#BGWindows :: Holiday on Ice
FAO Schwartz - Holiday Decor 2013 It does seem a bit early to be thinking about the holidays but many a store cleared out their Halloween stock and went straight to Christmas goodies. I guess there is not much of a market for Thanksgiving decorations. Signs of the season have started to appear in Manhattan -- the star is hanging over the intersection of 57th and 5th and the lines are forming at FAO Schwartz (I wonder if they all know that Toys R' Us now owns that venerable emporium as I reported in Behind the Flagship Store ?). Louis Vuitton has unveiled windows that feature geese. I am kind of hoping those are just a placeholder and not their holiday windows but the sleigh filled with gifts that the geese are pulling is pretty indicative that these be it. Sigh. Reindeer, Reindeer, Goose? Across the street at Bergdorf Goodman, David Hoey and his holiday elves appear to be hard at work behind the curtains that mask the windows. As my fri...