Saks Fifth Avenue To Open a Manolo Blahnik Boutique At Flagship Store

Saks Fifth Avenue, which is owned by Hudson's Bay Company , will open its first Manolo Blahnik boutique at the New York flagship store on August 22. The boutique will be housed in the eighth floor designer shoe salon and span 760 square feet, custom designed by Saks in collaboration with Blahnik. Saks will mark the occasion in the department store's windows and with exclusive styles at the boutique. Saks will also sell Blahnik's new book, Fleeting Gestures and Obsessions, in-store and online. And Blahnik himself will make an appearance at the new boutique in September. Blahnik and his designs were made famous on the TV show "Sex And The City."

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