Theater of Shopping tells the story of retail visionary Stanley Whitman and the creation of Bal Harbour Shops, the most successful luxury fashion shopping center in the world, and one of the last family-owned shopping centers in America. Written by critically acclaimed author Alastair Gordon, Theater of Shopping is a cultural history of both a place and a personal legacy. The open-air luxury shopping destination opened in 1965 as a pedestrian-friendly environment that turned shopping into a kind of theatrical event, while featuring the work of young design talents like Valentino, Versace, Mugler, Oscar de La Renta, and other foreign designers who were unknown in America before first showcasing their collections at Bal Harbour Shops. The text weaves together fashion, luxury commerce, architecture, landscape design, urban development, and family history, to create a highly readable narrative illustrated with more than 300 images including never-before-published drawings, and photographs by renowned photographers including Richard Avedon and Ezra Stoller.
In celebration of Bal Harbour Shops’ 60th Anniversary, a limited number of books will be re-released to include a new, special artist- edition cover by Tug Rice.
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Estimated Ship Date: January 2026
From Elle Fanning in Ralph Lauren to Amanda Seyfried in Valentino, last night’s winners at the Critics Choice Awards were as much on the red carpet as they were on the main stage. Scroll through for some of the best dressed at the first major awards show of 2026.
Keep the holiday glamour going with Fendi’s multicolor lamé Night Butterfly embroidery Baguette bag. Embellished with three-dimensional butterflies and flowing fringes and trimmed in gold-color goatskin, the latest iteration of the Italian house’s iconic bag will surely help carry you into spring. Discover it here, at Fendi at Bal Harbour Shops.
We don’t do New Year’s resolutions—we do Makoto.
Start 2026 in style with the Winter issue of Bal Harbour Magazine. From this season’s most coveted beauty indulgences and an Insider’s Guide to the Alps to a first look at our Creative Challenge winner and what to pack and do in Mexico City (spoiler alert: there’s a Goyard bag you won’t want to live without), we have everything you need to kick off the new year fashionably. Click the link in bio to get yours today.
