Phyllis Pressman, the wife of the Barneys New York's former chairman, helped define its cultural influence through the stores' design and non-fashion categories.
Pressman was under hospice care at her home in Palm Beach, Fla., at the time of her death, according to her daughter Elizabeth Neubardt. A private graveside funeral was held Friday at the family’s plot in Greenwich, Conn.“Chelsea Passage,” and added another dimension to the specialty store that exuded cool in the 1970s with a sharp-eyed selection of home decor, antiques and jewelry.
Her son Gene said Saturday, “In the early days, a lot people from uptown thought they would get a nosebleed if they went below 42Street. Downtown pretty much was nothing. We were one of the major anchors,” he said. “I always felt Barneys was way more than a store. It was really synonymous with the culture of New York and there was a blur between culture influencing it, and it influencing culture. We had a huge clientele from Europe because so much of our product was from Europe.
As for the publicness of Fred Pressman’s will, Gene Pressman said, “That I won’t in any way comment on, because it’s nobody’s business. And I didn’t write it. Our book is a celebration of what we did in all those years through three generations and about how fabulous New York was in those periods in time.”
He said Saturday of his tenure with his parents, “It really was the Wild Wild West in fashion. There was so much discovery and newness. Today like three people own the fashion industry. You could probably say the same thing about in music, art and film. That causes sameness and a lack of taking risk. That doesn’t diminish the fact there is an amazing amount of talent out there. It’s just a lack of opportunity.
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