Through his family store, Neiman Marcus, Stanley Marcus introduced French sophistication to Texas and aspirational luxury to America.
The best quote from the article: Remnants of his idea, that a department store can and should be a world unto itself, have been adopted by countless others in the decades since — from peer institutions to more everyday brands like J. Crew. What none of these others can ever quite duplicate is Mr. Stanley’s entirely singular vision, as well as the essential ingredient he brought to his store. Having grown up in the world he built, I can tell his secret, which was in fact no secret at all: Neiman Marcus was never simply a place to shop. It was a place to dream.