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Sep 05, 2025
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Barneys New York was more than a store. It encapsulated a whole universe of glamour. Join former Barneys CEO Gene Pressman — grandson of founder Barney Pressman — for a Fashion Icons conversation with Fern Mallis about the unprecedented rise and fall of his family’s fashion empire, as told in his new memoir, They All Came to Barneys.
There was nowhere in New York like Barneys. Rising from a small discount clothing shop in Manhattan to a cultural phenomenon, it was a place where clothes became pop culture, and fashion made history. Gene Pressman saw it all up close. Telling the story of how he, his, father, and grandfather took Barneys to stratospheric heights and dressed an entire generation of celebrities, artists, and magnates in the process, They All Came to Barneys is a front-row seat to the rise of some of the biggest names in fashion, including Armani, Alaïa, Wintour, Meisel, and many others. But it’s also the story of a gleaming slice of 20th century fashion and culture — the moment when fashion transformed into a new kind of modern lifestyle.
Don’t miss this candid conversation with Pressman as he and Mallis discuss what made Barneys a cultural phenomenon, its unique place in the New York firmament, how hubris and ambition nearly ended it all, and much more.
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