Vorlage:Infobox Company Barneys New York is a chain of specialty department stores. The company began in 1923, when Barney Pressman opened his first store in Manhattan with money he raised by pawning his wife's engagement ring. Even after filing for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy in 1996 and closing its Chelsea location and several outlets across the nation, Barneys has maintained its ability to attract both Upper East Side old guard and downtown's fashion elite. Barneys industrial style Co-op department and stand-alone stores feature edgy, funkier styles and accessories for men and women. Barneys is easily recognized by its brilliant red awnings and imaginative window displays. In late 2004 the Pressman family sold off its less than 2% remaining ownership when the company was sold to Jones Apparel Group.
Barneys CO-OP
Barneys CO-OP offers casual apparel and accessories for a younger market in a trendy environment that breaks from the flagship store's refined, upscale atmosphere. CO-OP originally began as a department within the larger Barneys New York stores, but is now a freestanding concept located in several markets throughout the US. CO-OP stores concept range in size from 9,000 to 20,000 square feet (800 to 2000 m²).
Store Locations
Barneys New York
California
- Beverly Hills: Wilshire Boulevard
- San Francisco: Union Square (Opening Fall 2007)
Illinois
- Chicago: East Oak Street
Massachusetts
- Boston: Copley Place
- Chestnut Hill: The Mall at Chesnut Hill
Nevada
- Las Vegas: The Shoppes at The Palazzo (Opening Fall 2007)
New York
Texas
- Dallas: NorthPark Center (Opening Fall 2006)
Washington
- Seattle: City Centre
Barneys CO-OP
California
- Costa Mesa: South Coast Plaza
- Los Angeles, CA: The Grove at Farmers Market (Opening Spring 2007)
Florida
- Miami Beach: Collins Avenue
Georgia
Illinois
- Chicago: North Halsted Street
Maryland
- Chevy Chase: The Collection at Chevy Chase
Michigan
- Troy: The Somerset Collection (Opening Fall 2006)
New York
- New York City: Chelsea
- New York City: SoHo
- New York City: Upper West Side
- White Plains: The Westchester (Opening Fall 2006)
Texas
- Austin: The Domain (Opening Spring 2007)
- Houston: Houston Galleria
Washington DC
- Georgetown: M Street, NW
Pop culture references
- In the HBO program Sex and the City the central character, Carrie Bradshaw (Sarah Jessica Parker), haunted the New York City flagship with near-obsessive regularity.
- References in the NYC-set sitcom Will & Grace are a recurring theme of the show. In one episode all protagonists end up at Barneys on sale day. In three episodes, Barneys was featured as the place where character Jack McFarland (Sean Hayes) worked. In two of those episodes, Parker Posey played his boss, Dorleen. In the third, Jack gets hit in the head at work, and, in a dream sequence, Cher gives him career advice.
- In an episode of Seinfeld entitled "The Secretary," character Elaine Benes (Julia Louis-Dreyfus) goes to Barneys to return a dress which did not look as good on her outside the store as it did on her in the store. During her return she tries on another dress, but is not sure if the dress really looks good on her or not and accuses the store of using "skinny mirrors." In order to get an unbiased reflection, she walks out of the store wearing the dress. Later, she is forced to buy the dress because she gets salt stains on it from walking in the snow.
- The Beverly Hills flagship was featured in the 1997 film Romy and Michele's High School Reunion, in a scene where Lisa Kudrow mounts the store's impressive four-story staircase. Such mentions simply add to the store's reputation as the one of the premier luxury goods establishments in the world.