BETTERIDGE 117 Greenwich Avenue / 203.869.0124 In 1897, A.E. Betteridge told his employees, “If you sell the best and do what’s best for customers, people will want to buy jewelry from you.” My grandmother bought me my first bracelet at Betteridge: a gold bangle with set rubies. I still have it. Betteridge has been the jeweler of choice for many of my family’s most important gifts. The store has been a Greenwich Avenue institution since 1950, when Bert Betteridge purchased the old W.D. Webb Jewelers shop and moved his headquarters there from New York. It has since been the jeweler of choice for many generations of Greenwich families, given the premium it places on product quality, personalized service, integrity, and value. It has also grown to new heights, with outposts in Vail, Beaver Creek, and Palm Beach.
Lilly pulitzer 92 Greenwich Avenue / 203.661.3136 Lilly Pulitzer is the personification of Palm Beach style, and where better to anchor the brand’s New England representation than in Greenwich, Connecticut? A Lilly print is as iconic as a Pucci one, yet transcending the print itself is Lilly’s shift style, which has become a staple on women young and old. I can still remember my first favorite Lilly piece, a yellow koala print, which I actually wore during my first photo shoot for this magazine at the Meighers’ house in Palm Beach. Without a doubt Lilly Pulitzer’s Greenwich is ready to provide a splash of Florida color that is sure to give you a vitamin D boost no matter what the weather is like in the Northeast!
RALPH LAUREN
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265 Greenwich Avenue / 203.869.2054 Holly might breakfast at Tiffany’s (which is also in Greenwich), but I would move into Ralph Lauren! Greenwich has been waiting nearly fifteen years for Ralph Lauren to find his perfect shop and re-open on the Avenue. And that’s exactly what he has done with this store, a testament to the brand’s impeccable and beautiful manner. The décor perfectly appropriates the architecture and setting: marble floors, exquisite details and moldings, great chandeliers, and custom wallpaper. Women can shop for apparel and accessories on the first floor and home goods on the second, while there is a haven for men on the side with its own entrance. A very welcome back, Ralph! JUNE 2010 103