After the fall of 2001, the winter of 2002 was a mournful time in Manhattan. Looking for diverting stories to nourish her readers, Amy M. Spindler, pioneering style editor of the New York Times Magazine, asked her editors and contributors to write about what they thought were the best fashion moments ever. I didn’t hesitate. …
View MoreAndrew Mukamal of Today’s Look shares his well-heeled BG Story. Bergdorf Goodman holds a tight place in my heart… I come here more than even my friends who work here… I thought about this for a while and I keep going back to one, of course, that takes place in the Shoe Salon. You guys know Mama …
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It was 2006, November going on to December; my very first winter in New York. Trees were balding in Central Park, and the air froze your lungs when you inhaled too fast. Fall was long gone. I stepped out of my apartment at exactly 10pm on a Thursday night. Geared up with a pair of …
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In 1981, we did a show for Fendi furs at the Pulitzer Fountain, where we turned the fountain into a runway. There was a drought in New York that year, and the fountain wasn’t working. The city wasn’t in such great shape back then, and they didn’t want to have the water running. View More
Photo: Christian Louboutin
I will never forget my first semester at LIM College, sitting in Fashion Forecasting class, obsessing over Professor Goldfine’s obsession with Bergdorf Goodman. View More
I was doing a trunk show here at Bergdorfs. I was probably 22, 23. Shoulder length blonde hair. Full Peter Frampton insanity. And I looked out of the corner of my eye and I saw this very glamorous woman come walking through the third floor of the store in a marabou slipper, a chiffon caftan, …
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Scatter My Ashes at Bergdorf Goodman, an anthology of personal recollections from notable designers, celebrities, writers and employees. Here are some highlights from inside the walls of BG.
Photos courtesy of the Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation
Are corporations people? We’ll leave that argument to the politicians. But we’re sure corporations have personalities. Personality is how fashion companies attract customers, and advertising is one way to express that personality clearly. Bergdorf Goodman’s personality comes through in its personnel and its fashion viewpoint. But the ads tell the story too, and they tell it first. In fashion you can’t rest on your laurels. It’s all about change. Your buyers had better be right, and your ads had better tell the story with style. View More
Lida Turek is ninety years old. She lives in the Bronx, New York. She worked at Bergdorf Goodman as a fitter from 1957 until 2001. The story of the grand chandelier that hangs in the rotunda by the East 58th Street entrance is also her story: View More
