Susan Lyne, the chief executive of Gilt Groupe, a members-only, luxury designer sale Web site, noticed something curious about the 20-somethings who were clicking their afternoons away at gilt.com: They were torturing themselves, drooling over deeply discounted outfits and accessories from high-end brands during the 36-hour “flash sales,” and watching as $3,175 ostrich Read More
Recently, Redbook editor in chief Stacy Morrison was searching for the perfect shearling coat. “I did a quick lap of some of the stores here, but if I’m going to spend that much money on a coat, I want the coat to blow my mind,” she said the other day by phone. “So for maybe Read More
"We’re floating, we’re just so happy," proclaimed designer Isabel Toledo on Thursday, Jan. 22, at Shang, the restaurant at the new Thompson Lower East Side Hotel, where designers and socialites had gathered to celebrate the one-year anniversary of the invitation-only sample sale website GILT Groupe.
Upon arriving, Ms. Toledo had been besieged Read More
