Barneys New York is launching a beauty brand. While some are hopeful it’ll provide a whiff of what the legendary retailer once was, others — myself included — are a bit more cynical.
For me, this brand unfortunately is not the return of the Barneys we knew and loved; it’s merely a cash grab from Authentic Brands Group, which bought the retailer’s intellectual property during the 2019 bankruptcy fire sale (the retailer closed its stores…