It’s that time of year again when New York’s biggest department stores bring out the big guns with their holiday window displays. Bergdorf Goodman decided to up the fantasy and drama quotient with their 2011 windows entitled “Carnival of the Animals.” Taking inspiration from diverse settings reimagined in various materials and the animals that dwell there, the department store transformed five of their main Fifth Avenue windows into wonderfully wild themes.

David Hoey and his visual team spent the past two years planning, building and collecting antiques for this big moment.

Above: “Testing the Waters” – Completely encrusted with hand-cut Italian mosaic tile, this intensely blue window is meant to depict an undersea fantasy. The single mannequin is dressed in a seashell dress from the Alexander McQueen Spring 2012 collection. At 10 months, it was the most labor-intensive window display in Bergdorf Goodman’s history!

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When you’re walking along a busy street, it’s not so easy to figure out a person’s profession. Although, photographer Vitaly Sokolovsky’s photo series entitled Dance-Petersburg certainly makes it easier to pick the dancers out of a crowd. Similar to Jordan Matter’s Dancer’s Among Us project in New York City, Sokolovsky captures the acrobatic movements of dancers in plain clothing, performing everyday tasks.

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Bryan Adams’ crisp photos of Yasmin Le Bon for the photo shoot Yasmin Après la Nuit are incredibly sexy and absolutely stunning. (Yasmin Après la Nuit literally translates to Yasmin After Night.) In these photos, British-Iranian fashion model Le Bon looks seductive and cunning as she poses in gorgeously strong outfits. I’m in love with the black and nude contrast which is astonishingly striking and only serves to make the photos even more eye-catching. This editorial was for L’Officiel Paris magazine’s October 2011 issue.

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