Beloved footwear executive George Malkemus, who built ManoloBlahnik into a powerhouse brand in the U.S. and partnered with SJP on her label, has died.
Before he met Blahnik, the ever-charming Malkemus thought he wanted to be a doctor, but soon decided to pursue writing. So he left his home in San Antonio, Tex., and eventually landed a job as copy chief at Bergdorf Goodman in New York.
By day, he penned prose about shoes for the department store. At night, Malkemus hit nightlife haunts like Studio 54, where he befriended designers Perry Ellis and Calvin Klein — contacts that would prove invaluable years later. After partnering with Blahnik, the young executive approached the fashion designers and asked if they would use“Eventually, it became almost every name on Seventh Avenue, from Bill Blass to Oscar de la Renta to Carolina Herrera,” said Malkemus.
That’s when Neiman Marcus called. The department store bought the two shoes Blahnik designed for Calvin Klein, ordering just 30 pairs for its Beverly Hills store and another 30 for its San Francisco door.“George is first and foremost a merchant,” said Karen Katz, in 2009, when she was president and chief executive officer of Neiman Marcus Stores.
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