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What's with all the national brands taking over Magazine St?
Posted on 11/13/26 at 7:03 am
Posted on 11/13/26 at 7:03 am
Seems like every new place is some Instagram boutique or national chain.
Mignon Faget was forced out of her building.
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national brands forcing out local business.
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meet the new Queen of Magazine, the woman behind the transformation.
Of course it's a transplant behind all this.
Anyone who slips and walks magazine can tell everything changed this summer.
Mignon Faget was forced out of her building.
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national brands forcing out local business.
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Since October 2025, national brands including Reformation, Le Labo, Hill House Home and Tecovas have opened on the popular Uptown street, a place once known to host local, small businesses.
Mignon Faget, a jewelry company recognized as one of New Orleans’ premier designers, left its longtime storefront in October following a disputed lease negotiation with new ownership.
“We did not get priced out,” Maghan Oroszi, CEO of Mignon Faget, said. “We were forced out.”
Mignon Faget occupied the storefront for 27 years and held a month-to-month lease because of its longstanding relationship with the previous owner, Oroszi said.
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The iconic landscape of Magazine Street is undergoing a rapid transformation. Within just the last 24 hours, two longtime fixtures of the six-mile retail corridor—the restaurant Coquette and footwear boutique Feet First—announced they will be closing their doors for good by the end of the month.
meet the new Queen of Magazine, the woman behind the transformation.
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Behind the growing cluster of national retailers hanging their shingles at the center of Magazine Street’s Uptown commercial corridor is a Tennessee native who fell in love with New Orleans while attending grad school — and who has continued to market the city after moving to New York.
Of course it's a transplant behind all this.
Anyone who slips and walks magazine can tell everything changed this summer.
This post was edited on 11/13/26 at 7:13 am
Posted on 11/13/26 at 7:09 am to Napoleon
And what's with airline food?
Posted on 11/13/26 at 7:11 am to Napoleon
you nola baws are weird as shite
Posted on 11/13/26 at 7:12 am to Napoleon
I’ve been saying this for years… magazine street is in trouble
Posted on 11/13/26 at 7:13 am to hillcountrytigah
I had an old headline and was starting a super Germans post and you posted mid edit.
Posted on 11/13/26 at 7:17 am to Napoleon
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What's with all the national brands taking over Magazine St?
It's almost as if Magazine Street is filling up with brands that would appear in an actual magazine.
Posted on 11/13/26 at 7:17 am to Napoleon
Freret and Tchoup are picking up its slack
Posted on 11/13/26 at 7:23 am to Napoleon
Oak Street is the new old Magazine Street. Funky, local. The target demographic for the new Magazine Street is 58-year-old plus female white locals and people from the Midwest waiting to get on a cruise ship.
Posted on 11/13/26 at 7:24 am to GreatLakesTiger24
quote:In what way? It seems to be thriving. Compared to the shithole it used to be, it's really nice with a lot of shops/restaurants/etc.
I’ve been saying this for years… magazine street is in trouble
Posted on 11/13/26 at 7:28 am to Napoleon
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national brands including Reformation, Le Labo, Hill House Home and Tecovas
I am happy to report that I have no idea about any of these stores. Does that make me cool or am I a boomer?
Posted on 11/13/26 at 7:35 am to Napoleon
quote:Fell in love with New Orleans but wants to make it look like everywhere else. Hmmm.
a Tennessee native who fell in love with New Orleans while attending grad school
Posted on 11/13/26 at 7:43 am to Napoleon
Blame it on the economics of the city. No tax base so instead of cutting bloat they raise taxes. Makes total sense. They drive the small businesses out and bring in national brands that can cash float the bad years. Next they’ll raise minimum wages forcing more local small businesses to close.
Posted on 11/13/26 at 7:44 am to Napoleon
There’s probably a Aggie store coming at the intersection of Magazine & Peniston.
Posted on 11/13/26 at 7:47 am to BigPerm30
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Next they’ll raise minimum wages forcing more local small businesses to close.
They will not.
Posted on 11/13/26 at 7:52 am to Grebe
Yeah oak Street is starting to finally pack up with places.
Posted on 11/13/26 at 8:07 am to Napoleon
Friend,
I have long found it amusing that Veterans Boulevard is held in such low esteem by the Uptown elect, some of whom, even on the OT, much to my bewilderment, have accused me of being among their number. For all its perceived vulgarities, Veterans Boulevard, from Metairie into Kenner, retains a good deal more local character, independent ownership, and indigenous commercial life than the increasingly franchised stretch of Magazine Street.
The post-Katrina Magazine Street of today bears so little resemblance to the street of my youth when I used to purchase my jumbo lump from Big Fisherman Seafood or learn tricks of the trade from Cedric at Harry’s Ace Hardware.
I would sooner spend an afternoon ambling along the sidewalks of Veterans than navigating today's Magazine Street. What a regrettable turn of events from a once lovely street, where I first learned to drive in traffic. My teacher was a leather-skinned chain smoker who polluted my lungs and blood vessels with her foggy breaths, but even her attempt to scare me by forcing a drive down Magazine at 5:00 did not phase me. Thankfully she did not think of challenging me by taking me to the Huey P. But those stories are for another time.
Yours,
TulaneLSU
I have long found it amusing that Veterans Boulevard is held in such low esteem by the Uptown elect, some of whom, even on the OT, much to my bewilderment, have accused me of being among their number. For all its perceived vulgarities, Veterans Boulevard, from Metairie into Kenner, retains a good deal more local character, independent ownership, and indigenous commercial life than the increasingly franchised stretch of Magazine Street.
The post-Katrina Magazine Street of today bears so little resemblance to the street of my youth when I used to purchase my jumbo lump from Big Fisherman Seafood or learn tricks of the trade from Cedric at Harry’s Ace Hardware.
I would sooner spend an afternoon ambling along the sidewalks of Veterans than navigating today's Magazine Street. What a regrettable turn of events from a once lovely street, where I first learned to drive in traffic. My teacher was a leather-skinned chain smoker who polluted my lungs and blood vessels with her foggy breaths, but even her attempt to scare me by forcing a drive down Magazine at 5:00 did not phase me. Thankfully she did not think of challenging me by taking me to the Huey P. But those stories are for another time.
Yours,
TulaneLSU
This post was edited on 11/13/26 at 8:09 am
Posted on 11/13/26 at 8:09 am to TulaneLSU
Have you driven since then?
Posted on 11/13/26 at 8:12 am to The Mick
quote:compared to when? Not 2018
In what way? It seems to be thriving.
Posted on 11/13/26 at 8:19 am to Napoleon
Same answer as usual: money
This post was edited on 11/13/26 at 8:20 am
Posted on 11/13/26 at 8:19 am to Napoleon
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meet the new Queen of Magazine, the woman behind the transformation.
no thanks
Carly Ibach, a director at Capricorn Retail Advisors New Orleans on June 18, 2026. BY JONAH MEADOWS | Staff writer
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following a disputed lease negotiation with new ownership.
Money. National brands have deeper pockets.
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