I noticed yesterday afternoon that the windows at Au Moda in the South Campus Gateway have gone dark and the store appears to have been closed and emptied out already. Au Moda was a men’s and women’s fashion boutique that opened in April 2007 and was started by OSU grads Heather Wang and Joseph Chen.
Chen stated that the high rent coupled with the slow summers on campus caused them to close up shop. It sounds like his entreprenuerial spirit has not been crushed though. He is already working on his next venture, which we will provide more details on soon.