Barneys

Why New Yorkers Yearn for Barneys

September 10, 2025

On September 8, 1993, the opening night of the brand-new Barneys flagship store on Madison Avenue, the escalators shrieked. The two-hundred-and-sixty-seven-million-dollar palace of consumption was sheathed in pristine French...

Barneys New York’s Founding Family Feud in New Lawsuit

July 31, 2025

Robert Pressman, a third-generation member of the family that turned Barneys New York into a designer emporium and New York City institution, has filed a lawsuit alleging that his...

Barneys New York’s Gene Pressman, Designers Jeffrey Banks and Dennis Basso Ready for 92NY Talks

July 30, 2025

Fall seems a long way off, given the steamy temperatures in the Northeast. But Fern Mallis has already cued up three key speakers for her “Fashion Icons” fall lineup...

Barneys’ Pressman Family to Auction Bulgari Jewelry, Furniture and Decorative Art

July 16, 2025

With Barneys New York, Fred and Phyllis Pressman created an emporium of designer finds for shoppers, and this fall Freeman’s | Hindman’s will be auctioning some of the jewelry,...

Parsons Grads Bring Barneys Store Back to Life for 2025 BFA Runway Show

May 20, 2025

Before Barneys New York went belly up in 2019, what aspiring designer didn’t dream about making it inside its hallowed marble corridors? But the department store’s name — now...