Temple St. Clair’s ‘golden’ run
byThe peripatetic jeweler celebrates the 30th anniversary of her eponymous brand with the fabulous book “Temple St. Clair: The Golden Menagerie” and a rare honor from the Louvre.
Richards
Revving up a luxury market
byIf you ask Richard Koppelman about the car that he drives, don’t be surprised if his answer is merrily evasive.
A step ahead
byThe world is finally catching up to Bettye Muller. Even a quick glance at the latest shoes and boots shows an explosion of brocades,…
Walk and run to support the Breast Cancer Alliance
byGreenwich Avenue will be in pink Sunday, May 1 as hundreds of Breast Cancer Alliance supporters from toddlers to grandparents walk and/or run to…
MOB’s who shimmer quietly
by“Mother of the bride” is one of the most challenging ready-to-wear categories. There are several obstacles that can keep the near-perfect in-stock dress from being the one. It can be the right bodice but the wrong neckline, the perfect silhouette but lacking a sleeve, a beautiful color but not in keeping with the bride’s theme. What’s an MOB to do?
Fashioning a family business
byA dapper Jack Mitchell crosses his legs and turns his bespectacled eyes towards a wall of framed family portraits and yellowed clippings in a back office at Richards on Greenwich Avenue. He and his brother, Bill – whom Jack calls “Mr. Westport” – serve as co-CEOs of the Mitchells Family of Stores, an enduring local retail business with more than $100 million in sales annually. The two men took over the family business from their parents, Ed and Norma Mitchell, who in 1958 opened Mitchells, a specialty retail shop, in a small space in Westport that was once a plumbing supply store.