. A crazy crowd of circus performers have hit the windows of Juicy Couture this Holiday season. A chaotic melange of dancing horses, acrobats, trapeze artists, snake charmers, stilt walkers, knife throwers – and a bearded woman – creates an eccentric tableau that certainly stops one in his tracks. To read more, pick up a [...]

. Why stop at Holiday decorations in your windows only -  when you have the whole building to decorate? Luxury brands and retailers – Fendi, Cartier and Saks 5th Avenue – have used their entire building as a back drop for this Holiday season. Glittering lights in overscaled belts, ribbons and snowflakes – that dance [...]

. Across the fashion floor an updated ‘Nautical’ story appears. Always crisp and clean, Breton striped tees, white bermudas, white jeans and a fabulous range of ‘nautical’ prints in dresses will have wide appeal. Red, white and blue is the color theme. Add a dash of fresh yellow to update this key Resort story. To [...]

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. Supporting artists – from a very early age – has always been a job for benefactors, gallery owners and philanthropists. Now you have a chance to be a benefactor by purchasing artwork – from someone who might just make it big – some years from now. Charity begins at home and this is great [...]

. In a cheeky salute to Saturday Night Live’s 35th birthday, Barney’s proves that it is a New York institution. Paper mache figures from seasons past – and years past – make an appearance alongside some rather controversial figures of today (isn’t that Tina Fey as Sarah Palin somewhere in there). Bravo to Barney’s for [...]

. Red looks set to be the winning new hue of the Holiday season – and how appropriate. Red just happens to be the newest emerging hue to make an impact – and it’s the color of Christmas tidings! In glamorous evening wear – Saks 5th Avenue gives red the royal treatment – in over [...]

. Denim overalls first turned up last Spring/Summer and then multiplied over the recent Fall season – but, I don’t feel that they will impact fashion in any great way until the new Spring 2010 season. After the seminal ‘Depression Era’ inspired Collection shown by Ralph Lauren back in September, designers are rethinking denim, they [...]

. Free People glitters with a shimmering display of sequined snow flakes! Add to that cut metal snow flakes hanging from the ceiling and Christmas lights and you get the feeling that you are stepping into a Winter wonderland. All made in Mexico – these Holiday ornaments – are truly original and fit in well [...]

. A continuing theme of snow and snow flakes can be seen at Anthropologie. And wow – it looks fabulous! The most creative windows across their flagship store at the Rockefeller Plaza sees landscapes of snow storms, snow balls, snow caves and snow flakes – all made from used elements collected from junk yards and [...]