J. Crew Group Inc.
The Catfight Over … Flip-Flops
The Afternoon Wrap: Wednesday
- Way better than any MLB or NFL or NBA award, REBNY's Rookie Salesperson of the Year award has gone to Corcoran's $25-million-woman, Julie Pham. It took six seconds for Ms. Pham's Web site to boast about her new honors. [The Real Deal]
- Warhol's artful seaside Montauk estate, once listed for $50 million, may be going to J. Crew's CEO for less than $30 million. But don't weep for Warhol's estate. [NY Mag via Curbed]
- Bonus PR Release of the Month: Ever wonder what age-old material makes for a "Uniquely Beautiful, Durable & Environmentally Safe" add-on to the wealthy New Yorker's home? It's 2-inch planks of solid bamboo, of course! Click below to read more about the marble of the Green Era. (And it's from Hollywood!) - Max Abelson read more »
Sexy American Apparel Goes To Sexy Fifth Avenue
Kids these days
After noticing that the long-sock-loving American Apparel is moving into The Observer's Flatiron neighborhood--142 Fifth Avenue, to be precise--we decided to give the lascivious company a call.
"If you stand on the street at Fifth Avenue, there are lot of people who look like American Apparel customers," said Miguel McKelvey, a location scout and store designer for American Apparel (he works at Jordan Parnass Digital Architecture.*)
Take note: the new 2000-square-foot store, opening in mid-to-late October, is landing at Fifth and 19th.
Why the Flatiron District? "Every space that was previously something else seems to be turning into high profile retail," Mr. McKelvey said. "There's Espirit down the street, J. Crew and Anthropologie. Any of those stores attract a lot of women. My girlfriend goes to Club Monaco all the time."
But while the rapidly expanding store is looking to attract mainstream women customers, it also has a hipster chic to live up to. "Like over in Park Slope on Flatbush Avenue we're in an old movie theater, or in Williamsburg we went into an old auto garage on North 6th... And we balance that with Beverly Hills and Newbury Street in Boston."
And, starting next month, Fifth Avenue in Manhattan.
- Max Abelson (*Dov Trivia: Touchy-feely American Apparel founder Dov Charney and Jordan Parnass have been "friends since birth," according to Mr. McKelvey) read more »
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One Week Countdown...For the Love of God, Have a Muffin!
We've spent the entire day running around the city looking for rehearsal dinner and post-wedding brunch outfits: Hours at Bloomies, Banana Republic and J. Crew. We've now bought more than we can possibly wear in one weekend, but one wants choices.
We have used up our final reserves of strength going over the seating arrangements, endlessly drawing little circles for tables around a square dancefloor, labeling them and then furiously scratching the names out. ("No! We can't put old people by the band's speakers!" "Wait, why did we split up those cousins?!")
We are eating too healthy for our own good, and beg each other to have some carbs when one of us starts getting really irritable. ("For the love of god, have a muffin!" we plead with each other.) The good news? My sources tell me this is totally normal pre-wedding behavior. I find it hard to believe.
Every time I shop at J. Crew, an angel loses a commission.
Something like this.
