April 2023

NEW YORK – Though constrained by its tight space, there’s some magic on the house floor of Bergdorf Goodman. Compact 200-to-400-square-foot shops, or “rooms,” line the narrow corridors of BG’s seventh level, where home categories share a portion of space with bridal, children’s and the BG Restaurant. Yet BG’s home department is a rarity in retail. It’s a select, extensive range of unique artwork, tabletop, glassware, books, jewelry, decorative home, furniture, vintage and gifts, from brands including Monica Wealthy Kosann, Murano, Hunt Slonem, Diptyque, Fornasetti, Hermès, Aerin, John Salibello, and Kentshire, amongst others. It’s luxurious, crammed with whimsy, imagination and color, and it’s not entirely expensive. Consider Bergdorf Goodman home a sort of specialty luxury. It’s a high touch operation, requiring...