New York & the Art of the Barneys’ Window Displays
I spent one holiday season, 1998, in New York City. I had visited a few times, but never the week preceding Christmas, so there were a few holiday big city traditions that I wanted to experience. One was to see the tree at the Rockefeller Center, and another was to walk along 5th Avenue, and Madison Avenue…just looking at the window displays. One of my many misconceptions of the city, was that people would simply be walking by, checking out the windows as they continued on with their last minute Christmas purchases.
This is not the case, as people line up around the corners, and slowly move past the windows. Window displays in New York City are works of art, and one of the finest artists of this medium in the city, is Barneys. Along these famous avenues sits not only the iconic stores such as Barneys, FAO Schwarz and Tiffany’s, but many fine restaurants and boutique hotels. New York during the holiday season provides you with not only the memories of your trip, but with a rich history of all that has happened before, from the “Miracle on 34th Street” to the wearing of an Easter bonnet for the Easter parade.
Whether or not any US citizen has been to New York, we all have “memories of New York”, provided by the entertainment industry, and the vast amount of national icons that exist and reveal a bit about American history as a whole. The year that I saw the window displays, led me on a search of the past years of displays, all rich with a theme. 2006, the theme of Barneys’ displays was Andy Warhol. In 2007 the artists created displays that centered around the environment, and in 2008 the theme was simply Peace and Love.
These are not just displays that are intended to draw customers into the building, but displays that really do reflect the times, and the meanings behind those times. It is a grand gesture that far exceeds commercialized notions. Christmas 2010, my destination is New York City…for all of it, and for the chance to see what the artists of Barneys will come up with next.
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