As usual, Stella McCartney's store (above) scoops the hugely coveted Hapsical prize for Best Christmas Decorations in Town! (the prize is that we won't put any of Stella's products in Oddbox for a month or so!) You really have to click these pictures to enlarge them (or better still go and see it for real, because it is almost guaranteed to cheer you up, especially because they all move).Bond Street decorations:
Tiffany's Blue at Tiffany's:
Not Tiffany's blue at Chopard:
Traditonal at Ralph Lauren:
It's Ralph Lauren Kids, down the road, though that we really love. It makes us feel all nostalgic about something or other:
Burlington Arcade:
One of those other arcades near there (can't remember the name):
Dude didn't look too happy about being in the shot, so we pixellated his face (we've always so wanted to use that Photoshop tool, just like in the newspapers!)Lots of gift bows at Sonia Rykiel:
South Molton Street:
Pretty at Cartier:
Whiteness at Pringle:
Selfridges have gone with a kitschy Santa theme, which we love (especially Santa in the laundrette: only Selfridges can display high fashion in one window, washing powder in the next, and make it all look good):
drunk Santa.
Inside they've gone for giant baubels, which we love too (because they make us think of Claes Oldenburg and oversized-object-fashion which we never stop banging on about):
We adore this too: it reminds us of Kate Moss and Jamie Hince's '"Christmas decorating accident" (what you missed that?! story's here)And now two honourable mentions of the *horrors* non-designer, high-street stores:
M&S (we rather love the traditonal paper chains idea, and it's looking surprisingly trendy for M&S):
Gift-wrapped Gap:
I vote for South Molton Street and Tiffany!
ReplyDelete(sorry, I think Stella is too much of a salad...)
Oh these are fun! I agree that Ralph Lauren Kids makes me wistful for a vague past that I never experienced and probably wasn't as lovely and idealized as it is in my mind. It sure is nice to think about though.
ReplyDeleteAnd some places started putting up Xmas decorations in mid-October this year here in the States, which kind of dulled the excitement a bit.
Welcome back Haps!
ReplyDeleteI love just about every picture here but I had to pick my jaw up from the floor when I saw Tiffany's blue box!
But blimey Gap's gift wrapping ribbons looked cheap.
Btw thanks for the tip about my cookies prob in posting comments. Apparently there wasn't enough pecan nuts in them. Just kiddin LOL. Its been solved.
i do love a good christmas decoration, some of these are just brilliant, 100% for effort. i like the traditionalness of the m&s ones.
ReplyDeleteonly thing i dont like about christmas is the music.
Uhm I meant Tiffany's blue boW!
ReplyDeleteBtw I just saw how sad it is for Woolworths! OMG I'm so sorry for the employees. Sorry to be a party pooper but I can't help thinking how lucky I am in this crisis period. Anyway I think it should make us all appreciate X'mas even more this year.
Once again I am baffled by Gap's horrendous X'mas window display. Are they really that stingy? Gordon Bennet it looks like it was done by Dot Cotton!
The blue bow isn't Tiffany's, they're all along Bond Street - they're like the street's decorations.
ReplyDeleteKpriss, I see you've gone for the good taste options, while we've gone for all the bad taste, kitschy ones! I agree in principle with your good taste, but sometimes it's fun to go all OTT and tacky!
Gap does look kinda cheap, but we liked the originality of the gift-wrapping the whole store.. it's certainly better than the sad artifical Christmas tree and half-broken lights that most high street chain stores come up with..