Barneys New York
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| Company type | department stores |
|---|---|
| Industry | Retail |
| Founded | 1923 New York City, New York |
| Headquarters | New York City, New York |
| Products | Clothing, footwear, bedding, furniture, jewelry, beauty products, and housewares. |
| Website | http://www.barneys.com/ |
Barneys New York is a chain of specialty department stores. The company began in 1923, when Barney Pressman opened his first store in Manhattan with money he raised by pawning his wife's engagement ring. Even after filing for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy in 1996 and closing its Chelsea location and several outlets across the nation, Barneys has maintained its ability to attract both Upper East Side old guard and downtown's fashion elite. Barneys industrial style Co-op department and stand-alone stores feature edgy, funkier styles and accessories for men and women. Barneys is easily recognized by its brilliant red awnings and imaginative window displays.
Flagship Status
Barneys New York has a criteria regarding the flagship status of it's stores. The main point is the size of the store. The store must be larger than 40,000 sq feet in order to be considered a flagship. The largest store in the chain is the Madison Avenue store, then the second largest in the Beverly Hills store, and the third will be the newly opening Dallas store.
Barneys CO-OP
Barneys CO-OP offers casual apparel and accessories for a younger market in a trendy environment that breaks from the flagship store's refined, upscale atmosphere. CO-OP originally began as a department within the larger Barneys New York stores, but is now a freestanding concept located in several markets throughout the US. CO-OP stores concept range in size from 9,000 to 20,000 square feet (800 to 2000 m²).
Store Locations
Barneys New York
- New York City, New York: Madison Avenue (Flagship)
- Beverly Hills, California: Wilshire Boulevard (Flagship)
- Chicago, Illinois: East Oak Street (Flagship)
- Boston, Massachusetts: Copley Place
- Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts: The Mall at Chestnut Hill (Flagship)
- Dallas, Texas: NorthPark Center (Flagship)
- Las Vegas, Nevada The Venetian (opening Fall 2007)
- Manhasset, New York: Americana Manhasset (Flagship)
- San Francisco, California: Union Square (opening Fall 2007) (Flagship)
- Seattle, Washington: Fifth Avenue (Flagship)
Barneys CO-OP
- Atlanta, Georgia: Phipps Plaza
- Austin, Texas: The Domain (Austin) (opening Spring 2007)
- Chevy Chase, Maryland: Wisconsin Avenue
- Chicago, Illinois: North Halsted Street
- Costa Mesa, California: South Coast Plaza
- Houston, Texas: Houston Galleria
- Los Angeles, California: The Grove (opening Spring 2007)
- Miami, Florida: Miami Beach (Flagship)
- New York City, New York: Chelsea (Flagship)
- New York City, New York: SoHo (Flagship)
- New York City, New York: Upper West Side
- Troy, Michigan: The Somerset Collection (opening Fall 2006)
- White Plains, New York: The Westchester (opening Fall 2006)
- Washington, D.C.: Georgetown
Pop culture references
- In the HBO program Sex and the City the central character, Carrie Bradshaw (Sarah Jessica Parker), haunted the New York City flagship with near-obsessive regularity.
- References in the NYC-set sitcom Will & Grace are a recurring theme of the show. In one episode all protagonists end up at Barneys on sale day. In three episodes, Barneys was featured as the place where character Jack McFarland (Sean Hayes) worked. In two of those episodes, Parker Posey played his boss, Dorleen. In the third, Jack gets hit in the head at work, and, in a dream sequence, Cher gives him career advice.
- In an episode of Seinfeld entitled "The Secretary," character Elaine Benes (Julia Louis-Dreyfus) goes to Barneys to return a dress which did not look as good on her outside the store as it did on her in the store. During her return she tries on another dress, but is not sure if the dress really looks good on her or not and accuses the store of using "skinny mirrors." In order to get an unbiased reflection, she walks out of the store wearing the dress. Later, she is forced to buy the dress because she gets salt stains on it from walking in the snow.
- The Beverly Hills flagship was featured in the 1997 film Romy and Michele's High School Reunion, in a scene where Lisa Kudrow mounts the store's impressive four-story staircase. Such mentions simply add to the store's reputation as the one of the premier luxury goods establishments in the world.