Many European designer stores placed flags in their windows a week later.

There are no hotel chains, fast-food restaurants or designer stores.

The designer stores and their pop-culture neighbors share more than geography.

Additional pressure has resulted from the rise of designer factory-outlet stores throughout the Northeast.

The designer stores on Madison are selling an entire life style.

"This will be one of the largest designer stores in the country," he said.

In the designer store there is no metal measurer for a woman to stick her foot into.

There are designer stores, trees, gardens and wide pavements from one end of the village to the other.

But real estate experts say the clustering of designer stores on Madison is no accident.

The high-end shopping malls have designer stores with luxury goods.