Window Dressing

Shop windows have always been the most effective advertisement for the latest fashions, the enticement to shop, the aspiration for luxe goods. I fondly remember walking in the busy New York City shopping district and losing myself in the fantasy of the shop windows. I don't live in a city and I miss out on those glimpses into the rabbit hole. The best ones tell a story so well constructed that it's easy to loose your place and think that you're on a theater stage or movie set. Children are drawn to movement; a train circling a Christmas scene or animals in a menagerie while adults relish in the fantasy world where everything is perfect, nothing gets dusty or out of place, and luxury has it's place in our lives. I think window designers and artists are the best storytellers in the world. Have you seen any good ones this holiday season? - l.o.d.