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Kirna Zabete

New York's playful, joyful take on luxury

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Featured in The Best Fashion Stores in the World

Kirna Zabete is a New York store that makes luxury fashion feel joyful. Its colourful, playful spaces reframe designer shopping as something fun rather than intimidating, wrapped around an edit that mixes established names with discovery. A fixture of the city’s retail scene since 1999, it has kept its identity while others faded, and that sense of ease has become a template others borrow. For designer womenswear with personality, it remains a New York favourite.

Store Locations:New York, East Hampton, Palm Beach, Bryn Mawr, Nashville, Miami

Company Snapshot

TYPERetailer
ESTABLISHED1999
OWNERBeth Buccini
HEADQUARTERSNew York

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