Neiman’s was a favorite store of mine in the 1980s when I was working in the fashion industry in my 30s. Along with Gianni Versace blouses and pants, I purchased a $500 Bottega Venta purse that took me a year to pay off (making it more than $500) and disallowed further purchases that year. I still have the buttery-soft large black bag.
I've never purchased anything from this store, but I have browsed there on occasion. At the one I've gone to they had live piano music, a classy nice touch.
The origin story of moving to Texas to bring better fashions to affluent customers sounds a great deal like the Jane Wyman movie "Lucy Gallant" from the 1950s.
I had the fortune to work as a Christmas extra hire in the Ft. Worth location in the 70's. It was pretty amazing. Thanks again for all you do and for the great video! 😊
In the 1980s when I was a little kid my mother and I would shop once in a while at NM. The service was incredible, and the sales staff were very nice, unlike some other high end department stores such as, I. Magnin department store had the rudest snobbiest staff around. My favorite section was the second floor. The second floor had a huge collection of stunning Herend porcelain for sale just jaw dropping. Also, the Christmas department was special, and after Christmas everything was 60% off and we bought a lot of gorgeous, elegant Christmas items. Also, on the second floor they sold antiques that were dazzling and captivating, and I was totally in love! I remember one Christmas shopping year my mother bought some food in their foods court, and the lady asked my mother, are you still shopping? my mother said yes so, the sale's lady put dry ice in my mother's bag to preserve the food from getting spoiled. Total incredible service and elegance! BTW, we would receive the NM Christmas catalog every year and I couldn't wait because my mother ordered some things from the Christmas catalog now and then. It's so sad becuase computer shopping can't give that amazing service that you get when you shop in the store, which seems like its extinct.
After Mr. Marcus passed away the whole thing went to hell and greed set in! That's what happens when major corporations take over the "mom-and-pop". The store lost all values as did countless others.
We used to order from Neiman’s and when that “Christmas Book” would arrive, it would be hundreds of pages, a glossy other world. The luxurious gifts in that catalogue would be something unimaginable.... jet rides around the world, one of a kind handmade, Turkish beds, 24k gold dog leashes and anything you could think of, - often with prices upwards of $100,000. This was in the 80s in that “Lifestyles of the Rich and Famious” “Dallas” “Dynasty” era where there were tv shows with tours of silverplated bathrooms, people walking around the house in jewels showing their dozens of cars . Neiman’s was really over the top. It was a superextravagant dream life.
K M - i haven’t been to the flagship in Dallas but the other stores are really a unique shopping experience. And now, with online shopping, if you’re going to buy a present that’s pretty much the same price everywhere, say, a bottle of perfume, it’s extra nice to order from NM or Bergdorf’s. You’re sure to get beautiful, high quality boxing with it. The extra things they do make it all the more special!
@@noble604 my first two department charge card after college were from Neiman Marcus and Bergdorfs . Bergdorf had a great in store Cafe, still does but not like it did back in the 1980s . And very good men's store .
K M - Yep, light purple/purple BG card and brown and beige NM. I was frequently at the Bergdorf cafe for lunch then and might have seen you there lol. Yes. The men’s department then would have sales on shirts then .. $100 down to $19. People thought the store was unaffordable but at the time, it wasn’t. Great times
@@noble604 yes maybe when they had those great sales on men's dress shirts , what a bargain. I like Bonwitt Teller too , their charge card had a nice design and love their shopping bags . Lol 😆 🤣
"...be sure to bring many credit cards." There's a place for high end retailers but I'll never forget visiting their store at the Galleria in Houston once with my sister and just laughing about how expensive everything was. After that, we called it "Neiman-Markup"
I am so happy the N-M seems to be doing well this year. I just celebrated Christmas buffet with them at the Zodiac Room (downtown Dallas). I have been dining there since 1965.
A very expensive store indeed. $15 for an inkwell in the 1925 was like $239 today. At the time, you could buy a good quality fountain pen for much, much less than that.
Nieman Marcus is still open in Washington DC, McClean Virginia, King of Prussia Pennsylvania, Short Hills New Jersey, Paramus New Jersey, Garden City New York & White Plains New York, only 1 of the Washington DC locations closed due to COVID-19 impact
I enjoyed this video and found it very interesting. I remember the first time I bought something from Neiman-Marcus. I thought I had "arrived". (smile)
I only been to the ones in the mall when, other people went in and out of there for one reason or another, and, it was pretty much once in there, and, never stayed in there for any length of time, too expensive, way too expensive! As both sides of family would say a Nothing But A Rich Peoples Store! Even the average middle class family can’t afford to shop in a high luxury rich peoples store, they shopped at K- Mart, Gold & Circle, Twin Fair, Rinks, Zayre’s and, Value City and, you done your grocery shopping at Fazio’s and, you still ate out at one of the Steakhouse restaurants, Bonanza, Rustlers or J.C. Peppercorns or if, that or if your parents were tired and wanted to get a meal and just take home it was Famous Recipe Fried Chicken. The average middle class family wasn’t poor they just chose to make wiser decisions on how they spent there money, because, growing up in a middle class family, I am sure there was nothing we done without and not much of nothing my parents skimmed on. You actually had it quite good as kid!
Growing up on the Midwest; I remember the local new station would announce the special NM big gift 🎁 ? His and hers items. One year a personal submarine . Use to shop at the Copley Place store in the 80s
Thanks for sharing, I have their cookbook that's all white cover it's a first edition second printing, I got it at an fun raiser book sale. It's in near mint condition. The company is from Texas but seems the company is really not doing any good now a days, there ready to go bankrupt. I'm not sure but that's what I hear. Thanks again for sharing.
Macy's would be interesting as they once owned a department store chain in Toledo during the mid 20th century that was open until the early 80's. They returned to Toledo earlier this century. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lasalle_%26_Koch
I could not never afford it, but it was always fun to walk through :) I suspect there will be a follow up in a few years about its closure, unfortunately.
Did you ever do a bergdorfs episode? I had lots of their clothes as a baby. Also Bonwit teller and B altman. My great grandma's sisters were filthy rich
Lunch in Bergdorf’s was always nice and yes the clothes from those stores were always special and of such great quality, especially children’s clothes that couldn’t be found anywhere. Those stores would also sew in a tag with their store name in the clothes sold there in addition to the maker’s tag in the clothes so you knew were the clothes came from. It was an added treat to shop at and have clothes from Neiman’s and Bergdorf’s.
You must be from the Northeast. So many nice department stores from the NYC area, especially in the mid 20th century. Bloomingdale's, Lord & Taylor's, Saks Fifth Avenue, etc. Very nice memories.
Neiman Marcus is located in the largest mall in the USA (alongside the Mall of America)...the King of Prussia Mall. This is a very nice store, although I have never bought anything from there. BTW this mall has Bloomingdales, Cartier, Rolex, Tiffany's, Hermes, Burberry, Louis Vutton (located in the center of the mall).
The only Neiman Marcus Department Store 🏬,that is located in the Somerset Collection Mall in Troy, Michigan. Troy, Michigan is a very rich suburb of Detroit, Michigan. I remember when, J.C.PENNEY, Montgomery Wards, and Sear's were affordable Department Stores 🏬. Montgomery Wards, went out of business years ago. Sear's is also on the way to going out of business. And, J.C.PENNEY is next to go out of business, whenever that is. I could not afford to shop at Neiman Marcus Department Stores.
2:07 “The fire caused an annual loss in revenue that year [1913], and would be their only one over the next one hundred years.” 3:59 “When the Great Depression hit, Nieman Marcus wasn’t hit hard. It had relatively small losses in 1931 and 1932, but by 1935 it had returned to pre-Depression levels of sales and profits.” So which is it?
How did they get enough money to start their first sales business that they sold for 25,000 did it come from their parents or did they get a business loan I will love to know
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I have been in one and the only Neiman Marcus location in my lifetime and they are definitely extremely overpriced but the reason being why I went in one, well same reason why people love Publix or the former Rich’s department stores of Atlanta area, the Atlanta Georgia Neiman Marcus at Lenox Square Mall had an amazing bakery on site, otherwise I think Neiman Marcus is too much like Saks Fifth Avenue extremely overpriced and the quality of the merchandise isn’t no better than Nordstrom’s, Bloomingdales, Macys, Dillard’s, and Belk truthfully. 🤷🏻♂️
Neiman Marcus is not a luxury department store. My fellow Jews, Carrie, Herbert and Abraham would be turning in their graves with the some of the cheap trash sold in their stores these days.
As a Dallasite, I've always passed by Nieman Marcus stores all the time, It was always too expensive for me to go into and buy something though. In the 1970's, they branched out into shopping malls, becoming the anchor store. One of those still exists at Dallas' Northpark Mall.
Certainly worth a trip to the original location in downtown Dallas. Simply fantastic!
My grandpa used to call this store “ Needless markups “ 😂😂😂😂😂
Lol witty
Neiman’s was a favorite store of mine in the 1980s when I was working in the fashion industry in my 30s. Along with Gianni Versace blouses and pants, I purchased a $500 Bottega Venta purse that took me a year to pay off (making it more than $500) and disallowed further purchases that year. I still have the buttery-soft large black bag.
I still have my Fendi Sunglasses.
Picked up a tan BV at a thrift shop.
That Christmas catalog was magic. I wish I was smart enough to have kept them.
I grew up in a cotton wealthy family. Neiman’s was like another home to us.
I've never purchased anything from this store, but I have browsed there on occasion. At the one I've gone to they had live piano music, a classy nice touch.
What a great video! Nordstrom used to have someone playing piano also..
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Never shopped at nor been inside a NIEMAN MARCUS. 🛍
Me either. Didn’t have them growing up in NY/NJ. I think there’s an Off the Rack place down near Philly.
Beautiful store. I didn't know it's history. Good video.
The origin story of moving to Texas to bring better fashions to affluent customers sounds a great deal like the Jane Wyman movie "Lucy Gallant" from the 1950s.
I had the fortune to work as a Christmas extra hire in the Ft. Worth location in the 70's. It was pretty amazing. Thanks again for all you do and for the great video! 😊
Thank you for your time putting this interesting video content together.
In the 1980s when I was a little kid my mother and I would shop once in a while at NM. The service was incredible, and the sales staff were very nice, unlike some other high end department stores such as, I. Magnin department store had the rudest snobbiest staff around. My favorite section was the second floor. The second floor had a huge collection of stunning Herend porcelain for sale just jaw dropping. Also, the Christmas department was special, and after Christmas everything was 60% off and we bought a lot of gorgeous, elegant Christmas items. Also, on the second floor they sold antiques that were dazzling and captivating, and I was totally in love! I remember one Christmas shopping year my mother bought some food in their foods court, and the lady asked my mother, are you still shopping? my mother said yes so, the sale's lady put dry ice in my mother's bag to preserve the food from getting spoiled. Total incredible service and elegance! BTW, we would receive the NM Christmas catalog every year and I couldn't wait because my mother ordered some things from the Christmas catalog now and then. It's so sad becuase computer shopping can't give that amazing service that you get when you shop in the store, which seems like its extinct.
I have an I. Magnin black leather bag. Got it at a rummage sale.
After Mr. Marcus passed away the whole thing went to hell and greed set in! That's what happens when major corporations take over the "mom-and-pop". The store lost all values as did countless others.
My grandmother always called them Needless Markup.
First time a high-end retailer got the Recollection Road treatment.
We once had Neiman Marcus stores in the Chicago area.
You still do: Michigan Avenue, Oakbrook, and Northbrook.
We used to order from Neiman’s and when that “Christmas Book” would arrive, it would be hundreds of pages, a glossy other world. The luxurious gifts in that catalogue would be something unimaginable.... jet rides around the world, one of a kind handmade, Turkish beds, 24k gold dog leashes and anything you could think of, - often with prices upwards of $100,000. This was in the 80s in that “Lifestyles of the Rich and Famious” “Dallas” “Dynasty” era where there were tv shows with tours of silverplated bathrooms, people walking around the house in jewels showing their dozens of cars . Neiman’s was really over the top. It was a superextravagant dream life.
I loved getting my Christmas Book and loved shopping there when I lived in Dallas .
K M - i haven’t been to the flagship in Dallas but the other stores are really a unique shopping experience. And now, with online shopping, if you’re going to buy a present that’s pretty much the same price everywhere, say, a bottle of perfume, it’s extra nice to order from NM or Bergdorf’s. You’re sure to get beautiful, high quality boxing with it. The extra things they do make it all the more special!
@@noble604 my first two department charge card after college were from Neiman Marcus and Bergdorfs . Bergdorf had a great in store Cafe, still does but not like it did back in the 1980s . And very good men's store .
K M - Yep, light purple/purple BG card and brown and beige NM. I was frequently at the Bergdorf cafe for lunch then and might have seen you there lol. Yes. The men’s department then would have sales on shirts then .. $100 down to $19. People thought the store was unaffordable but at the time, it wasn’t. Great times
@@noble604 yes maybe when they had those great sales on men's dress shirts , what a bargain. I like Bonwitt Teller too , their charge card had a nice design and love their shopping bags . Lol 😆 🤣
I've been going to neiman Marcus for a long time. Love how they have it decorated every year. I love the Santa sleigh made out of pecans
Back when I was a teen, the bakery in the main store was a sight to behold. I have many of their extraordinary recipes! 😋
I remember the one on Michigan Ave. used to live near it in da Gold Coast❤
"...be sure to bring many credit cards." There's a place for high end retailers but I'll never forget visiting their store at the Galleria in Houston once with my sister and just laughing about how expensive everything was. After that, we called it "Neiman-Markup"
Needless Markup is how I heard it.... 😏
Well, you can’t teach the Kmart crowd quality, style or taste…🤣
Thank goodness …!
Their Frangelico hazelnut torte/cake was truly amazing!!!
I worked there for 34 years in various locations. I hope they are able to bounce back
I am so happy the N-M seems to be doing well this year. I just celebrated Christmas buffet with them at the Zodiac Room (downtown Dallas). I have been dining there since 1965.
I went Thursday at lunchtime.
Must be nice to be rich
A very expensive store indeed. $15 for an inkwell in the 1925 was like $239 today. At the time, you could buy a good quality fountain pen for much, much less than that.
I remember in the 90s the most beautiful flowers 💐 🌹🌷🌸🌺🪴
Nieman Marcus is still open in Washington DC, McClean Virginia, King of Prussia Pennsylvania, Short Hills New Jersey, Paramus New Jersey, Garden City New York & White Plains New York, only 1 of the Washington DC locations closed due to COVID-19 impact
I enjoyed this video and found it very interesting. I remember the first time I bought something from Neiman-Marcus. I thought I had "arrived". (smile)
I only been to the ones in the mall when, other people went in and out of there for one reason or another, and, it was pretty much once in there, and, never stayed in there for any length of time, too expensive, way too expensive! As both sides of family would say a Nothing But A Rich Peoples Store! Even the average middle class family can’t afford to shop in a high luxury rich peoples store, they shopped at K- Mart, Gold & Circle, Twin Fair, Rinks, Zayre’s and, Value City and, you done your grocery shopping at Fazio’s and, you still ate out at one of the Steakhouse restaurants, Bonanza, Rustlers or J.C. Peppercorns or if, that or if your parents were tired and wanted to get a meal and just take home it was Famous Recipe Fried Chicken. The average middle class family wasn’t poor they just chose to make wiser decisions on how they spent there money, because, growing up in a middle class family, I am sure there was nothing we done without and not much of nothing my parents skimmed on. You actually had it quite good as kid!
Growing up on the Midwest; I remember the local new station would announce the special NM big gift 🎁 ? His and hers items. One year a personal submarine .
Use to shop at the Copley Place store in the 80s
I love this store, but very exspensive!!
Thanks for sharing, I have their cookbook that's all white cover it's a first edition second printing, I got it at an fun raiser book sale. It's in near mint condition. The company is from Texas but seems the company is really not doing any good now a days, there ready to go bankrupt. I'm not sure but that's what I hear. Thanks again for sharing.
This was interesting🛍! Thanks!
Consider profiling both Macy's NYC the world's largest department store and at one time across the street Gimbels.
Macy's would be interesting as they once owned a department store chain in Toledo during the mid 20th century that was open until the early 80's. They returned to Toledo earlier this century.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lasalle_%26_Koch
We grew up in a neighborhood of homes built around the old Gimbels estate in NJ. Beautiful old stone mansion.
Needless Markup :)
Stanley Marcus was a hero here in Dallas!
My last purchase was some beautifully made monongrammed hemstitched napkins, and they weren't as expensive as they look.
I could not never afford it, but it was always fun to walk through :) I suspect there will be a follow up in a few years about its closure, unfortunately.
I loved to look at all the ritzy stuff. Went to Sax Fifth Ave too. I could afford sales at Nordstrom though...loved that store best of all!
Ive heard of Neiman Marcus, but Ive actually never been to one before.
Even their catalog is expensive!!
Good video
Did you ever do a bergdorfs episode? I had lots of their clothes as a baby. Also Bonwit teller and B altman. My great grandma's sisters were filthy rich
Lunch in Bergdorf’s was always nice and yes the clothes from those stores were always special and of such great quality, especially children’s clothes that couldn’t be found anywhere. Those stores would also sew in a tag with their store name in the clothes sold there in addition to the maker’s tag in the clothes so you knew were the clothes came from. It was an added treat to shop at and have clothes from Neiman’s and Bergdorf’s.
If you’re going to do the Bs then how about Bendels?
You must be from the Northeast.
So many nice department stores from the NYC area, especially in the mid 20th century.
Bloomingdale's, Lord & Taylor's, Saks Fifth Avenue, etc.
Very nice memories.
Had a great aunt who only shopped at B Altman’s. She was the secretary to a bank president in NY.
@@noble604 My mom always went to Bergforf’s for her Erno Lazlo skin regiments
Wow America at its beßt
Today Nieman Marcus is half owned by Ares Management and the other half owned by the Government of Canada under the CPP Investment Board division.
This it is the most upscale store in San Francisco very high price
I. Magnins & Gumps
I would love to see life in the 90,s or 1992
Neiman Marcus is located in the largest mall in the USA (alongside the Mall of America)...the King of Prussia Mall. This is a very nice store, although I have never bought anything from there. BTW this mall has Bloomingdales, Cartier, Rolex, Tiffany's, Hermes, Burberry, Louis Vutton (located in the center of the mall).
The only Neiman Marcus Department Store 🏬,that is located in the Somerset Collection Mall in Troy, Michigan. Troy, Michigan is a very rich suburb of Detroit, Michigan. I remember when, J.C.PENNEY, Montgomery Wards, and Sear's were affordable Department Stores 🏬. Montgomery Wards, went out of business years ago. Sear's is also on the way to going out of business. And, J.C.PENNEY is next to go out of business, whenever that is. I could not afford to shop at Neiman Marcus Department Stores.
My wife’s favorite store.
There use to be an annual party for the clients who spend over $1,000,000.00 a year ……. 💰
Do FAO Schwartz next!
No gift boxes from Neiman Marcus anymore so I will be shopping elsewhere.
And one on black Angus restaurant
Or one on AMF bowling allys
There are no bowling alleys in my county & the one across the river has no movie theaters. Crazy
Yeah that's a bummer
I'm an artist fashion designers who are very talented and have experience in many ways to make the best scenes first
Is this the company that has the insane catalog that has such things as his and hers rolls royces.
Yes, if the couple doesn’t prefer a Faberge Egg lol
Ugh 🤢
Bloomingdale's was the other co
I couldn’t even afford to walk past their display windows. And I don’t have any intention of visiting Dallas anyway!
2:07 “The fire caused an annual loss in revenue that year [1913], and would be their only one over the next one hundred years.”
3:59 “When the Great Depression hit, Nieman Marcus wasn’t hit hard. It had relatively small losses in 1931 and 1932, but by 1935 it had returned to pre-Depression levels of sales and profits.”
So which is it?
Both can be true simultaneously.
The next place you should show on recollection road on recollection road is Jordan marsh.
Best western Texaco hooters.
Hooters would make a great installment. Colorful history of the founders as I understand.
Best Western has already been done.
@@marka.graffakasnakebitenat3736 thanks for the info God bless and merry Christmas and a happy and safe new year
@@marka.graffakasnakebitenat3736 did you mean western auto I couldn't find best western
How did they get enough money to start their first sales business that they sold for 25,000 did it come from their parents or did they get a business loan I will love to know
Where's Christmas In The 90s
Needless Markups....LOL!
Please do the following;
1.Popeye's Chicken 2. IHOP 3. ATARI 4. Nintendo 4.Sega 5. Luby's Cafeteria 6. Church's Chicken 7. Marco's pizza 8. Papa John's pizza 9. Nike 10. Reebok 11. The Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo 12. Texas State Fair 13. Westminster Dog show 14. Beverly Hills Dog Show
There's a video about Luby's on my channel.
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I have been in one and the only Neiman Marcus location in my lifetime and they are definitely extremely overpriced but the reason being why I went in one, well same reason why people love Publix or the former Rich’s department stores of Atlanta area, the Atlanta Georgia Neiman Marcus at Lenox Square Mall had an amazing bakery on site, otherwise I think Neiman Marcus is too much like Saks Fifth Avenue extremely overpriced and the quality of the merchandise isn’t no better than Nordstrom’s, Bloomingdales, Macys, Dillard’s, and Belk truthfully. 🤷🏻♂️
The building in the MALL
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Neiman Marcus is not a luxury department store. My fellow Jews, Carrie, Herbert and Abraham would be turning in their graves with the some of the cheap trash sold in their stores these days.
Or kanes furniture
Or beefy king
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As a Dallasite, I've always passed by Nieman Marcus stores all the time, It was always too expensive for me to go into and buy something though. In the 1970's, they branched out into shopping malls, becoming the anchor store. One of those still exists at Dallas' Northpark Mall.