Free People, 7 For All Mankind to open in Bellevue

Bellevue Square is getting a couple of retailers new to the Seattle area.

Free People, a women's clothing brand owned by Urban Outfitters, opens toward the end of this month on the mall's second floor near JCPenney.

This fall, premium denim brand 7 For All Mankind opens on the first floor near Nordstrom.

Founded in Los Angeles in 2000, 7 For All Mankind has stores in Southern California, Dallas, Orlando and New York, though its jeans also are sold by Nordstrom, Barneys New York and Neiman Marcus. It's taking space previously occupied by Bebe, which no longer has a store at the mall.

Free People is taking the place of Victoria's Secret Beauty, now inside a newly remodeled and expanded Victoria's Secret store.

Free People has stores in the Northeast, Illinois, Virginia, Texas and California. It describes its target customer as a 26-year-old woman who's "smart, creative, confident and comfortable in all aspects of her being, free and adventurous, sweet to tough to tomboy to romantic."

Amy Martinez: 206-464-2923 or amartinez@seattletimes.com