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Lentz had been taught sewing as a child and with a flair for style, she decided to open a small dress shop.The success of her designs in her tiny store eventually led to an offer from the Bullocks Wilshire luxury department store to design for their Ladies Custom Salon which catered to a wealthy clientele including a number of Hollywood stars.
S. Klein On The Square, or simply S. Klein, was a popular-priced department store chain based in New York City. The flagship stores (a main building and a women's fashion building) were located along Union Square East in Manhattan; this location would combine with the 1920s idiomatic catch phrase "on the square" (meaning "honest and straight-up ...
The company started when Mrs. Bunis returned from a trip to New York City with a set of 48 "sample" dresses, which she in turn sold for $12.75 each. Expansion occurred during the early 1950s with stores at Lancaster, New York; Lockport, New York; Thruway Plaza (later Thruway Mall) in Cheektowaga, New York; South Buffalo at 2182 Seneca Street ...
Pages in category "Defunct department stores based in New York City" The following 28 pages are in this category, out of 28 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Ohrbach's was a moderate-priced department store with a merchandising focus primarily on clothing and accessories. From its modest start in 1923 until the chain's demise in 1987, Ohrbach's expanded dramatically after World War II, and opened numerous branch locations in the New York and Los Angeles metropolitan areas.
For guests at The Store, the newly opened, 101-room hotel in the heart of Oxford, it promises to be a recurring problem. After all, while the city might seem quaint upon arrival, a recent visit ...
Russeks was a fashionable ladies' fur and clothing department store at 390 Fifth Avenue, at the intersection with West 36th Street, in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, a building also known as the Gorham Building. [2] The company was founded in 1885 by brothers Frank Russek and Isidore H. Russek. In addition to its Manhattan store, it opened ...
Inc., which had a shoe concession in the New York Department Stores of Puerto Rico. The New York Department Stores had been established in Puerto Rico for 32 years up to that point and operated with a capital of over $12 million. [7] On October 4, 1972, a new store would open at the Mayagüez Mall in Mayagüez. [8] On April 7, 1981, New York ...