Henri Bendel to Strip Down
Filed under: Stores We Love, Accessories, Style in the News, Clothing, Cosmetics
Henri Bendel on Fashionable Fifth Avenue. Photo by Getty Images
It's not a total shocker since they are best known for their carefully selected, on-trend trimmings. I mean, it's common knowledge among the fashion set that if you need a hair accessory, you got to Henri Bendel. Period.
But don't fear that the 1895-founded shop is just another victim of the recession; they're actually rolling out six accessories-only stores this summer, featuring Bendel brand gifts (like an $18 box of tea) and HB beauty products.
So the good news, they could be coming to a mall near you!
Heidi Klum
Remember that month in 1988 when it was acceptable to wear a fanny pack in public? Seriously, it happened. I remember it fondly. I was in the mall and I was walking downstairs humming along to the Roxette being piped out from Miller's Outpost, or maybe it was Musicland. It's all so blurry. I was wearing a fanny pack, it was gray and it matched the big 'V' on the back of my Vuarnet t-shirt (sleeves rolled) perfectly. It was fantastic. If I close my eyes and concentrate I can go there and hear the sweet synthesizers of my soundtrack and feel the cool of my mullet on the back of my neck. I had the look. That was my day, and the fanny pack was part of it.
The super-cheap store Forever 21 recently announced that it will be expanding to include a slightly more sophisticated luxury line, Twelve by Twelve. The website will be launched later this month, followed by in-store additions and a stand-alone in Beverly Hills.
