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January 24th, 2009 Heather Kovar Posted in Heather Kovar |

No, I was NOT shopping online the day after the inauguration. I can’t help it if Barney’s sends me an email every day and I happen to click on it.

Good thing I did on that particular Wednesday. The front page of Barney’s website revealed that on Inauguration Day the store did something it had never done before at Barney’s. They tore out their displays at Madison Ave and installed Isabel Toledo celebration windows.

Isabel Toledo was Mrs. Obama’s designer of choice for her inauguration DAY ensemble. You know, the gold lame sheath dress with matching coat. Of course, I had to run out to see the display– to take pictures for this blog, of course.

Barney’s website went on to say that the store’s history with Isabel goes back to the mid 1980’s. It said that she is brilliant, and to watch for her new spring collection delivering — as soon as she has finished stitching it.