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Italian Consulate NYC
The Italian Consulate in New York (officially the Consulate General of Italy) provides legal and cultural services to Italians in New York City and tourists planning to visit Italy. Italian Consul General Francesco Genuardi became Consul General of Italy in New York in March 2016. Follow the Italian Consulate in New York Facebook @italyinus Twitter … [Read more...] about Italian Consulate NYC
French Consulate NYC
The French Consulate in New York (officially the Consulate General of France in New York) provides legal and cultural services to French in New York City and tourists planning to visit France. The French Consulate in New York supports New York, Connecticut, New Jersey, and Bermuda. Note: France also maintains a French Embassy in New York. It is more focused on cultural … [Read more...] about French Consulate NYC
Hermès
Hermès is the fashion house of the French establishment. It is famous for luggage, handbags, and scarves. The brand began as a harness maker and remains associated with a horse riding life. Hermès Madison Avenue is the brand's New York flagship store. The photo is a Versailles scarf with the symbol of the Sun King Louis XIV. It was displayed on October 23, … [Read more...] about Hermès
Chanel
Chanel is an iconic French fashion house known for it's little black dress, Chanel suit, and Chanel No. 5. Chanel New York The New York flagship store is on 57th Street. 57th Street 15 East 57th Street New York, NY 10022 (212) 355-5050 Monday - Friday 10 am - 6:30 pm (7 pm Thursdays) Saturday 10 am - 6 pm Sunday 12 - 5 pm (E) or (M) to Fifth Ave - … [Read more...] about Chanel
Louis Vuitton
French luxury house Louis Vuitton is one of the world's most coveted fashion brands. The New York flagship store is at 57th Street and 5th Avenue. About Louis Vuitton The company was founded in Paris, France in 1854. Travel trunks of the time had a rounded top. Vuitton's first innovation was to make flat-topped travel trunks so they could be stacked. Latter he designed a lock … [Read more...] about Louis Vuitton
Valentino
Valentino is an Italian fashion house known for its layered white pleats, animal prints and "Valentino Red" dresses. Visit Valentino Valentino has two stores in New York City. Valentino New York Madison Avenue 821 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10065 (between 68th & 69th St) Upper East Side, Manhattan Valentino New York Fifth Avenue 693 Fifth Avenue, New York, … [Read more...] about Valentino
La Perla
La Perla Summer 2018 The La Perla Aquamarine collection is designed to flatter. La Perla Fall 2017 On August 24, 2017, the brand released their Fall Winter 2017 Romance Campaign featuring Kendall Jenner photographed by Mert & Marcus. The campaign brings an English garden into the bedroom for Fall 2017. #LaPerlaFW17 La Perla Pre-Fall 2017 The … [Read more...] about La Perla
Oscar de la Renta
Oscar de la Renta is the legacy fashion house of the Dominican-American couturier who dressed Jacqueline Kennedy. De La Renta was trained by Cristóbal Balenciaga and Antonio del Castillo. Fall 2018 Oscar updates Spanish lace for a modern woman. Fall 2017 Oscar de la Renta shows its Fall Collection at New York Fashion Week, Monday, February 13 at 6:30pm. You can watch … [Read more...] about Oscar de la Renta
Zara
Zara is an on-trend Spanish ready-to-wear retailer known for moving fashion from runway to rack in a matter of weeks. Zara is the lead brand of the world's largest fashion retailer, Inditex of Galicia, Spain. Owner Amancio Ortega is the wealthiest European and one of the handful of richest people in the world. It's interesting that this is Galicia which was once considered a … [Read more...] about Zara
Carolina Herrera
Carolina Herrera is a Venezuelan-American fashion designer who was so well dressed when she came to New York, the Editor of Vogue suggested she design. Now she dresses first ladies. You would think Herrera was born into this, and in a way she was (una niña bien, a rich girl), but she made herself through her own good taste. Herrera started working in fashion in her native … [Read more...] about Carolina Herrera
Bloomingdale’s
Bloomingdale's in Manhattan's Upper East Side is one of New York City's iconic department stores. Bloomingdale Made the Department Store Fun At a time when most stores sold just one type of clothing, Joseph and Lyman Bloomingdale sold a wide variety of fashion, including European fashion, at their East Side Bazaar in 1872. Bloomingdale's created its fame by selling … [Read more...] about Bloomingdale’s
Temple Emanu-El
Temple Emanu-El, in Manhattan's Upper East Side, was Manhattan's first Reform Jewish congregation. "Emanu-El" means "God is with us" in Hebrew. Temple Emanu-El Grew with New York City The congregation was founded by a small group of German Jews in the Lower East Side in 1845. Like other New Yorkers, the congregation kept growing and moving uptown. It moved to its present … [Read more...] about Temple Emanu-El