Paul Bonwit founded a luxury department store in New York City in 1895, partnering with Edmund D. Teller in 1897. The store became known for its upscale goods and eventually opened in key locations such as Miami Beach and Boston. The company changed hands several times in the ’80s and eventually filed for bankruptcy in 1989.
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