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The exterior of Limbo as it appeared in a New York Post article in March 1968. Limbo was a boutique which was opened in 1965 by Martin (Marty) Freedman, originally at 24 St. Mark's Place [1] between Second and Third Avenues in the East Village neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City.
Ann Taylor is a small US chain of clothing stores for women. Clothing is targeted for fashion forward career women. Ann Taylor was founded in 1954. Loft, originally Ann Taylor Loft, was established in 1996 as an extension of the original Ann Taylor brand, offers more relaxed fashions for work and home, in the "moderate" priced category.
Peck & Peck was a New York City-based retailer of private label women's wear prominently located at 581 Fifth Avenue. [1]Peck & Peck was known for its classic clothes. Like Bonwit Teller and B. Altman and Company's post–World War II fashions, Peck & Peck personified and flourished in the pre-hippie era in New York [2] when WASP fashion ruled stores and fashion magazines.
B. Altman and Company was a luxury department store and chain, founded in 1865 in New York City, New York, by Benjamin Altman. Its flagship store, the B. Altman and Company Building at Fifth Avenue and 34th Street in Midtown Manhattan , operated from 1906 until the company closed the store at the end of 1989. [ 1 ]
In 1909, leading industries in New York City were manufacturers of clothes for women and men, [16] and New York's function as America's culture and fashion center also helped the garment industry by providing constantly changing styles and new demand; in 1910, 70% of the nation's women's clothing and 40% of the men's was produced in New York City.
Loehmann's was an American retail company which started as a single store in Brooklyn, New York and grew to a chain of off-price department stores in the United States.The chain was best known for its "Back Room", where women interested in fashion could find designer clothes at prices lower than in department stores.
Robert Hall Clothes, Inc., popularly known as Robert Hall, was an American retailer that flourished circa 1938–1977. Based in Connecticut, its warehouse-like stores were mostly concentrated in the New York, Chicago and Los Angeles metropolitan areas. According to a Time magazine story in 1949, the corporate name was an invention. The founder ...
Henri Bendel, Inc. (pronounced BEN-del), established in 1895, [3] was a women's department store based in New York City which in its later history sold women's handbags, jewelry, luxury fashion accessories, home fragrances, chocolate and gifts. [4] Its New York City store was located at 10 West 57th street.