![]() I loved the lilac-painted walls, the enormous bunch of pink cherry blossoms in the foyer, the incredible views over Central Park, and the inside information that the salon was once the home of the Bergdorf family. I will never forget stepping out of those pretty, deco-style elevators and onto the penthouse floor where **John Barrett’**s salon awaited me. I was promptly sent to Bergdorf for my makeover. ![]() One of my editors, Amy Astley (now editor in chief of Teen Vogue), called me a “beauty virgin” and asked me to write a story for the magazine about my first foray into New York grooming. ![]() These things sounded so glamorous, so exotic. When I arrived in New York in 1997, I had never experienced an eyebrow wax, a highlight, or a mani-pedi. that Beyond is somewhere far away, then you have never met a Bergdorf Blonde. Here, Vogue Contributing Editor and Bergdorf Blondes author Plum Sykes recalls her first time setting foot inside the store. Plum Sykes heroine is British but has moved to. This year marks Bergdorf Goodman’s 111th anniversary, and the store is celebrating in grand style, starting with the publication of Scatter My Ashes at Bergdorf Goodman, out from Harper Design on August 28. ![]()
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