shop> in a browser.

![Velvet Horizon Boutique product page for Women's Relaxed Cotton Dress, $45, showing two draped-dress views and a gallery lifestyle photo, single variant selector, and Add to cart button](images/velvet-horizon-boutique-women-s-relaxed-cotton-dress-20260911.webp)

## Build with an AI coding tool

To build a fashion boutique storefront with Velvet Horizon Boutique using Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, Lovable, or another AI assistant, copy the prompt below. It gives the assistant the store domain and directs it to the catalog instructions before it starts writing code.

```text
Build me a Hydrogen storefront using apparel-boutique.mock.shop as the store domain. Setup instructions: apparel-boutique.mock.shop/llms.txt
```

Shopify also provides a [mock.shop starter project](https://github.com/Shopify/mock-shop-starter): a Hydrogen storefront with product pages, collection browsing, and a working cart already connected to mock.shop. You or your AI coding tool can customize this code instead of building those pieces from scratch.

Follow the repository’s setup instructions, then set `PUBLIC_STORE_DOMAIN=apparel-boutique.mock.shop` in `.env` and restart the dev server to use Velvet Horizon Boutique’s catalog. Leave `PUBLIC_STOREFRONT_API_TOKEN` empty; mock.shop doesn’t require a token.

## Move to a real Shopify store

mock.shop uses fictional, read-only catalog data. Cart operations work, and checkout is mocked: no payment is taken and no real order is placed. The Customer Account API isn’t supported.

When you’re ready to launch, point your storefront at a Shopify store and add that store’s public Storefront API token. If you don’t have a Shopify store yet, [start a Shopify free trial](https://www.shopify.com/free-trial) to create one.

Read the [mock.shop developer documentation](https://shopify.dev/docs/storefronts/headless/mock-shop) for setup and migration details.

## Store facts

| | |
|---|---|
| Store handle | `apparel-boutique` |
| Catalog model | Clothing and accessories with single-variant products |
| Products | 60 |
| Collections | 5 |
| Categories | 16 |
| Variants per product | 1 |
| Compare-at prices | 11 products |
| Requires shipping | All products |
| API endpoint | <https://apparel-boutique.mock.shop/api> |
| Store instructions | <https://apparel-boutique.mock.shop/llms.txt> |
| Browser preview | <https://apparel-boutique.hydrogen.mock.shop> |