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J. Crew Men’s Store Opens in SoHo

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Location, location, location.

j-crew2 J. Crew will open its third men??™s-only store today at 484 Broadway in Manhattan, sandwiched between the new Topshop/Topman and the company??™s Madewell women??™s concept.

The 3,406-square-foot men??™s store is in a 19th-century building in SoHo and features a curated and edited assortment of J. Crew standards, limited edition product and vintage pieces. It also houses the company??™s first Suit Shop space dedicated to tailored clothing.

???As we started to develop our men??™s business from a design, edited and curated point of view, we felt we couldn??™t effectively articulate the assortment in our normal J. Crew store,??? said Millard ???Mickey??? Drexler, chief executive officer. ???We saw an opportunity in the marketplace for a store that is dedicated to men only, where a man would see it as his world and he didn??™t have to share it with women??™s or Crewcuts [the company??™s children??™s wear concept].???

As a result, the company removed men??™s from the 2,600 square feet that it occupied on the lower level of the 13,000-square-foot J. Crew store on Prince Street, a few blocks north, to give men??™s its own home. The decision also allowed the retailer to expand its women??™s collection and Crewcuts selection on Prince Street, Drexler said.

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If you are not already aware, J. Crew can be a one-stop shopping venue for all your styling needs to put together a sharp ensemble for both work and play. Here’s the 411 on what all the possibilities can be.

J. Crew offers a nice list of designer collaborations with labels such as Mackinstosh, Tomas Mason, Barbour, Converse, and Ray Ban, to name a few. Accessories such as shoes, bags (check out the great Globe Trotting suitcases), watches, wallets, belts and ties du jour to complete your look is offered in an array of colors and patterns.