Bergdorf Goodman’s Wild Holiday Window Displays
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!
