The stretch of Lexington Avenue from 69th Street to 82nd Street feels like a slice of New York past, with few chains and a clutch of boutiques that have lasted for generations. The atmosphere is classic, a bit conservative, and deÞnitely quality.

How does a 78-year-old Italian fashion institution update its image? In the case of Salvatore Ferragamo, it goes where the action is: SoHo. A behind-the-scenes look at the birth of a boutique.

How big is New York’s appetite for pretty, bohemian things? As it turns out, enormous.

Chic, original, and affordable, the new Annelore boutique refreshes West Village shopping.

Delicious -- and attractive -- Japanese snack-foods.

And a killer bag are keeping Tamara Mellon—Jimmy Choo’s Renaissance woman—very busy this season. And here comes the resort line.

"The major celeb perk is being able to help out friends."

As it goes toe-to-toe with Abercrombie & Fitch in the teen market , Ralph Lauren hopes that Rugby will grab the ball and run with it.

Sometimes, flower arrangements arrive so stiff and contrived and packed so tightly into a tinny throwaway vase that it's easy to forget that they are (a) alive and (b) natural. Not so at Polux Fleuriste.

I like kind of feminine clothes, but I’m very low-maintenance.