Barneys New York is an American department store chain founded in 1923 by Barney Pressman. The company operated full-line department stores in the United States from 1923 until 2020. Authentic Brands Group acquired Barneys' intellectual property in 2019, and has licensed the brand to Saks Fifth Avenue for specialty departments within its flagship stores since 2021.
Former store, downtown San Francisco
Thom Browne at Barney's New York
Barney's one-time flagship on Madison Avenue in 2010
Barneys New York Window
Saks Fifth Avenue is an American luxury department store chain headquartered in New York City and founded by Andrew Saks. The original store opened in the F Street shopping district of Washington, D.C. in 1867. Saks expanded into Manhattan with its Herald Square store in 1902 and flagship store on Fifth Avenue in 1924. The chain was acquired by Tennessee-based Proffitt's, Inc. in 1998, and Saks, Inc. was acquired by the Canadian-based Hudson's Bay Company (HBC) in 2013.
Flagship store in Midtown Manhattan (2019)
Image: Saks Fifth Avenue white on black logo
Saks and Co. and Kann's, NW corner of 7th St. and Pennsylvania Av., Washington, D.C., 1920.
SFA Miami Beach on Lincoln Road, 1940