With a heavy heart I’ll tell you, Bar­neys CO-OP at the Hous­ton Gal­le­ria will close in Jan­u­ary 2011. I am sad to think there was no rally of “help this store out before they close”, and from my expe­ri­ence work­ing at both the Hous­ton CO-OP and before that the Austin CO-OP, it is with a heavy heart indeed that my for­mer cowork­ers and friends will have to look for new jobs… I know how much all these peo­ple love Bar­neys, and fash­ion, this has to be very hard for them, as it breaks my heart now.

All of my dol­lars used to go to Bar­neys while I worked there, and now I feel very guilty for not keep­ing up the effort after leav­ing, only shop­ping there every so often. There are no other stores in Hous­ton that can stand in for Bar­neys and no other staff that can stand in for theirs. Noth­ing can replace their qual­ity and selec­tion, and although it means more trips to visit my friends at the Austin CO-OP at the Domain, it will be very hard not hav­ing that go-to here in town. A sad mes­sage indeed.

Well, the peo­ple work­ing there are still on com­mis­sion, so you and all of your friends go help ‘em out, I know they’ll help you just the same as ever, and will teach you so much about the items in store!

via Bar­neys Co-Op will close Gal­le­ria store in Jan­u­ary — 2010-Oct-04 — Cul­tureMap Hous­ton.

I sup­pose this makes it ok for me to post pic­tures of all the fun times I’ve had while work­ing slash shop­ping at Bar­neys! These are of both the Hous­ton and Austin stores, more of Austin though sorry that’s where it all began for me!!