Walking in a porcelain wonderland...

American Standard - yes the bathroom fixture company - created a showroom with windows created by local designers ... This month is a fun window of a sink, a tree and some cardinals --  so winter, so fun !   Pass the birdseed...

Bohemian Christmas...

Beautiful flocked trees against white walls with gold trim at Chanel.  Great contrast of sculpted ornaments and black ribbons with the bright couture fashion. Love the mannequin styling with full curly hair and beaded head dresses. Deck the halls...

 

 

Silver ornaments shiny and smooth...

Plain simple window from Dior. Of course, you could argue the focus is the Dior couture, I find this window boring, especially during the holiday season. 

Oh what fun...

Love this window from Moncler.  So fun and executed perfectly - snow bank angled, sleds with full size mannequins in custom poses.  Love the backdrop of a simple snow blanket keeping the focus on the sled .  We're riding in a wonderland of snow ...

 

 

A symbol of goodwill and love...

Minimalism at the most simple. Alexander McQueen for holiday - a simple neon triangle - a tree? and a single mannequin. O Christmas tree...

 

 

Crystal, Art and Metal ...

Hermes teamed up with industrial designer Christopher Boots to create their holiday windows. Interesting mix of sculpture, art and design meeting retail - highlighting scarfs, handbags, jeweler, accessories and home goods.  From Mr. Boots website: Christopher Boots is a Melbourne based industrial designer, driven by a love of nature and light, with a commitment to nothing short of excellence. Retail meets art...

 

 

 

 

Polar express...

Calvin Klein takes old traditional - the train set -and adds the modern twist - white poles -  the results is a great holiday display. Four windows, multi trains zoom though the twists and turns of the white pole "forest". On the way, it passes accessories and home goods - brilliant !! All aboard...



Come what may...

Baz Luhrmann and Barney's teamed up to create Baz Dazzled Holiday. A huge over-the-top display interaction with performance art in two windows. A huge massive façade was erected across the store front with each window  named after the bohemian themes from Moulin Rouge: Love, Beauty, Truth, Freedom. A visual feast for the eyes with a lot of movement - the best is of course is when the performance art is being performed -  a breakdancer in Love and an ice skater in Freedom. The greatest thing you'll ever learn is just to love and be loved in return...

 

 

 

Is there an app for that...?

By far, Bloomingdales has some of the worst windows of the season. While the advertising campaign this year was Ready Set Bow - which is clever, the execution to the window was a miss.  In theory the idea sounds good - create a video game app that the consumer can log into and play the game on the LED screens in the windows. The reality was in observation no one was playing. In all my travels I never saw anyone playing.  One window would have be fun, but three windows was too many. One window was interactive to take live selfies which was being used.   I like the oversize bear made o " bow" tying in the theme - more of this would have been great.   One side  window with scary mannequin's had a NYC skyline and a mock New Years Ball drop ( and great bow backdrop again ) which was fun. Ready Set GO...