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Gene Pressman Says Luxury Is Now an 'Airport Store'

Sep 5, 2025

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Gene Pressman Says Luxury Is Now an 'Airport Store'

After making Barneys a lasting part of the zeitgeist, Pressman reflects on his store's successes and failures, and diagnoses fashion's current crisis.

Amy Odell
Amy Odell

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Retail Confessions: Barneys New York
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Nov 12, 2024

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Retail Confessions: Barneys New York

"I’d spend hours talking to these women about their lives and think, 'Do they have friends?' It felt gross that I had to turn every conversation into a sales pitch."

Amy Odell
Amy Odell

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