2014 Holiday in the City...

The Holidays are gone,  and the décor is packed away. The windows of New York are one of the magic times in the city - here is my summery of the best of the season:

FAVORITE NUMBER ONE

Saks Fifth Avenue
...Brilliant idea to take the classic fairytales and make them New York City!  Love the stories - Cinderella with shoes;  Sleeping Beautify in the city that doesn't sleep, Rapunzel with her hair dresser...

  

FAVORITE NUMBER TWO

Tiffany & Co.

...Each window depicts a New York scene with beautiful Tiffany jewelry tucked into the display.  Incredible use of video and animation; video scenes, moving billboards, jumping cabs, flickering fire. Special note for the window with two men and their child...

 

 

FAVORITE NUMBER THREE

Macy's

...Santa in space; visiting the planets; elves; telescopes! Who could ask for anything more -  love the ice fight between Neptune and Uranus and mini NYC with the Macy's Parade...

 



 

FAVORITE NUMBER FOUR 

Ralph Lauren 

...Creating a style of 20's glamor, Ralph creates a winter visit to the Roaring timeframe.  Clean, simple and deco - silver and snow creates the perfect back drop for the beautiful white fashions of the season..

 



 

FAVORITE NUMBER FIVE

Bergdorf Goodman

...This year Holiday revolves around The Arts. The main windows: Literature, with the bold red fabric motif; Architecture of blue - just like blueprints; Theatre - with amazing neon; Painting - in white, just waiting for color to be added...

 



 

AND MY LEAST FAVORITE  

Bloomingdale's

 ...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...

Out of this window...

Adorable window at Macy's through the lens of the child!  Santa in space; visiting the planets; elves; telescopes! Who could ask for anything more -  love the ice fight between Neptune and Uranus and mini NYC with the Macy's Parade.  Blast off... 

 

 

Be a part of it: New York, New York...

My favorite window of the season. Incredible windows at Macy's Herald Square telling the history in NYC.  The Magic of the City...explores each decade through a part of the city through he eyes of Macy's: the fashion, Holiday Lane, Thanksgiving Parade, the wooden escalators, Miracle of 34th Street, Santa inside Macy's.  I love the storytelling, the displays and the text on the glass to explain. A window of letters to Santa that benefits Make-a-Wish and a window window with B/W vintage footage! A Miracle indeed!...

 

Yes, Virginia...

Macy's at Herald Square changed out their traditional vintage window of "Miracle on 34th Street" and replaced it this year with windows that are a tie-back to the animated cartoon "Yes, Virginia, There is a Santa Claus"  Capturing the spirit of the old holiday window style with little movable figures - this is a cute little set of windows -- although truth be told - I do miss the Miracle windows...