{"product_id":"very-bergdorf-book","title":"Very Bergdorf Book","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW190356455 BCX0\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun CommentStart SCXW190356455 BCX0\"\u003eOn Fifth Avenue, between Fifty-Seventh and Fifty-Eighth Streets, a window display has cast its spell, promising surprise, wit, and glamour before the doors even open.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"EOP Selected SCXW190356455 BCX0\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW190356455 BCX0\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW190356455 BCX0\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eVery Bergdorf\u003c\/em\u003e, written by Wendy Goodman, moves through more than eighty defining moments in Bergdorf\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW190356455 BCX0\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eGoodman's\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW190356455 BCX0\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ehistory, from historic designer debuts to Fashion's Night Out and milestone anniversaries. Structured moment by moment, it lingers on shoes, evening wear, and jewels while making clear that Bergdorf's has always been more than a store. Its cover borrows the color of the store's own shopping bags, a nod to a building whose Fifth Avenue presence has grown rarer as retail landmarks disappear.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"EOP Selected SCXW190356455 BCX0\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW190356455 BCX0\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW190356455 BCX0\"\u003eGoodman, design editor of New York magazine and Curbed and former style director at Harper's Bazaar, draws on her own memories of the store and her closeness to the people who shaped it. Photographer Ricky Zehavi, long behind the lens of Bergdorf's windows, and firsthand quotes from Rihanna, Tom Browne, and Michael Kors bring its mythology into sharper focus.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"EOP Selected SCXW190356455 BCX0\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW190356455 BCX0\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun CommentStart CommentHighlightPipeRest CommentHighlightRest SCXW190356455 BCX0\"\u003eFor the New Yorker who has paused before those windows, and for anyone who understands that a great store can be a world of its own,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eVery Bergdorf\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003emarks 125 years of an institution whose magic, as Goodman writes, only deepens once you step inside.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"EOP Selected SCXW190356455 BCX0\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"EOP Selected SCXW190356455 BCX0\"\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"EOP Selected SCXW190356455 BCX0\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cspan\u003eWendy Goodman is the design editor of New York magazine and Curbed. She previously served as New York’s interior design editor and fashion editor, and was style director at Harper’s Bazaar under Liz Tilberis, where she produced and wrote stories on style, interiors, and architecture. She has also covered fashion and design for \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eHouse \u0026amp; Garden\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe New York Times Magazine.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Goodman is the author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eMay I Come In?: Discovering the World in Other People’s Houses\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (Abrams, 2018) and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe World of Gloria Vanderbilt\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (Abrams, 2010), and co-author, with Hutton Wilkinson, of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eTony Duquette\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (Abrams, 2007). Goodman lives in Greenwich Village and was born and raised in New York City.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-details__detail-list-item\"\u003e\n\u003ch4 class=\"h6\"\u003ePage count: 272 pages\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-details__detail-list-item\"\u003e\n\u003ch4 class=\"h6\"\u003eLanguage: English\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-details__detail-list-item\"\u003e\n\u003ch4 class=\"h6\"\u003eReleased on: September 2026\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-details__detail-list-item\"\u003e\n\u003ch4 class=\"h6\"\u003eDimensions: W 10 x L 13 x D 1.5 in\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-details__detail-list-item\"\u003e\n\u003ch4 class=\"h6\"\u003eCover materials: Silk Hardcover\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-details__detail-list-item\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-details__detail-list-item\"\u003e\n\u003ch4 class=\"h6 author-link-title\"\u003eAuthor: Wendy Goodman\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Assouline","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51233258930399,"sku":null,"price":120.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0296\/3426\/5224\/files\/VB01.jpg?v=1789410602","url":"https:\/\/juliamossdesigns.com\/products\/very-bergdorf-book","provider":"Julia Moss Designs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}