http://www.sitebits.com/dsb/posts/list/60.html JForum - http://www.jforum.net Windows Posted by Lori in New York; Shops & Markets on 22/Nov/2006 Window dressing seems to be an art form that is taken very seriously only in New York. Bergdorf Goodman's window design department not only occupies an entire floor of their 57th Street store, but also inhabits a large warehouse across the river in Queens. Each season, Director David Hoey's elaborate visions enliven the corner of 5th Avenue and 57th Street- adjacent to Central Park and the Plaza hotel. The windows have become more than just a place for showing off the wares for sale at Bergdorf's, but a venue for exquisite installation narrative art. Using designer clothing, antiques, original art works and other borrowed props (this Halloween features a skeleton horse!), the windows are somewhat of an art gallery on their own. I am a big supporter of art for art's sake, which seems to be less common in the United States as opposed to Europe... Read the rest of: "Windows": http://www.sitebits.com/2006/nyc_windows.html]]> http://www.sitebits.com/dsb/posts/list/915.html#3269 http://www.sitebits.com/dsb/posts/list/915.html#3269 GMT http://www.sitebits.com/dsb/posts/list/915.html#3270 http://www.sitebits.com/dsb/posts/list/915.html#3270 GMT http://www.sitebits.com/dsb/posts/list/915.html#3271 http://www.sitebits.com/dsb/posts/list/915.html#3271 GMT http://www.sitebits.com/dsb/posts/list/915.html#3374 http://www.sitebits.com/dsb/posts/list/915.html#3374 GMT http://www.sitebits.com/dsb/posts/list/915.html#3375 http://www.sitebits.com/dsb/posts/list/915.html#3375 GMT http://www.sitebits.com/dsb/posts/list/915.html#3377 http://www.sitebits.com/dsb/posts/list/915.html#3377 GMT http://www.sitebits.com/dsb/posts/list/915.html#3379 http://www.sitebits.com/dsb/posts/list/915.html#3379 GMT http://www.sitebits.com/dsb/posts/list/915.html#3380 http://www.sitebits.com/dsb/posts/list/915.html#3380 GMT