Henri Bendel was a fearless innovator, a leading arbiter of women’s fashion, and passionate explorer of The New & The Next. He was born in Lafayette, Louisiana in 1868.
Bendel moved to New York to work as a milliner opening his own shop in Greenwich Village in 1895. A man known for infallible taste, he quickly became a leading tastemaker and couturier to the city’s elite and his boutique became a beacon of luxury.
