Assouline’s coffee-table book *Very Bergdorf* takes you on a journey through more than eighty defining moments in the history of Bergdorf Goodman, from historic designer debuts to Fashion’s Night Out and milestone anniversaries.
On Fifth Avenue, a storefront window captivates passersby and promises surprise, humor, and glamour even before the doors of the chic Bergdorf Goodman department store have even opened. Assouline’s coffee-table book *Very Bergdorf*, written by Wendy Goodman, takes you on a journey through more than eighty defining moments in the history of Bergdorf Goodman, from historic designer debuts to Fashion’s Night Out and milestone anniversaries.
The book is structured moment by moment and delves extensively into shoes, evening wear, and jewelry, while making it clear that Bergdorf’s has always been more than just a store. The cover is the same color as the store’s signature shopping bags, a nod to a building whose presence on Fifth Avenue has become increasingly rare as iconic stores disappear.
Goodman, design editor at New York Magazine and Curbed and former style director at Harper’s Bazaar, draws on her own memories of the store and her close ties to the people who shaped it. Photographer Ricky Zehavi, who has been behind the lens at Bergdorf’s window displays for years, and firsthand quotes from Rihanna, Tom Browne, and Michael Kors bring the store’s mythology into sharper focus.
For New Yorkers who have ever stopped to gaze at those storefronts, and for anyone who understands that a great store can be a world unto itself, the book *Very Bergdorf* commemorates 125 years of an institution whose magic, as Goodman writes, only grows the moment you step inside.
Specifications
Title: Very Bergdorf
Author: Wendy Goodman
Publisher: Assouline
Size: 250 x 330 x 50 mm
Size: 272 pages
Weight: 2,599 kg
Language: English
Material: Hardcover
ISBN: 9781649807311
Release Date: October 1, 2026
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