Holiday Window Displays

So Christmas is coming and with it comes what I love the most about it: Holiday window displays! I remember it as the most exciting part of the holidays when I was a kid, of course, nothing as fancy and glamorous as the displays from New York.

Every store makes its best to show off their decorations for every Christmas, last year Bergdorf Goodman had one that I thought was unique, with bears, elephants, McQueen dresses, etc. This year, Saks decided to "tell" the story of a little girl that got into their parents' gabinet and every different window shows whatever she finds in their, including a Dolce & Gabbana dress that Lady Gaga used and champagne bottles, bubbles, snow flakes, etc.

Bergdorf Goodman offers their customers and everyone who walks around its windowsa fantasy travel, with images, lions, maps, a carriage, the space and obviously amazing clothes, the greatest accesories, evening gowns, coats, etc.

Bloomingdale's on the other hand, chose to display more than 100 screens that play multiple winter scenes with a dark blue background. Macy's blah, just some childish animations. Barneys blew my mind with window where they show like an 18th century dress made out of coffee tins from Illy. Also, Lord & Taylor made some nice displays which included customers' favorites holiday memories.

And last, Henri Bendel, who channeled the famous Nutcraker but in the most stylish way we can think of it, with amazing tutus and props to complement.

So, yes, Christmas is just around the corner. Excitement for many. I just wish I could get everything's on those displays, from clothes to props. And I'm still wishing my real sized bear from Bergdorf Goodman's window from 2009.

Henri Bendel

Lord & Taylor

Lord & Taylor

Lord & Taylor

Barney's

Bloomingdale's

Bergdorf Goodman

Bergdorf Goodman

Bergdorf Goodman

Bergdorf Goodman

Bergdorf Goodman

Bergdorf Goodman

Saks Fifth Avenue

Saks Fifth Avenue

Saks Fifth Avenue

Saks Fifth Avenue

Saks Fifth Avenue

Balenciaga: Spanish Master

"Balenciaga: Spanish Master" is the name of the new exposition in honor of Cristóbal Balenciaga, conceived by Oscar De La Renta (who began his career working with him) and curate by Vogue's Editor-at-Large, Hamish Bowles. Both team up to celebrate and also show the work of this amazing Spanish designer known by all.

One of the goals of this exposition is to investigate the impact of Spanish art, culture and history on Balenciaga's designs. To achieve this investigation, the expo includes more than 70 designs from Cristóbal and also traditional Spanish garnments and artworks, with this, all people attending will be able to see what influenced this designer's work.

The exhibition will take place at the Queen Sofia Institute and then it will be moved to the Young Fine Arts Museum in San Francisco, where the Vivienne Westwood and Yves Saint Laurent's expos were presented a few years ago. One of the most important facts of this exposition is - not only the fact that they pay homage to one of the greatest designers in history - to raise awareness of the important and the legacy of the Spanish culture.

As Hamish Bowles said, Balenciaga's work has been influenced by flamenco dance costumes, matadores, Goya, Velázquez and many other inspirations. He made an incredible work for this exhibition, from research and hunting around the world to get as many Balenciaga pieces as possible. He also got access to the Balenciaga archive (my biggest dream of course) and help from Nicolas Ghesquière.

Added to the amazing collection of designs, art and traditional Spanish costumes, there will be a selection of videos created Tom Kublin, one of Balenciaga's friend, who documented his work from the late 1950's through to his retirement in 1968. And also, there will be a catalogue, wrote by Hamish Bowles and some of the photographs included in this, are from Craig McDean.

This exhibition, with designs from one of the greatest couturiers, plus an amazing team like De La Renta, McDean and Hamish Bowles will make of it a huge success. So whoever's going to New York before February 19th MUST visit the Queen Sofia Spanish Institute. Is mandatory! This is one of those expos that if I were rich I would spend whatever amount to travel from wherever the hell I am just to visit it. Balenciaga's work is one of a kind. Like it or not, he was a great designer and his legacy is unique. Is like talking about Dior or Chanel, they're classics and it's part of Fashion History.

Indestructible

I've been loving Robyn since I heard "Bulletproof" and more when I found "Dancing on my own". First of all I thing she's really androgynous, beautiful eyes, nice pop-ish/electro-ish music and her music videos are simple, but they have their own beauty.

Spending my life in front of my laptop I found her new video for "Indestructible" and I'm stil wowed! The song is amazing, has a nice beat, the images are sexual and beautiful at the same time and she's wearing an amazing dress. No need to show her crotch through a lace dress like Lady Gaga or using an awful body suit like Leighton Meester. She's wearing a costume made of tubes with liquid flowing trough them while changing color and I like the fact that is extremely wearable and at the same time avant-garde enough to make a statement.

Take a look at the video and pay attention to the soon, I thinks it's gonna be on my favorites from her, specially because of the aesthetic of the video.

Enjoy!



Robyn 'Indestructible' Official Video

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