Legendary former Bloomingdale’s CEO Marvin Traub was remembered by friends including Ralph Lauren and Leonard Lauder at a packed memorial in Midtown yesterday. Traub, the impresario who changed the face of retail by transforming Bloomingdale’s into an international showcase of style, died aged 87 at his Upper East Side home in July. Several hundred people packed into City Center, decorated with a giant portrait of Traub who retired from the company two decades ago. Seven speakers shared stories about Traub, including Lauren who joked about Traub’s enthusiasm in talking about his projects, “What can I say about Marvin that he hadn’t already said about himself?” Merchant prince Traub helped launch the career of Lauren, who started out selling ties at Bloomie’s, and the designer added, “He gave me my world.” Lauder told the crowd, which also included Bloomingdale’s chairman and CEO Michael Gould, and Marvin’s daughter Peggy Traub, “I shouldn’t be here. Marvin was supposed to outlive us all.” He described how Traub and wife Lee once organized a safari to Kenya for them all and Lauder organized a game of musical chairs because, “It was the only game I could beat Marvin at.” After the trip the Traubs made a film about the trip titled “Into Africa” and Lauder joked he worried Marvin would cast himself in the Robert Redford role. Former Bloomie’s exec Sue Kronick, who went on to become vice chair of Macy’s Inc., talked about Traub’s pioneering role in hiring women, saying he was responsible for more senior female executives in the business than anyone else. She added, “It shows that one person can make a difference.”