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  • bergdorf windows sneak peek

    I have a few things to get done this week then I will edit and share my photos from the annual visit to the Bergdorf Goodman holiday windows.  They do LARGE so well, but this year I was most impressed with their small windows.  This is a peek from one of them…..

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    This all cut paper.  Fragile.  Delicate.  Clever.  *swoon*

    The Addams Family was spectacular!  The set, the stage, the cast.  While movies may dazzle us, live theater continues to amaze me.  The things they can do with curtains and props and costumes blows me away.  Nathan and Bebe rocked as Gomez and Morticia. 

    Hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving.  We were with my parents – such a blessing to have them here.  December is a few days away….who is ready?

  • the learning curve…..

    Whew boy!  I have been a lucky girl!  I am writing this post from my new laptop….and added details to this photo using a new version of photoshop!  I am trying not to let the learning curve of these devices make me crabby because it's all good. 

    Yesterday Fallon and I finally made it into the city to see the Bergdorf Goodman windows.  We shared the experience with two treasured friends, Bonnie and Anne.   What fun it was to be there with artists….we were supposed to go earlier in the month with Lisa but I got sick :(   I have alot of editing to do before the photos are ready to present.  This year Fallon was the photographer.  If you get a chance to see the windows in the next week or so (before they change them out) do it!  If you can't make it then check back here in the following days for Fallon's perspective.  You may remember my posts from last year HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, and HERE.  A sneak peek of 2009…….*swooooooon*.

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    Hope Santa was good to you.  No coal here, that's for sure.

  • the learning curve…..

    Whew boy!  I have been a lucky girl!  I am writing this post from my new laptop….and added details to this photo using a new version of photoshop!  I am trying not to let the learning curve of these devices make me crabby because it's all good. 

    Yesterday Fallon and I finally made it into the city to see the Bergdorf Goodman windows.  We shared the experience with two treasured friends, Bonnie and Anne.   What fun it was to be there with artists….we were supposed to go earlier in the month with Lisa but I got sick :(   I have alot of editing to do before the photos are ready to present.  This year Fallon was the photographer.  If you get a chance to see the windows in the next week or so (before they change them out) do it!  If you can't make it then check back here in the following days for Fallon's perspective.  You may remember my posts from last year HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, and HERE.  A sneak peek of 2009…….*swooooooon*.

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    Hope Santa was good to you.  No coal here, that's for sure.

  • masters of illusion

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    I think Bergdorf has a total of 14 windows (edit: 18 windows!).  What a task to complete these scenes.  They change over several times a year – the holiday windows are worth a visit.  The 5th Avenue showcases will mesmerize you, but don't forget to go around the other two sides!  I wish you could get a sense of the dimension on these – lots of layers, lots of huge props, and tiny details.

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    The backdrops for these windows are enlargements from one of my favorite clipart books.  I adore the white windows on 5th Avenue, but I swooned at all the black&white&red on 57th.

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    We make the journey by train into the city every December just to see the windows, but we were lucky to catch them this year in November.  Hope you've enjoyed the illusion from your chair, wherever you are.  It's been a visually intensive few posts but I wanted to show you as much as I could – it's hard to capture the total wonderfulness with my humble camera, the glare, and other window gazers about.  How dare they get in my way?  Here are a few more from 5th Avenue, and 58th Street.

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    All credit for the Bergdorf Goodman holiday windows goes to Linda Fargo and David Hoey and their team of visual magic makers.  I saw David directing positioning of props and really wanted to interrupt for a fangirl moment and autograph but I could tell he was trying to beat the clock.  Very cool to see him right out on the street while hands behind the glass moved things around in the larger-than-life assemblage art.  I have seen a few local newscasts covering the window displays with sneak peeks into the workrooms.  This morning they interviewed David and he said it takes 9 months to prepare the Christmas windows, and they do it to entertain and inspire.  Mission accomplished!

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    Linda has a book, Dreams Through the Glass, that is hard-to-find (copies go for around $100).  I wish they would release a yearly publication with professional photos of the overall windows, the details and secrets hidden in each vignette, and some behind-the-scenes shots.  I'd buy it, wouldn't you?

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    Oh, and I dug up a photo taken of the phrenology heads from the 2006 holiday windows, wonder where they'll show up next:

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       EDIT:  an article about Fargo and Hoey from 2007 HERE.

  • masters of illusion

    Mwillusion 

    I think Bergdorf has a total of 14 windows (edit: 18 windows!).  What a task to complete these scenes.  They change over several times a year – the holiday windows are worth a visit.  The 5th Avenue showcases will mesmerize you, but don't forget to go around the other two sides!  I wish you could get a sense of the dimension on these – lots of layers, lots of huge props, and tiny details.

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    The backdrops for these windows are enlargements from one of my favorite clipart books.  I adore the white windows on 5th Avenue, but I swooned at all the black&white&red on 57th.

    Perspective  

    Mwbg43  

    We make the journey by train into the city every December just to see the windows, but we were lucky to catch them this year in November.  Hope you've enjoyed the illusion from your chair, wherever you are.  It's been a visually intensive few posts but I wanted to show you as much as I could – it's hard to capture the total wonderfulness with my humble camera, the glare, and other window gazers about.  How dare they get in my way?  Here are a few more from 5th Avenue, and 58th Street.

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    All credit for the Bergdorf Goodman holiday windows goes to Linda Fargo and David Hoey and their team of visual magic makers.  I saw David directing positioning of props and really wanted to interrupt for a fangirl moment and autograph but I could tell he was trying to beat the clock.  Very cool to see him right out on the street while hands behind the glass moved things around in the larger-than-life assemblage art.  I have seen a few local newscasts covering the window displays with sneak peeks into the workrooms.  This morning they interviewed David and he said it takes 9 months to prepare the Christmas windows, and they do it to entertain and inspire.  Mission accomplished!

    MWBGhoey

    Linda has a book, Dreams Through the Glass, that is hard-to-find (copies go for around $100).  I wish they would release a yearly publication with professional photos of the overall windows, the details and secrets hidden in each vignette, and some behind-the-scenes shots.  I'd buy it, wouldn't you?

    Fargo

    Oh, and I dug up a photo taken of the phrenology heads from the 2006 holiday windows, wonder where they'll show up next:

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       EDIT:  an article about Fargo and Hoey from 2007 HERE.

  • spring’s aviary

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    Almost done.  Can you imagine how much fun it was to compile this stuff?  I notice a few repurposed things from previous years, like the phrenology heads.  Very cool.  Told ya, *swoon*. 

  • spring’s aviary

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    Almost done.  Can you imagine how much fun it was to compile this stuff?  I notice a few repurposed things from previous years, like the phrenology heads.  Very cool.  Told ya, *swoon*. 

  • iridescent summer

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    My fave is next – Spring.  After that I'll show you the 57th Street side windows, more swooning. 

  • iridescent summer

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    My fave is next – Spring.  After that I'll show you the 57th Street side windows, more swooning. 

  • the moons of autumn

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    After the Windows, we took rode a rickshaw to dinner, and walked the busy streets to Madison Square Garden for Cirque du Soleil:  Wintuk.  This was my 3rd CDS, but the first that had a skateboard ramp and BMX-style bikers, and a grand finale with snowflake confetti which dropped throughout the entire audience!

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    Still more windows to follow…..