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Article: BARNEYS GIVES WARHOL STAR TREATMENT.(Barneys New York' new theme focused on Andy Warhol)
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- WWD
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- October 13, 2006
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Byline: Sharon Edelson
NEW YORK - If there ever was a poster boy for shopping, it would have to be Andy Warhol.
The strange artist with the silver wig was a compulsive collector who grew more acquisitive with each passing year, eventually filling his five-story Manhattan town house with so much stuff, only two rooms were habitable.
It seems fitting, then, that Barneys New York should celebrate the patron saint of consumerism with a national program for the holiday season that encompasses visual display, direct mail, advertising and Andy's favorite - merch. "This is the first year we're just going kapow," said Barneys creative director, Simon ...