MIAMI CALLING: Is The Webster Coming To SoHo?

Can a luxury store designed for glamorous Miami transplant itself to New York? The New York Post says that The Webster, the Collins Avenue retailer featuring a covetable roster of designer labels, will be taking over a 4,000 square foot outpost at 29 Greene Street just below Grand Street in SoHo. The Webster may be best known to non-South Beach denizens as one of the first group of stores to participate in The Shops at Target last Spring. Will its signature pink flamingo survive the flight north? Owners Laure Heriard Dubreuil and Milan Vukmirovic have backgrounds in European fashion brands and retailers like Colette, Jil Sander, Yves Saint Laurent and Balenciaga, so they should fit right in if the store appears in SoHo. There's no confirmation from either the store or the owners of the building, but if the rumors are true, then it will be an interesting Fall if The Webster opens up at the same time as Comme des Garçon's Dover Street Market. Think of it as a luxury boutique Face-Off.

Pink flamingo seen in SoHo (NYPost via RACKED)
The Webster (Official Site)