Henri Bendel is an upscale women's specialty store. It carries women's apparel, fashion accessories, lingerie and loungewear, cosmetics and fragrances, gifts, and gourmet foods. The Columbus-based retail operates only two locations: its New York flagship store, established in 1896, and a second location at Easton Town Center near Columbus, added in 2004. Columbus is the Capital and the largest city of the US state of Ohio. The City of New York Year 1896 ( MDCCCXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Easton Town Center ("Easton" is a large mixed-use center in Columbus Ohio, United States. Columbus is the Capital and the largest city of the US state of Ohio. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again "
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Influence
Bendel encourages new designers through its semi-annual "Open-See" events, at which vendors can present merchandise to buyers on a "first come, first seen" basis. Designers closely associated with the store include Stephen Burrows, Rick Owens, and Diane von Furstenberg. Rick Owens, (born 1962 is an American Fashion designer known for his edgy fashions favored by rock stars and people who like to cultivate an Avant He was even the first person to bring the designs of Coco Chanel over from Paris.
The store is well-known for its signature brown-and-white striped shopping bags and an extensive matching line of cosmetics bags. Its Henri Bendel cashmere and merino wool sweater collections, delivered in variety of styles and colors, are also famous. It regularly features "Girls Night Out" special shopping evenings for charity.
Cole Porter's "You're the Top" mentions Bendel's bonnets.
Ownership
Henri Bendel is owned by Limited Brands based in Columbus. Limited Brands (formerly known as The Limited Inc) is an American apparel company based in Columbus Ohio. Columbus is the Capital and the largest city of the US state of Ohio. The personality most associated with Henri Bendel is Geraldine Stutz, who was its president for twenty-nine years until 1986 when the store was sold to Limited. Geraldine Stutz ( August 5, 1924 &ndash April 8, 2005) was an American retail groundbreaker She introduced the famous "Street of Shops", the boutiques-within-a-specialty-store concept which later gained wide popularity at the store's former location on 57th Street in New York City. 57th Street runs east-west in the New York City borough of Manhattan, from a New York City Department of Sanitation dock on the Hudson River The City of New York
Bendel on Fifth Avenue
Located at 10 West 57th Street for decades, Henri Bendel moved to its current location at 712 Fifth Avenue near 56th Street in 1990. The store is located in two landmark buildings, the Rizzoli Building and Coty Building, and a new five-story building. The company was delighted to discover hidden Lalique windows during the restoration of the existing buildings. The store has four stories plus a lower level, an atrium with balconies, and 35,000 square feet of selling space.
The main floor is home to the Gazebo Shop and many cosmetics brands, most of them in limited distribution. The Gazebo Shop features handbags and Henri Bendel signature accessories. You will also find hair accessories, home fragrance as well as bath and body products. Featured cosmetics brands include Awake, Freeze 24/7, Kevin Aucoin, Laura Mercier, M. A. C, Nars, N. V. Perricone M. D. , Rodan + Fields, Trish McEvoy, Yves Saint Laurent, and, on the mezzanine, Chanel. The store was also one of the first to carry Annick Goutal fragrances.
The second floor houses the store's signature sweater collections, along with the jewelry/cold weather accessories department,sunglasses, small leather goods, fragrance, skin care and the "market" section, which features denim, and casual brands such as James Perse, Splendid, AKA New York, and J Brand.
The third floor features contemporary ready-to-wear collections from designers like Milly, Castle Starr, ISSA, and Tibi, along with designer collections from the likes of Matthew Williamson, Missoni, Peter Som, Michael Kors, Robert Normand and Herve Leger as well as swim wear. Also on the third floor is the now consolidated lingerie department, which used to dominate the entire floor, the third floor also includes a book shop,designer jewelry and handbags and "Alison Nelson's Chocolate Bar", serving sandwiches, soups and salads, wine and beer as well as a host of bars, bon bons and assorted confections. Chocolate Bar was recently awarded 'Best Dessert in New York" by Citysearch and "Best Chocolate Store" by TimeOut New York.
The fourth floor is the home of the Frédéric Fekkai hair salon. Frédéric Fekkai is a French Hairdresser, born in Aix-en-Provence, France, who now lives in New York City.
Concierge
Henri Bendel has a concierge to assist clients, available by calling 1. 800. HBENDEL or visiting the store's Web site at www. henribendel. com.
Locations
Current Locations
- New York, NY: 712 Fifth Avenue
- Columbus, OH: Easton Town Center
Former Locations
- Chestnut Hill, MA: The Atrium Mall
- Chicago, IL: 900 North Michigan Shops
- Columbus, OH: Columbus City Center
- Palm Beach, FL
- Paramus, NJ: Garden State Plaza
- Southampton, New York
- Troy, MI: The Somerset Collection
Trivia
For many years famous for its private brand soap, discontinued in the 1990s, Bendel in recent years introduced a new line of private brand soap and candles. Columbus City Center (known locally as City Center is a nearly vacant, three-level shopping center in Columbus Ohio.
A "Bendel Bonnet" is included in the exuberant catalogue in Cole Porter's "You're the top. "
Bendel is also mentioned in Gossip Girl. Gossip Girl is an American television Teen drama inspired by the popular novel series of the same name written by Cecily von Ziegesar When Jenny Humphrey's mom buys her a pair of used shoes from the thrift store, she says that she can't wear them, as people from her school only shop at Saks and Bendel's. Jennifer Tallulah Humphrey is a main character in both the Gossip Girl and The It Girl novels by Cecily von Ziegesar. A charity shop, second-hand shop ( UK) thrift shop, thrift store, hospice shop ( U Saks Fifth Avenue is an upscale American Department store owned and operated by Saks Fifth Avenue Enterprises (SFAE a subsidiary of Saks Incorporated.
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