Invite Shop

I'm Kim Bessine, luxury reporter at Bloomberg, here to invite you into the most exclusive realms of luxury retail. Today, I'm in Chelsea, the Manhattan neighborhood with everyt Tons of super expensive art, a bustling, pricey market, and a formerly posh hotel turned Once home to notable fancy guests So with its knack at preserving old, beautiful t New York Vintage. Hello. How are you? I'm good. How are you? Great. So we're in our retail store right now, the bottom floor, w And then the second floor is the private showroom that houses over 150 years of important fas The Lansiaga, Halston, Scafarelli, Fortuni, Worth, really special rare pieces that are muse Downstairs, all these pieces are for sale. Upstairs, they're for rent. Who shops up there? Who's allowed up in the treasure grove? We work with editors and stylists for industry use, but we have a lot of our private clientele celebrities that will come up for fittings for various events as well. What kind of celebrities? Very kind. The A-list kind. Do your dresses show up on the red carpet? Oh, all the time. Yeah, absolutely. Yeah. And to see the clot To get an appointment upstairs, can anyone just walk in or call you and get an appointment to go check it out? It's not that easy. You have to have credentials. Do you vet people? We vet people. Everyone is vetted before they have access to the arc Am I allowed up there? I'll let you have a peek. I'll give you a little guided tour. Ooh, look at t Ready to be inspired? So over here we have an Adrienne. T He designed cost King Harlow, Joan Crawford, and Garbo. All of these ladies wore He's known for these are corsets from the 1880s. 1880s. 1880s. We have some examples of some of the queen head pieces. Over here we have Gianni Versace. Back here we have a bra that was worn by Lady Gaga. I believe t Just a wear. Just a wear. And by the way, t So t A lot of famous breasts were. . . At t Well, at t So t Has anyone tried to buy t I would say the most interesting solicitation was from a Saudi princess who was buying up everything from Sex and the City of the Film and offered a very large s Of course we turned it down and. . . How large is large? Six figures. Oh. Yeah. For t Yes, for t I've had some moments where I've realized the impact we've had on the fas I can share an experience a few years ago where I was up in my showroom just working away. I had my three c We'd Just never knowing what or who you're working with, knowing that somehow you inspired someone to take an idea and to run with it. So you're hearing all t Retail is dying. How is that affecting t It'so scary. I've been here for almost 20 years and I don't I t We've been asked by schools to have private tours. We've opened our arc You just feel good coming in and you feel