Shine & Sparkle this New Year at Bergdorf Goodman's!

The best way to Celebrate this New Year is to dress up in crystals, glam and shine! - says the jeweled crocodile at the Bergdorf Goodman's window displays at 58th st. and 5th ave. This year’s theme is Wish You Were Here. Each window display brings the viewers to mystical destinations. Learn how the great team leaded by David Hoey put this masterpiece together in the video below.

Enjoy the full displays below and take a walk in NYC at dnainfo.com/20101124/manhattan/holiday

 

When Art, Photography and Fashion become Artwear

Swedish photographer Frederik Lieberath shot the original editorial for VOLT Magazine "ARTWEAR", featuring Uk fashion designers Charlie Le Mindu, Sandra Backlund, Iris Van Herpen, Hannah Marshall and Gemma Slack.

Visit their sites and learn more about their work at lieberath.com, voltcafe.com, charlielemindu.com, sandrabacklund.com, irisvanherpen.com, hannahmarshall.com and gemmaslack.com

Also watch this interesting Van Herpen's CRYSTALLIZED video below, directed by Joost Vanderbrug and more Volt TV at voltcafe.com

Hide and Seek, The mirrored Tree Hotel

Architects Tham & Videgard built a mirrored box in a "Treehotel" which recently opened 40 miles south of the Arctic Circle in Sweden. The "Mirrorcube" unit is designed to reflect its surroundings, but the glass has an infrared film, invisible to humans will prevent birds from flying into it. Visit their site and discover more units at treehotel.se and learn about the architect's work at tvark.se

Françoise Hardy, a muse and her Honda.

Françoise Hardy on a Honda, 1969. French singer who perfectly embodied the sultry, melancholy and reserved femme fatale. She influenced the fashion of her time, inspiring Balenciaga RTW Collection in 2005. Visit http://www.style.com/F2005RTW-BALENCIA

One of the many men she managed to escape from was Bob Dylan, who in an infatuated poem to Hardy wrote about his fantasy of her:

piles of lovers

fishing

kissing

lay themselves on their books. boats.

old men

clothed in curly mustaches

float on the benches

blankets of tourists

in bright red nylon shirts

with straw hats of ambassadors

In 1994, she collaborated with the British pop group Blur for their "La Comedie" version of "To The End"