Ralph Lauren Women's Flagship Store Holiday Window Display

This holiday season, one of the most beautiful window displays is that of Ralph Lauren Women's flagship store located at 888 Madison Avenue.

Bloomingdale's Cirque du Soleil Holiday Window Display

This year's Bloomingdale's Lexington Avenue store holiday window display takes inspiration from Paramount Pictures’ movie, “Cirque du Soleil: Worlds Away 3D,” which will be released in theaters on December 21. Five scenes from the film are depicted inside the windows. The displays utilize hand-painted fantasy murals and sculpted animation to recreated the scenes.

Philippine Design and Lifestyle Trade Fair Featured in New York's Philippine Center Window Exhibit

"Papillion Easy Chair",  "Cloud Pendant Lamp" and "Handmade Paper" 

"Papillion Easy Chair"

"Cloud Pendant Lamp"

"Cloud Pendant Lamp"

The Philippine Center on Fifth Avenue is prominently promoting the premiere design and lifestyle trade fair of the Philippines, "MANILA FAME" in its current window display. This year's Manila FAME theme is "The Art of the Craftsman - The Soul of the Philippines" and aims to elevate the profile of the Philippines as a source of innovative, unique, cutting-edge, and sustainable designs for home, business, and lifestyle requirements. The window display is a joint project of the Philippine Center, Philippine Consulate General, the Philippine Trade and Investment Center (PTIC) in New York and the Center for International Trade Expositions and Missions (CITEM). The initial CITEM display features "Papillion Easy Chair" by renowned Filipino designer, Kenneth Cobonpue, "Cloud Pendant Lamp" and "Handmade Paper" by masaec. The next Manila FAME fair will be held on March 14 to 17, 2013 at the SMX Convention Center in Manila.

Louis Vuitton Collaborates With Artist Yayoi Kusama - Manhattan Flagship Store Facade and Window Displays On Fifth Avenue Go Polka Dots

Louis Vuitton Fifth Avenue flagship store with David Byrne-designed shoe bike rack in the foreground

Louis Vuitton has created splashy facade and window displays for the flagship Manhattan store on Fifth Avenue in honor of the brand's collaboration with celebrated Japanese artist and "Princess of Polka Dots", Yayoi Kusama. The building facade at the northeast corner of Fifth Avenue and 57th Street is wrapped in a pattern of black dots in different sizes on a white background. The window displays have three Kusama motifs: “Beginning of the Universe,” ‘’Eternal Blooming Flowers in My Mind” and “Self-Obliteration.”  Recently, Louis Vuitton formally unveiled a new collection created in collaboration between Yayoi Kusama and Louis Vuitton creative director, Marc Jacobs. The theme is bold, graphic polka dots — a signature of the artist — offered in a frenzied series of sizes and colors. The polka dots appear in many items including shoes, handbags, shirts, skirts, sunglasses and accessories. The product launch and building installation coincides with the Whitney Museum of American Art’s new retrospective exhibition of Kusama’s work (see previous post).

Father's Day

Some of the windows of Saks Fifth Avenue and Rizzoli Bookstore in midtown Manhattan feature a Father's Day theme. This year, Saks is donating 5% of the sales of ties and pocket squares from June 14 through 16. Rizzoli displays the word Dad in different languages together with a selection of books for fathers. Saks Fifth Avenue is located at 611 Fifth Avenue. Rizzoli bookstore is located at 31 West 57th Street between Fifth and Sixth Avenues.

Top Designs from Parsons the New School for Design Class of 2012

Saks Fifth Avenue is showcasing the designs of the top of the Class of 2012 from Parsons the New School for Design in its flagship store windows in midtown Manhattan. The new designers show their fresh points of view, interesting use of fabric and impeccable construction.

Bergdorf Goodman Window Display Celebrates PRADA and SCHIAPARELLI

Bergdorf Goodman pays tribute to Prada and Schiaparelli in its current window display. "Schiaparelli and Prada: Impossible Conversations” is the new Costume Institute exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art that opened last Wednesday. The display features Schiaparelli's surrealist aesthetic and Prada's 2012 Spring Collection.