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This thread has taken a total 360.

I dunno.  I think Houston has its own style, and not sure if he's it.

Then again, I have only seen the Sean Jean at Foley's and in GQ.

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Yeah, and what they sell is the sportswear. It is kind of like Ralph Lauren, all you see is the cheap spotswear in stores like Foley's or Dillard's, but you don't get to see the apparel that can be compared to designers such as Gucci or Prada. The same can be said about Sean John, and I think this is what his new stores are more focused on.

Will this be in front of the new Hilton?

Now if you were to say Dolce&Gabbana, now that is a harder sell to a conservative city like Houston.

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Houston had the first Dolce and Gabbana store in the country. I don not know why it dissapeared. Personally I think it would have longevity in Houston today.

Does anyone have any info on the new Galleria stores opening up soon?  I heard there was a Carolina Herrera store, a Michael Kors store, and also a Sean John store?  I live in L.A. and I am writing an article about the Houston cultural change and this is a part of my article.  If anyone has any info that would help me out.  Also, what is gonna happen to the Lord and Taylor spot?

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Some new stores I know of coming inside the Galleria are Aeropostale, David Yurman, Fox Sports Grill, Victoria Secret Beauty(don't know the difference from the other one in the Galleria), and Ylang-Ylang.

They have not specified where they are going to put Sean John. More than likely it will be in the Galleria by next year. They are looking for an area in Houston where there is 100,000 people in a 5 mile radius and the income of the families in the area are very high. With that said, it will probably be located in the Galleria or some area in Uptown.

A video store and a movie theater.

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The company's 15' date='000-square-foot restaurant and bar will be located next to Saks Fifth Avenue and will feature an outdoor deck with fire pit, atrium patio seating inside the Galleria, a cigar humidor, multiple plasma screens and sports packages for all major sporting events.

cool.

The last time I went to the Galleria, there was a Ralph Lauren billboard to the right of the Ralph Lauren store saying opening some time soon. Is the Ralph Lauren store expanding? Almost every major city has a main Ralph Lauren store, and they are pretty huge. I always thought the one in the Galleria was pretty small compared to other cities.

Actually, looking at the map, it may just have an exit outside.

It's designated at "B" on this map at street level:

http://www.simon.com/mall/show_floorplan.aspx?ID=805

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OK. So just to get an idea it will be in the building to the right of Saks Fifth as shown in the pic. I thought they were going to build a whole seperate restaurant connected to the mall.

It's across from Sharper Image.  There is a street level exit close by, but not sure if they have a door.

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Well that sucks if it is just a restaurant that is inside the mall like Ninfa's is. I thought it was a larger restaurant like the Cheesecake Factory.

Does anybody know if it is a major restaurant like the Cheesecake Factory, where you can enter from the outside?

Fox Sports Grill is coming to Houston. It will be located in the Galleria. Has anybody seen construction on this. Will it be a seperate restaurant that you can enter from the outdoors, because I cannot see a FOX Sports Grill being small.

There are only 4 currently in the U.S.

Another update

http://www.emporis.com/en/il/im/?id=307570

Pics

Here is a more current photo courtesy of Mancuso

here is a larger pic

Here is a pic courtesy of Mancuso