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Sakowitz was a men's clothing store which grew into a small chain of family-owned high-end department stores based in Houston, Texas.It operated from 1902 until 1990. Sakowitz was responsible for launching many of the now-famous European fashion designers in America - among them Andre' Courreges, Yves St. Laurent Rive Gauche, Zandra Rhoades, Givenchy, and Erminegildo
Lynn Wyatt (née Sakowitz; born July 16, 1935) [1] is a Houston socialite, philanthropist and third-generation Texan. Her grandfather and great-uncle started the Sakowitz Department Store chain. Her grandfather and great-uncle started the Sakowitz Department Store chain.
Sakowitz previously held a number of positions with the Department of Defense and U.S. Army, the last four as an SES member. 2008–2010, (SES) Director and Chief Executive Officer of Defense Commissary Agency [1] [2] 2006–2008, (SES) Executive Director, United States Army Installation Management Command, Arlington, Virginia.
A 2007 Texas Monthly magazine article called Wyatt the real "J. R. Ewing" of the Oil Business and described Oscar and his fourth [8] wife Lynn Sakowitz, a fixture of Houston social, fashion together as the beauty and the beast. [9] Known as a shrewd businessman, Wyatt was both beloved and hated, litigious and charitable.
Sakowitz was an original tenant of Midland Park Mall, closing in 1982. [4] In 2003, the mall changed managers to one who had previously managed Dadeland Mall in Miami, Florida. [5] Gap closed in 2009, [6] although Vanity (which closed in 2017) and a food court tenant opened. [7] Other expansions included Charlotte Russe, Zumiez, and Ulta. [8]
SFA was the fourth department store to open in the Uptown or Post Oak area, following Sakowitz, Joske's, Neiman Marcus. Construction began in 1973 and the 240,000 sq ft (22,000 m 2) Saks store and its Center of Fashion opened in 1974 with a 35-year lease through 2008. [1]
Salkowitz at the 2021 San Diego Comic-Con.. Robert Louis Salkowitz (born April 28, 1967, Philadelphia, PA) is an author, educator and consultant whose work focuses on the social and business impact of technology innovation.
Sakowicz was born in Vilna in 1894, the son of Elias and Sofia Sakowicz, then in the Russian Partition of Poland. [1] He studied law in Moscow.After his studies he returned to Vilna, where he began his journalistic career; Poland regained independence around that time in the aftermath of World War I.