David hoey bergdorf goodman biography of albert

  • Bergdorf's window designer, David Hoey says, "We have the tallest windows of anybody, so you can really exaggerate proportions.
  • A view of the holiday window displays at the Bergdorf Goodman 2013 holiday window unveiling at Bergdorf Goodman on November 19, 2013 in New York City.
  • She fired off an email to David Hoey, Bergdorf's senior director for visual presentation, the very next day.

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    Monkeys are playing music this time and endless shells and lobsters look on as you prance around... Duquette was mad for seashells - they turn up everywhere in his decorations. He once filled a Venetian palazzo with red coral sprigs alone.


    Exotic excess was Tony Duquette signature style. A quote from Hutton Wilkinson, “Tony was the only man who could spend $999 in a 99-cent store.”


    Here's a mini-video from Bergdorf Goodman's explaining this year's windows. Bergdorf's window designer, David Hoey says, "We have the tallest windows of anybody, so you can really exaggerate proportions. I wish we had another couple feet of depth, but we compensate with the height."

    What makes a good holiday window presentation?

    The 3-second rule! "The window has to grab somebody's attention and hold it for 3 seconds," says Hoey. People should be able to understand what the window is about in that brief amount of time. "But it should also be good for those standing there for 15 minute

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    Walk into Barclays Monaco on avenue de la Costa and you’ll be greeted by Prince Albert. Not personally, of course, but a formidable portrait of the Sovereign Prince by Benjamin Shine, made from over 1,000 recycled plastic bottles that were collected by the International School of Monaco, hangs proudly in the lobby.

    A tulle-netting portrait of Princess Charlene by the same artist, equally as stunning, captures your attention over the stairs.

    Tulle is Mr Shine’s signature work for which the graduate of Fashion Design at Central St Martins in London has not only gained widespread attention over the past decade, but his tulle creations have frequently been shown alongside luxury fashion houses. His recent collaboration with John Galliano for the Maison Margiela’s Artisanal Collection, culminated in the famous “Face Coat”, which received “a tremendous reaction globally”. He also collaborated with Riccardo Tisci on a series of couture/tulle art pieces for Givenchy.

    Mr Shine, whose fa

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    Is there any New York store more iconic than Bergdorf Goodman? The shopping destination has inspired multiple documentaries, earned a nära rabidly devoted following, and draws traffic-stopping crowds for its annual—highly buzzed about and kept fiercely beneath wraps—holiday fönster. This year, Bergdorf's upped the ante, partnering with a series of New York City institutions to outfit its iconic displays in a breathtaking ode to its home city. "While exploring this theme, we knew the fönster had to be dynamic and multilayered to evoke the excitement of New York today, while simultaneously celebrating the city’s past," says the store's celebrated senior director of visual presentation David Hoey. "Our institutional partners provided an array of subject matter to inspire us, so we crafted a completely different type of öppning for each organization." Indeed, the American Museum of Natural History, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Museum of the Moving Image, New Yor