STREET SMARTS: Madison Avenue is preparing to “Step Up for Fashion.” That’s the name of an upcoming event organized by the Madison Avenue Business Improvement District (BID) along with the Council of Fashion Designers of America, to spotlight the avenue’s high-fashion retailers and raise money for the CFDA‘s scholarship fund. Retailers participating in Step Up … Read more
MILAN — Known for its offering hinged on the Neapolitan sartorial tradition that has generated loyal customers among tourists in Capri and the Amalfi coast, womenswear brand Amina Rubinacci is furthering its presence in the U.S. with a new flagship store on New York’s Madison Avenue. “We’ve been present in the U.S. for a long … Read more
The recovery of Madison Avenue continued through the first half of this year, with 18 businesses opening up and the vacancy rate dropping to pre-pandemic levels of 9.36 percent. Those are the latest figures on the nation’s most luxurious retail stretch as provided by the Madison Avenue Business Improvement District. The BID covers the 29 … Read more
A week later, he could be in residence at the Nagoya Kanko Hotel, where members of the Japanese imperial family have historically chosen to stay when they visit the city. Qiushui Villa, in Hangzhou, China was built by high-profile Chinese journalist Shi Liangcai for his wife. Photo: Small Luxury Hotels of the World Such is … Read more
In the realm of repositioned “Cinderalla” buildings, Milstein Properties’ 22 Vanderbilt – once known as 335 Madison Ave. – stands with the most elite. The Madison Avenue tower between East 43rd and 44th streets recently landed five new leases totaling 460,000 square feet, bringing the 1.19 million square-foot address to 91 percent leased. None of the … Read more
What better way to break in a new flagship than with a New York Fashion Week presentation? That was Dennis Basso’s thinking for this season’s “gallery-style” set-up inside his Madison Avenue boutique, which opened in October opposite Fendi. “Forty-one years ago when I started, Fendi set the bar for furs, and here I am,” he … Read more
Officine Générale continues its retail rollout with the opening of a second New York store on Madison Avenue. The 1,100-square-foot shop at 849 Madison Avenue joins a store on Lafayette Street in SoHo that opened in December 2021. The uptown store is the company’s fourth in the U.S. — the brand’s largest market outside of … Read more
