Barneys may have closed in 2020, but the famed NYC retailer lives on.

Last fall, a Barneys pop-up — featuring 40 brands and many of Barneys’ beloved alumni, including its former window dresser Simon Doonan — came alive in Soho during Fashion Week. Two TV series about the store are currently in the works, and, now, a juicy new memoir, “ They All Came to Barneys: A Personal History of the World’s Greatest Store ” (Viking, out Tuesday), chronicles the spectacular rise and fall of the storied institution.

“We had shot the moon, and ended up flying too close to the sun,” writes author Gene Pressman, whose grandfather founded the store as a men’s discounter in 1923. 14

Gene joined the family business in the 1970s, when he was in his 20s, working his way up from the warehouse to merchan

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