WindowsWear hosted students from Pipers Corner School from Buckinghamshire, England for a fashion retail experience of New York City, arranged by Absolute Travel.
Walking tour of Fifth Avenue
WindowsWear tour guide & industry expert Denise Foley led students to various flagships, showing how each brand uses its windows and store design to tell its story.
The route took in Saks Fifth Avenue, Tiffany & Co., Swarovski, Cartier, Louis Vuitton, Coach, and more.
Sonia Cedeno-Kleemann, Ambassador at Tiffany & Co. shares highlights of the brand’s history including artwork by JoaquÃn Sorolla y Bastida of Louis Comfort Tiffany.
Retail history and fashion education
Nancy Miller, Dean of Undergraduate Studies at LIM College, and Jon Harari, CEO and Co-Founder of WindowsWear, opened the day with a look at NYC’s retail fashion history and LIM College’s business-of-fashion programs at their 5th Avenue campus.
See here for more information about WindowsWear’s tours & experiences.