Download or read book The Rise and Fall of the House of Barneys written by Joshua Levine and published by William Morrow. This book was released on 1999 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It took three generations to build Barneys into the world's most fabulous clothing store--and less than a decade to tear it down. This fascinating book is at once a family saga, a cautionary business tale, and a riveting, superbly detailed, behind-the-scenes account of how a secondhand store founded on pluck and chutzpah grew into a glittering international retail empire, only to founder on greed and hubris. Book jacket.