{"id":440230,"date":"2026-09-18T18:28:17","date_gmt":"2026-09-18T18:28:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/440230\/"},"modified":"2026-09-18T18:28:17","modified_gmt":"2026-09-18T18:28:17","slug":"neiman-marcus-hosts-last-major-event-at-downtown-site-with-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/440230\/","title":{"rendered":"Neiman Marcus hosts last major event at downtown site with show"},"content":{"rendered":"

For over 50 years, the downtown Dallas Neiman Marcus<\/a> has been the primary host for a fashion show that\u2019s featured names like Oscar de la Renta and Brunello Cucinelli. On Thursday, it held the event there for the last time.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Hundreds filled a packed room on the second floor for the Crystal Charity Ball Fashion Show and Luncheon. This year\u2019s featured designer was Carolina\u00a0Herrera, whose clothing was showcased on the runway amid bright lights and peppy music.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Yet the store itself is\u00a0set to close<\/a> in less than two weeks, making the Thursday gathering the last major event for the retail site. Neiman Marcus is\u00a0part of Exemplar Luxury Group, which unveiled its plans for the store closure in June amid a\u00a0bankruptcy process<\/a> that\u2019s now behind it.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cThis city, Dallas, is much more than a market for us. It is the heartbeat of Neiman Marcus brand, and it remains very important to Exemplar Luxury Group,\u201d Geoffroy van Raemdonck, Exemplar Luxury\u2019s CEO,\u00a0told attendees.<\/p>\n

Neiman Marcus was acquired by what was then Saks Global, now Exemplar Luxury Group, at the end of 2024, combining forces with Saks Fifth Avenue\u2019s operations. With this closure, the company is putting its focus in Dallas at\u00a0NorthPark Center mall, which is a roughly 10-minute drive away.\u00a0<\/p>\n

A \u201creimagined\u201d Zodiac Room, the legendary restaurant at the downtown building, is set to be open before the holidays, according to Mary McGreevy, chief stores officer.<\/p>\n

\u201cToday, we honor the memories that each of you have for the downtown store, including the five decades of Crystal Charity events,\u201d McGreevy said during the event. \u201cOur commitment is stronger to this city than ever.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Crystal Charity Ball aims to aid, support and make contributions to children\u2019s charities in Dallas County. Its committee members have distributed over $209 million to beneficiaries since the 1950s.<\/p>\n

The event on Thursday included \u201cthe ten best dressed women of Dallas\u201d\u00a0and drew some well-known names in the local community. Jerry and Gene Jones were in attendance along with Laura Bush. Also, Nancy Nasher, co-owner of NorthPark Center, was named honorary chair. \u00a0<\/p>\n

The fashion show showcasing Carolina\u00a0Herrera\u2019s designs came at the end of the event. It covered everything from skirts and dresses to jeans. Amid the sparkles, the runway showed off prints, solids and plenty of color.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is the last Crystal Charity in this fabulous building,\u201d said\u00a0Wes Gordon, global creative director at Carolina Herrera. \u201cBut it\u2019s bittersweet because we all know the future of Neiman\u2019s has never been brighter, thanks to the amazing Geoffroy.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"For over 50 years, the downtown Dallas Neiman Marcus has been the primary host for a fashion show…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":440231,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[96022,102,104,103,952],"class_list":["post-440230","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-dallas","tag-business-retail","tag-dallas","tag-dallas-headlines","tag-dallas-news","tag-retail"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/440230","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=440230"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/440230\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/440231"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=440230"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=440230"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=440230"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}