By Kim Velsey 6/04/12 1:49pm

Red Carpet Real Estate

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J. Crew C.E.O.'s New Pad

J. Crew Chief Mickey Drexler Adds a Tribeca Condo to His Collection of Pricey Property Holdings

J. Crew CEO Millard “Mickey” Drexler will soon be getting even more closet space. And thank goodness, with the summer season here and a fresh new crop of seersucker suits and artfully-wrinkled linen shirts!

Mr. Drexler has won the bidding war for 140 Franklin Street, beating out the other buyers to sign a contract that exceeds the $13.5 million ask, according to the New York Post.

The five-bedroom, full-floor “mansion in the sky” will join the rest of the J.Crew chief’s collection, which includes a both a 5.6-acre oceanfront estate on Long Island and the country’s oldest working cattle farm in Montauk, according to the Post. The Bronx-born Drexler does not, at least under his own name, own any other properties in the city, according to city records. Read More

By Kim Velsey 3/27/12 1:12pm

Red Carpet Real Estate

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A $4 million parlour?

J.Crew Style Maven’s House Sells For $4 Million

J.Crew is known for its upscale but largely affordable clothes, but when it comes to some items—like president and creative director Jenna Lyons’ Park Slope townhouse—people are apparently willing to pay above retail.

The fashion guru’s 7 bed, 3.5 bath, 4,400 square foot townhouse sold for $4 million to Vincent and Tracy Martin, according to Curbed — 7 percent more than the $3.75 million that Ms. Lyons listed the property for last November. Read More

By Elise Knutsen 2/14/12 3:21pm

Fashion Week Observed

Jenna Lyons

Our Chat With The Big Lady Upstairs… At JCrew

“Happy Valentines Day!” we said, approaching Jenna Lyons at the J.Crew presentation today. Arcade Fire was blaring in the background, and, standing amongst next season’s looks in the tents, we were feeling quite at home. “You’re the first person that’s said that, thank you,” the brand’s bespectacled creative director said, with a slight sniffle. Had we moved Ms. Lyons to tears? We didn’t peg her as the sentimental type! Read More

By Meredith Bryan 2/10/09 5:30pm

Style Queen of The Age of Obama

Jenna Lyons, the creative director of J. Crew, was on the phone, discussing her Fashion Week plans. “I would love to go,” she said, her voice streaming buoyantly through the receiver. “Omigod, it would be so much fun.” She was hoping to squeeze the shows of Derek Lam (a friend from Parsons) and Chris Benz Read More