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Neiman Marcus Features Rainier Yurts

The luxury department store teams up with a hundred-year-old Seattle company for its holiday catalog.

Posted by: Laura Cassidy on Nov 01, 2011 at 09:30AM 0 Comments

It’s been two years since Neiman Marcus rolled into town, so by now you’re probably familiar with their yearly holiday catalog—complete with a handful of totally over-the-top gift ideas. We’re not talking about the high-ticket Chanel watches and cut-crystal glassware that appears in other mega-retailers catalogs, we’re talking about $250,000 custom-made speedboats. And yurts.

This year’s Christmas Book (if the Houston-based brand hasn’t yet folded under the PC “holiday” pressure, they probably never will) allows customers to order a $75,000, 12-foot-5-inch tall, 18-foot diameter tent from Seattle’s Rainier Yurts.

The South-End structure builders have been doing business since the Alaskan Gold Rush days, so they’re probably not strangers to big purses, but I’m not sure they’ve ever collaborated with luxury pillow maker Rebecca Vizard or New Orleans’s chandelier artisan, Julie Neill.

Yes, your yurt comes with antique embroidery, crystal-accented lighting, linen wall coverings, and a color scheme meant to evoke “the bubbles of a warm, soothing bath.” Installation is included, and for every backyard retreat (they call them “Dream Follys” …) that’s sold, NM will donate $5,000 to breast cancer research.

See page 63, or just call 1-800-9NM-GIFT and order one.

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Tags: Locally Made, Neiman Marcus, Holiday Shopping 2011

Trunk Show: Akris and Peter Cohen at Neiman Marcus and Mario’s

Posted by: Laura Cassidy on May 31, 2011 at 07:00AM 0 Comments

From Akris’s fall 2011 line; see it at Neiman Marcus on June 6 and 7.

Where: Mario’s

What: Preview next fall’s looks by Peter Cohen, known for 25 years of restraint and essentials.

When: June 1 and 2 from 10 to 5; the Los Angeles-based designer himself will be there on June 2

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Where: Neiman Marcus

What: Trunk show featuring looks from Akris’s fall 2011 line. Think artful minimalism in shades of sable, mustard, and the Seattle sky (gray, that is).

When: June 6 and 7 from 11 to 4

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Tags: Neiman Marcus, Bravern, Mario's, Seattle Trunk Show

Save the Date: Ken Downing at the Bravern

Want a personal shopping assistant, or just a fashionably good time? May 7 at Neiman Marcus.

Posted by: Laura Cassidy on May 03, 2010 at 08:00AM 0 Comments

Photo: Adam Sinding

Ken Downing at the Neiman Marcus opening gala in September

When shoppers around Bellevue and Seattle heard that Neiman Marcus was coming to town, one thing many of us wondered was what that would mean in terms of social and shopping events, parties, and fashion shows. Nordstrom does their Designer Preview event each summer, the general inquiry began, what will NM bring to the scene?

Over the last eight months or so, we’ve mixed and mingled at the answers to that question - that is, there was the Zac Posen show, the game night and in-store shopping event, and Roberta Armani’s recent visit, complete with a luncheon and a runway show. (To name a few.) As NM’s fashion director, Ken Downing, told me, these kinds of intimate and high-profile events are how the store gets to know its customers better, and how it reveals itself to the community at large.

To get to know Downing himself a little better, plan on being at Neiman Marcus on Friday May 7 at 6p to meet the Burien native and get a little inside style advice from one of fashion’s front-row big players. Downing will present a spring/summer trend show and then roam the racks with shoppers to talk fit and function, color, drape, body shape, and more.

Downing recently told me about a similar event that he co-hosted with Donna Karan and mentioned that he and the designer were popping in and out of dressing rooms like they were your oldest friends. Sounds like fun to me.

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Tags: Eastside, Neiman Marcus, Bravern, Seattle Fashion Show

Sale of the Week: Getting to Know Them

Your budding friendship with Neiman Marcus can only grow deeper starting today, as the Last Call sale launches

Posted by: Laura Cassidy on Jan 21, 2010 at 05:00AM 0 Comments

Photo: Alex Martinez

A look from Seattle Met’s Fall 2009 fashion shoot; the red hot Zac Posen dress might just be among the major-deal finds at the big Neiman Marcus Last Call sale that starts today

You know how to shop the Nordstrom half-yearly sales, and you know the little nooks and back shelves where your favorite neighborhood boutiques offer their markdowns, but you don’t yet know Neiman Marcus on sale.

The still fairly new to us high-end department store begins their Last Call today. It’s the first major, big-time, steal-it-now-or-regret-it-forever mega sale since the retailer’s September opening. Markdowns are as much as 65% on apparel, shoes, handbags, home decor and gifts, and designer jewelry.

While you’re at the Bravern, check out these on-going shopportunities——-

Winter Clearance at Brooks Brothers Country Club: Up to 50% off

Fall and holiday looks at Tory Burch: 40 – 60% off

Once-a-year Sale at Sur la Table: 20 – 40% off select merchandise; up to 75% clearance items

David Barton Gym: Sign up during January and skip the enrollment fee

Piazza Sempione: $50 off a purchase of Spring 2010 merchandise totally $250 or more

Red Door Spa: $120 special = Massage or facial plus manicure or shampoo, blow dry, and finish; all services come with make-up touch-up

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Tags: Fall/Winter Sale, Eastside, Neiman Marcus, Bravern