{"id":41029,"date":"2018-09-20T23:56:19","date_gmt":"2018-09-21T03:56:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/?p=41029"},"modified":"2018-09-21T01:14:22","modified_gmt":"2018-09-21T05:14:22","slug":"throwback-thursday-henri-bendel-memories","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2018\/09\/throwback-thursday-henri-bendel-memories\/","title":{"rendered":"Throwback Thursday: Henri Bendel Memories"},"content":{"rendered":"

Henri Bendel<\/a> — the New York department store with the instantly recognizable brown-and-white striped packaging — is closing after 123 years<\/a> in business.<\/p>\n

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I still have two hat boxes from Bendel’s. There was always a good hat selection.<\/p><\/div><\/center><\/p>\n

Bendel’s was one of the four chic “B” stores in New York along with Bloomingdale’s, Barneys, and Bergdorf Goodman.\u00a0 For a long time, the store was near and dear to my heart, especially in the 1990s, which is when I went to the Garren New York hair salon located inside<\/a>. Hair stylist Garren cut the hair of my favorite supermodel<\/a>, Linda Evangelista<\/a>, so it was clearly the place to go. Garren himself didn’t cut my hair; he was too big a celebrity for me to afford. If I recall correctly, I had my hair cut by a guy named Jeff at first.\u00a0 Then there was an appointment mix-up, and I turned up on Jeff’s day off. The woman at the front desk said, “I can put you with Keith Carpenter<\/a>” — and that’s the Keith Carpenter who still cuts my hair today! Keith did my beloved perm in 1995.<\/p>\n

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Still sure this is the best I ever looked. Click for original post.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Less than a year later, we switched it up to this.<\/p>\n

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Keith did my hair for my wedding in 2001 …<\/p>\n

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… clowned around with me in 2008 …<\/p>\n

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… and did maintenance on my mullet at the beginning of this month.<\/p>\n

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#mulletmonday. Hair by @keithcarpenterhair #selfie #glasses #mullet #hairstyle #mullethairdontcare<\/a><\/p>\n

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