Breakout Store: Fivestory

The Upper East Side gained a new fashion confidant this year with the opening of Fivestory—a retail concept spearheaded by 26-year old entrepreneur and lifelong New Yorker Claire Distenfeld. The store celebrated its inception with a splashy opening and racks plush with hard-to-find labels from Europe and beyond. A lengthy profile in New York Magazine soon followed, toasting Distenfeld as the nouveau fashion force of the town.