tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723065623705340751.post2234395216591161097..comments2024-03-25T16:03:25.833-04:00Comments on The Department Store Museum: I. Magnin & Co., San Francisco, CaliforniaBAKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00279830033473558147noreply@blogger.comBlogger184125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723065623705340751.post-76220684281682467192022-08-30T09:15:12.024-04:002022-08-30T09:15:12.024-04:00Time Magazine 1936. https://content.time.com/time/...Time Magazine 1936. https://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,883553-1,00.htmlVeronica Gaillotnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723065623705340751.post-23863893728182905752022-08-25T02:33:00.734-04:002022-08-25T02:33:00.734-04:00contractors in Los Gatos
Find the best home remod...<a href="https://giantbuilders.com/los-gatos/" rel="nofollow">contractors in Los Gatos</a><br /><br />Find the best home remodeling, Kitchen remodeling, bathroom remodeling and concrete contractors in Los Gatos, CA. Roofing contractors. Call now - (800) 601-0616.Williamsandersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14203657141126195670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723065623705340751.post-34363690369498127802022-08-18T18:28:29.003-04:002022-08-18T18:28:29.003-04:00I have some rare I Magnin Dolls which I maybe sell...I have some rare I Magnin Dolls which I maybe selling soon on Ebay. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723065623705340751.post-12650684385229122292022-07-10T20:51:34.946-04:002022-07-10T20:51:34.946-04:00Thank you for putting this together, this brings b...Thank you for putting this together, this brings back so many childhood memories. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723065623705340751.post-86218685281846837142022-07-10T09:26:19.324-04:002022-07-10T09:26:19.324-04:00Loved it that they had Prada before any of the oth...Loved it that they had Prada before any of the other department stores in California.Candy S.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723065623705340751.post-66393313549091167362022-02-04T23:49:14.741-05:002022-02-04T23:49:14.741-05:00It was a very special place. Nothing else like it...It was a very special place. Nothing else like it ever in Fresno. I sure miss it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723065623705340751.post-38055117135049208212021-12-22T10:50:05.332-05:002021-12-22T10:50:05.332-05:00Hello! Long shot that you will see this after post...Hello! Long shot that you will see this after posting 6 years ago... but I'm dying to know if it's visible on your pin who manufactured it? Hope you're doing well!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723065623705340751.post-13714517758892698972021-12-04T17:15:41.480-05:002021-12-04T17:15:41.480-05:00Adele Simpson's sister married Cryil Magnin, s...Adele Simpson's sister married Cryil Magnin, son of Joseph Magnin. Several First Ladies wore clothing flown in from I. Magnin before the Washington, DC store location opened. Claudia Alta Johnson, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Rosalynn Carter, Barbara Bush and Nancy Regan. Kennedy's 1960s public scrutinizing on expensive clothing and Nancy's Galanos and Adolfo scandals had I. Magnin and Neiman Marcus written all over it. Ann Lowe and Geoffrey Beene both worked at I. Magnin. I worked at the famed Chicago store with the clients being Wrigley, Winfrey, Zell and Pritzker. Store was still making a huge profit up to 1992 Federated's abrupt and sudden closure. Then in 06 our beloved Marshall Field's. Both were big Chicago statements. I learned the meaning from what may seem nice to what is captivating exquisite.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723065623705340751.post-25124855790796148512021-09-04T11:51:37.436-04:002021-09-04T11:51:37.436-04:00Who was the manager of the gifts/gourmet departmen...Who was the manager of the gifts/gourmet department @ I Magnin in 1982 who moved to Seattle in 1983? Jim S____? So nice. mfgendronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16886587780924097534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723065623705340751.post-8504119376208672972021-09-03T15:34:01.561-04:002021-09-03T15:34:01.561-04:00Where else could I go for Clarins cosmetics line c...Where else could I go for Clarins cosmetics line complete items shopping the Fendi clutch the neighbor Susan down the street at the Lanvin counter dishing it <br />to her best friend on Dr Nelson's side gal<br />that her other best friend Mrs Nelson had no idea about and at the same time being educated by the sales associate on Donna Karan's latest coming in 4 days. That was total comprehensive shopping. The refined the critical the so unique item from that unknown small town in France made for I. Magnin. I remember those days. Such good comments in a museum that shows it like it was. The good the bad the ugly the awesome. That is what good museums are. TY Bruce.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14736022542487232444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723065623705340751.post-8982568532784911502021-08-25T22:21:54.124-04:002021-08-25T22:21:54.124-04:00I concur, devX cuir.
Giorgio Armani wanted a big W...I concur, devX cuir.<br />Giorgio Armani wanted a big West Coast splash event and got it. One designer. One department store. $1,334,000 in 2021 sales dollars, in less than 48 hours. <br />Armani center stage that shooked the continents. Highest ever recorded 48 hour sales take for one designer at one department store.<br />https://wwd.com/fashion-news/fashion-features/article-1159668/<br /><br />Magnificent!desertscopenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723065623705340751.post-52493724000683039592021-08-22T03:35:38.614-04:002021-08-22T03:35:38.614-04:00Grover Magnin invited Sol Laykin to open his fine ...Grover Magnin invited Sol Laykin to open his fine jewelry salons within the Magnin building. As I Magnin patrons should be able to purchase precious stones along with custom designed gowns and couture. <br />First on was in Los Angeles in 1939.devX cuirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12993879184480598639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723065623705340751.post-61791657304859188552021-08-22T03:29:59.249-04:002021-08-22T03:29:59.249-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.devX cuirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12993879184480598639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723065623705340751.post-90587599313665479382021-08-21T15:06:17.835-04:002021-08-21T15:06:17.835-04:00Back in 2000 I published a book on I Magnin & ...Back in 2000 I published a book on I Magnin & Co, mostly on the Magnin family, its early history in San Francisco and chapters on Hollywood and Wilshire stores and the white marble Union Square store. I was very lucky to interview many long time Magnin associates who were leaders in their fields of Cosmetics, Couture Designs, gifts and catalog and advertising production.<br />I Magnin was the best of the best. California and the west had its own signature store with its own style and service. We never copied New York. <br />I was told by one long time sales associate "From cradle to grave, I Magnin dresses its patrons for life". At 118 years they owned it.devX cuirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12993879184480598639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723065623705340751.post-51680686077467174242021-07-28T14:55:12.398-04:002021-07-28T14:55:12.398-04:00I still can't believe how there stores we just...I still can't believe how there stores we just gobbled up. Hudson's, Marshall Field. The Bon Marche and Frederick & Nelson in Seattle. I. Magnin and The Broadway. I go to cities now and they virtually all look the same. No distinct individual identity anymore. It's sad.Jennifer F.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723065623705340751.post-83132062660298103002021-07-25T18:12:40.275-04:002021-07-25T18:12:40.275-04:00What a beautiful story. What a beautiful story. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13205572499688362605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723065623705340751.post-63056474958563162472021-07-22T14:52:32.855-04:002021-07-22T14:52:32.855-04:00Dallas,
Impressive response. Mentions beyond 2020...Dallas,<br /><br />Impressive response. Mentions beyond 2020 may not be as clear. Yet answers are common sense. Lord & Taylor building sale. Lord and Taylor was below the highest end but at the top of better department stores. They were no locations on the West Coast. The 5th Avenue sale had a $200 million plus mortgage at time of sale to banks. Net actual value was est $650 million. Snotty New York, all the way down 5th, haha. 5th Avenue entirely laughed at WeWorks over buying and then taking out $150 million equity. Never buy someone's loan. Net per square foot was way under $1,000. Sale was also from retail into, no longer retail, commercial office use. I. Magnin sale there was no added mortgage. Building was free and clear. Net $1,029 per square foot sale. The two most significant department store building sales beyond 2020 so far.<br /><br />Domestically, it then makes anyone wonder. The big question is will Nordstrom 225 W. 57th be the new century per square foot winner on a new build store. Figures have been bouncing with inflated pricing, part of a residential project and COVID downturn environment. End figures should be confirmed in the next 24 months. It does appear it should be the new benchmark.<br /><br />For me, although they all were nowhere near the most expensive per square foot (and or in real estate per square foot), some other end costs were quite impressive since they were simply so big. I like the big old grand ones and of the biggest in the US ever. Outside of Macy's New York, Chicago, Detroit and Philadelphia impressed. Marshall Field, Merchandise Mart, Dayton's, Wannamaker's. The massive American department stores. A art deco department store build (non Oakland I. Magnin marble) of the most noted is the Bullocks Wilshire building in Los Angeles. Bullocks Wilshire and Bullock's (separate entities) were considered I. Magin's "little sisters". They were in the better stores segment. Today outside of the US, some the largest and most impressive builds are in the Orient and Europe.<br /><br />I estimate our department stores will survive somehow. Barring COVID, Nordstrom and Bloomingdale's are rising even with internet now here. Some of the newest nice ones are Nordstrom's and a few Bloomingdale's locations. Will they be a I. Magnin of today. They almost can't be. I. Magnin was also a more specialized retailer. Market has so much changed to a more casual mid to upper mid level good quality for buyers. With higher mortgages and car cost, consumer masses overall have less disposable income as they had so easily decades ago. The new combo will be, if all survive, Nordstrom, Bloomingdale's, Saks and Neiman. Not the prior classic high brow 3. But, yes, the new top four. Better than nothing.<br /><br />Ask Halston, Calvin Klein, Vera Wang and Givenchy companies. Ask, you Dallas. Why much comments on I. Magnin, such fervor on a chain that closed decades ago? I. Magnin gave to the country more, opened America's eyes. More is the key. The West Coast I. Magnin torque factor with Manhattan lifting US retail as a whole greatly forward into today's modern quality, designers everywhere and selection that our younger generations now enjoy and that is now equal with the rest of the world.<br /><br />You left 10th Ave way too quickly.<br />May Saks survive under HBC.<br /><br />Cheers to you, my friend,<br /><br />Crane and Steel<br />New York, NY<br /><br />Crane and Steelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723065623705340751.post-8637535180327272642021-07-08T21:18:21.397-04:002021-07-08T21:18:21.397-04:00I remember how it just took me away walking into a...I remember how it just took me away walking into a another world. A place that can do that is unforgettable.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723065623705340751.post-88428235005813642612021-07-07T12:32:06.297-04:002021-07-07T12:32:06.297-04:00Yes, right. Disclaimer. Comments are in no way dir...Yes, right. Disclaimer. Comments are in no way directly those of the any of said companies mentioned.<br />Thanks BAK. Great site!<br />Dallasnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723065623705340751.post-35412379869495322212021-07-07T09:53:31.017-04:002021-07-07T09:53:31.017-04:00Thank you, Dallas for your astute comments, which,...Thank you, Dallas for your astute comments, which, I am sure, are appreciated by all visitors to this site.<br /><br />I am neither a merchant nor businessman, just someone who enjoys this segment of our history. My initial goal was to put it together in an organized way for the enjoyment of anyone who misses great department stores. I did not expect so many outstanding, insightful comments. I hope I can produce a coffee-table book on the subject one day - comments included!<br />-BruceBAKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00279830033473558147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723065623705340751.post-74213194698907712062021-07-07T08:58:51.791-04:002021-07-07T08:58:51.791-04:00A senior colleague of mine showed me this blog and...A senior colleague of mine showed me this blog and it got around. Many of us view this site as industry does with many off work texts about The Department Store Museum. A great site of our history. I am aware industry is on this I. Magnin page. I work here in Dallas for Neiman Marcus Group. Company owns Bergdorf Goodman. We were to merge with Saks. Saks is owned by department store HBC. Hudson's Bay Company is the Macy's of Canada. Neiman Marcus filed for bankruptcy recently and got out of it. <br />Interesting recent posts. While they are correct the statistics did not mention after 2000 what is the costliest store building now. Crane and Steel, you alluded to the answer. Actually though, I. Magnin main still bested our Hudson Yards store that closed before it was completely finished, then we pulled out of New York. It was still under $100m. Nordstrom New York estimates may also have been inflated in the press due to it being in New York's newest supertall Central Park Tower and media sales for it's units. Main reasons for the two stores are they are or were a part of bigger New York residential complexes. The Saks flagship renovation takes the new century cake for store renovation only. In the end for actual property sold reality, I. Magnin still holds the US record. They just don't build them like they use to. <br />We have been down as has Nordstrom, Bloomingdale's and Saks. Who knows what could happen in the near future. Biggest closures behind I. Magnin that totally shocked us was Marshall Field, Barneys, Lord & Taylor, Dayton Hudson, Strawbridge's and a handful in California. <br />Most famous few could really argue. From Joplin and Ronstadt to Madonna, we know. No coincidence Bette Davis and Anne Baxter came to TV with the opulent series Hotel. Several of the wonderful women desertscope named are also women of New York City.<br />Bergdorf comparison should be in perspective of quality only. Some comments implied this. I. Magnin easily overtook Bergdorf. Bergdorf is only one store. We never looked at I. Magnin in competition with the Bergdorf entity whatsoever. Finest chain department stores market sector was always Saks, I. Magnin and us Neiman. In addition California by itself would be the 10 largest economy in the world. New York state would not even make it into the top 20. California market easily surpasses New York. There is no comparison. New York and San Francisco have always tended towards more attention and probably always will.<br />In women's items and high end designer selections they absolutely ruled. Manhattan, meet Goliath. I. Magnin greatly out did anyone, including us and Bergdorf's and Saks. A customer could be looking at a three thousand Salvatore Ferragamo dress and just slightly turn a see a four thousand Nina Ricci gown and a five thousand Yves Saint Laurent dinner dress. The I. Magnin reality. They had buying and bidding power with European and Asia contracts none of us had, it being cultivated over decades. Some felt with a few choice vendors that the West at times was favored over the East. Not only Dior and Beene, add Yves, Hermes and Vuitton as rumored favoritism. When designers came from abroad to visit a American department store the Emperor was not in New York. He was in San Francisco. There is no coincidence why Vuitton's San Francisco store is at Union Square. Nordstrom service skills were influenced from I. Magnin having the example in Seattle. <br />I am not naming names but it was the non I. Magnin corporate owners mismanagement and chaos giving us the worst tragedy in modern day fine stores. Sometimes when I am in New York and out West and I. Magnin is brought up in conversation there always seems to be super attention with a undertone as if something is missing, even tears as if the Titanic sank or a sacred Renoir got destroyed. Industry can be very sensitive and unforgiving on bad corporate decisions made. It's in our blood. I and so many others thank you for this wonderful section on our very much missed, big brother I. Magnin.<br />Dallasnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723065623705340751.post-88638072537303011782021-07-01T22:17:27.648-04:002021-07-01T22:17:27.648-04:00Visions
My parent's out of town shopping sto...Visions <br /><br />My parent's out of town shopping story I remember most. My mother not aware she was born in San Francisco, Natalie Wood at Union Square I. Magnin. My mother got a smile out of her.<br /><br />Angelina Jolie: Only known department store photo session blitz. I. Magnin (jewelry from Saks). <br />https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=https%3A%2F%2Fpbs.twimg.com%2Fmedia%2FEPAtoXnVAAAJaIw.jpg&imgrefurl=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2Fsearch%3Fq%3D%2523angelina%2520%2523jolie&tbnid=nqgTsdJSqu30pM&vet=12ahUKEwiY5Yfwqb_xAhXceDABHX0oAb4QMygNegQIARBM..i&docid=TZEMpy8ptzLYLM&w=847&h=1200&itg=1&q=jolie%20I.%20magnin&ved=2ahUKEwiY5Yfwqb_xAhXceDABHX0oAb4QMygNegQIARBM<br />https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=https%3A%2F%2Fpbs.twimg.com%2Fmedia%2FDU6XPDqV4AAkxH2.jpg&imgrefurl=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2Fmikeadamonair%2Fstatus%2F958870058024960001&tbnid=ZzIvndy84pJ3gM&vet=12ahUKEwiY5Yfwqb_xAhXceDABHX0oAb4QMygBegQIARAs..i&docid=gKLNZ3JYk66tMM&w=959&h=1200&q=jolie%20I.%20magnin&ved=2ahUKEwiY5Yfwqb_xAhXceDABHX0oAb4QMygBegQIARAs<br />Judy Garland: Her real collection of shoes did not come from Oz.<br />https://www.icollector.com/Judy-Garland_i18287793<br />Susan Hayward:<br />https://picclick.com/Delicate-Beauty-Susan-Hayward-Vintage-1942-Reap-the-233693153703.htm<br />Joan Crawford:<br />I. Magnin devotee and Geoffrey Beene confidante. <br />https://www.wltx.com/article/news/local/fyi/designer-geoffrey-beene-dies-at-77/101-384203377<br />Elizabeth Taylor: Too many I. Magnin dress links to post.<br />Oprah Winfrey: She lived right across the street. Chicago hairstylist was also from I. Magnin.<br />Videos: Pgs 19, 20.<br />http://pdf.oac.cdlib.org/pdf/csf/sfpl/imagnin.pdf<br />https://maneaddicts.com/oprahs-hairstylist-mane-master-andre-walker/<br />Lucille Ball: Well known client. Also purchased I. Magnin inventory for Desilu Productions.<br />https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=https%3A%2F%2Fthumbs.worthpoint.com%2Fzoom%2Fimages3%2F1%2F0517%2F11%2F1962-check-lucille-ball-desilu-love_1_51435295ac708c18579e7109d18a6730.jpg&imgrefurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.worthpoint.com%2Fworthopedia%2F1962-check-lucille-ball-desilu-love-1867361227&tbnid=30a5jcqaRIXp1M&vet=12ahUKEwjaicyJgsPxAhUCCN8KHcGZDOoQMygFegQIARAt..i&docid=KuDjR16f-HhuQM&w=1280&h=853&itg=1&q=lucille%20ball%20i.%20magnin%20lucy&ved=2ahUKEwjaicyJgsPxAhUCCN8KHcGZDOoQMygFegQIARAt<br />I Love Lucy Personal Checks Signed By Lucille Ball & Desi Arnaz Autographed | #510049089 (worthpoint.com)<br />Rita Hayworth:<br />https://www.tumbex.com/hayworthrita.tumblr/post/651532778832379904/hayworths-in-1940-rita-hayworth-modeled-the<br />https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=https%3A%2F%2Flive.staticflickr.com%2F5220%2F5493826806_dc79e847e9_b.jpg&imgrefurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2F35255697%40N03%2F5493826806&tbnid=J7LyLgLUCYjfwM&vet=12ahUKEwjv89aNtb_xAhVobjABHXZMBUgQMygAegQIARAv..i&docid=5Bx75o7YXCBMAM&w=711&h=1024&q=i.%20magnin%20rita%20hayworth&hl=en-US&ved=2ahUKEwjv89aNtb_xAhVobjABHXZMBUgQMygAegQIARAv<br />More Greta Garbo: All roads lead back to Garbo.<br />http://loveletterstooldhollywood.blogspot.com/2017/11/portraits-of-garbo.html<br /><br />To all, <br />Audrey Hepburn:<br />https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.pinimg.com%2Foriginals%2Fb8%2F70%2F8b%2Fb8708b975e4da7fc6414db5acbdc3b7f.jpg&imgrefurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.pinterest.com%2Fpin%2F480407485225033830%2F&tbnid=V7ml_RAR6X4KKM&vet=12ahUKEwipo7jEqL_xAhUcYzABHZkMCtsQMygCegQIARBr..i&docid=wVxcLQESxx1afM&w=748&h=1024&q=audrey%20hepburn%20I.%20magnin&ved=2ahUKEwipo7jEqL_xAhUcYzABHZkMCtsQMygCegQIARBr<br />https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=https%3A%2F%2Flive.staticflickr.com%2F5714%2F30537840061_52319f8f21_b.jpg&imgrefurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fbarbiescanner%2F30537840061&tbnid=bGcKzNXI_iJMQM&vet=10CBMQxiAoBmoXChMI-Imdx6i_8QIVAAAAAB0AAAAAEAI..i&docid=2SsEQhlRmkxfdM&w=724&h=1024&itg=1&q=audrey%20hepburn%20I.%20magnin&ved=0CBMQxiAoBmoXChMI-Imdx6i_8QIVAAAAAB0AAAAAEAI#imgrc=bGcKzNXI_iJMQM&imgdii=P0W5mZS9Su9ZjM<br />desertscopenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723065623705340751.post-30632474893235070842021-06-30T23:51:18.671-04:002021-06-30T23:51:18.671-04:00Great women never do department store world public...Great women never do department store world publicity. <br />At rare best maybe the one or two here and there, but never lots on one store. Try to name one. There is none. Nowhere in the world.<br />If your I. Magnin, that was a way different story. <br />Truly, the most famous luxury department store ever in the US.<br />______________________________________________________________________________<br />Greta Garbo: <br />https://books.google.com/books?id=S5NODwAAQBAJ&pg=PT332&lpg=PT332&dq=greta+garbo+i.+magnin&source=bl&ots=XOjvuUK2Vf&sig=ACfU3U00CMYm8EapebKY0jqKTJjuYPPtNw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjfjfDpkMDxAhWOm2oFHQb9CyYQ6AEwEXoECBcQAw#v=onepage&q=greta%20garbo%20i.%20magnin&f=false<br />Marilyn Monroe:<br />https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=https%3A%2F%2Fstatic.messynessychic.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2016%2F10%2Fmmchanel.jpg&imgrefurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.messynessychic.com%2F2016%2F10%2F25%2Fmarilyn-monroes-diet-plan-lipsticks-and-iconic-personal-belongings-are-up-for-auction%2F&tbnid=INcLZjE911bM2M&vet=12ahUKEwiZ_O6qh8DxAhVDYzABHbthB4gQMygTegUIARDYAg..i&docid=dPowbpiWSxWWFM&w=801&h=584&q=marilyn%20Monroe%20I.%20Magnin&ved=2ahUKEwiZ_O6qh8DxAhVDYzABHbthB4gQMygTegUIARDYAg<br />https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.julienslive.com%2Fimages%2Flot%2F3208%2F320885_0.jpg%3F1558578963&imgrefurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.julienslive.com%2Fm%2Flot-details%2Findex%2Fcatalog%2F302%2Flot%2F118192&tbnid=OsTQrr4hmH3NNM&vet=12ahUKEwiZ_O6qh8DxAhVDYzABHbthB4gQMygBegUIARCyAg..i&docid=J1kJFUx5F5V0oM&w=555&h=800&q=marilyn%20Monroe%20I.%20Magnin&ved=2ahUKEwiZ_O6qh8DxAhVDYzABHbthB4gQMygBegUIARCyAg<br />https://www.julienslive.com/lot-details/index/catalog/180/lot/83338/?url=%2Fview-auctions%2Fcatalog%2Fid%2F180%2F%3Fpage%3D19%26items%3D25<br />Marlene Dietrich:<br />https://windycitytimes.com/m/APPredirect.php?AID=7300<br />Grace Kelly:<br />Vertigo film. Per Kelly and Hitchcock's request, stunning clothing from I. Magnin.<br />Jean Harlow:<br />https://harlowheaven.wordpress.com/2019/04/09/fashion-portraits-harlow-gets-dressed-by-i-magnin-co-1934/<br />Ginger Rogers:<br />https://www.juliensauctions.com/auctions/2020/Legends-and-Explorers/Legends-Explorers-Flipping-Book/188/<br />Lauren Bacall:<br />Private client. Very close friend to Joseph Cicio, I. Magnin CEO. <br />Katharine Hepburn:<br />Even given her demure, absolutely gave a public nod to I. Magnin.<br />https://fansinaflashbulb.wordpress.com/2019/05/12/katharine-hepburn-photos-by-munkacsi/<br />Lana Turner:<br />http://sflib1.sfpl.org:82/record=b1037766<br />https://sfinfilm.com/2019/04/04/what-you-miss-with-photoshop/<br />Bette Davis:<br />https://entertainment.ha.com/itm/movie-tv-memorabilia/costumes/a-bette-davis-dress-by-jean-louis-circa-1970s/a/7176-89069.s<br />desertscopenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723065623705340751.post-76702325619161497352021-06-25T08:38:53.186-04:002021-06-25T08:38:53.186-04:00Location! Location! Location!
New York 5th Ave ret...Location! Location! Location!<br />New York 5th Ave retail cost is costly. Many comments on Bergdorf Goodman comparisons. Bergdorf Goodman is the most expensive US department store per sq foot in real estate land value by itself. Kahn & Jacobs and Vanderbilt originally built Bergdorf Goodman's cast stone multi store building. Saks on 5th exterior is also stone. Both nowhere near I. Magnin's San Francisco, Seattle and Oakland's locations of marble interior and exterior. Bergdorf Goodman later copied I. Magnin with marble flooring.<br />As is California retail cost. I. Magnin was built originally as a entire one store in marble. San Francisco flagship store itself holds the record as the most expensive one sole department store building per sq foot ever built in the US before 2000. Using the best architects, exquisite real crystal chandeliers, top of the line showcases and curtains, detail molded walls, gold plated trimmed exterior display windows and revolving doors and, like Rockefeller Center, commissioning art and murals done by renowned artist. Green marble and chandeliers were even used in their extreme world famous bathrooms. Oakland store is of marble green terra cotta at 2001 Broadway St. It screams total building landmark material. As a full chain, size does not matter in the most empirical of retail judgment. I. Magnin was and still is the most expensive chain per sq foot average ever built in the US. There may never be another US chain like it.<br /><br />Proximity! Heaven On Earth. To die for!<br />Epicenter point in the World - Bond St, Ginza, Champs-Élysées, Hong Kong, 5th Ave? It's Geary at Stockton intersection. Closest narrow street intersection point where two highest end department stores (I. Magnin & Neiman Marcus) ever met… on earth. Excellent Nordstrom and Bloomingdale's are the closest better department stores back to back, on and off Market St, but not quite considered "the highest end". Union Square also held the proximity significance where 3 highest end department stores chains met. I. Magnin, Neiman Marcus and Saks Fifth Avenue were all within feet of each other. Union Square may need a change to keep up it's historic momentum. Although Louis Vuitton is present, I. Magnin building really is now more suitable for a Isetan, Galeries Lafayette or a Harrods. Union Square to Market St proximity is the closest street shopping zone area where better to best department stores sit (Saks Fifth Avenue, Neiman Marcus, Nordstrom and Bloomindale's)… on the planet. <br /><br />Other retail construction data:<br />Largest mall? Mall of America? King Of Prussia (better stores also).<br />Most desired shopping areas in the US deemed by US and world consumers (in order) -<br />New York, San Francisco, Beverly Hills and Chicago.<br />Most expensive retail department store intersections in the US -<br />Central Park South at 5th Ave (Bergdorf Goodman), Geary at Stockton (I. Magnin site, Neiman Marcus) and Wilshire at S. Roxbury Dr (Neiman Marcus and Saks Fifth Ave (I. Magnin site).<br />Crane and Steelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723065623705340751.post-65961437260792571822021-06-20T10:20:55.813-04:002021-06-20T10:20:55.813-04:00Modern and lavish DC mall store cost a staggering ...Modern and lavish DC mall store cost a staggering $40 million in today's cost to build. It was only 2 floors. A record for the DC area. A entire mall can be built for base $50 million. Several locations still hold records for per foot retail build cost in their areas even in today's dollar. Chicago's Magnificent Mile store holds the Mid West record for most expensive department store ever built. San Francisco's building site was sold for a jaw dropping $250 million.<br />Crane and Steelnoreply@blogger.com