Barneys Unveils Baz Luhrmann's Amazingly Insane Holiday Windows [VIDEO]
Barneys New York, the luxury specialty retailer, announced recently the 2014 Holiday campaign: BAZ DAZZLED Holiday; a collaboration with world renowned writer/director/producer Baz Luhrmann and his wife, costume designer and collaborator Catherine Martin. Each year, Barneys taps someone famous to collaborate on a campaign and limited edition collection for the holidays. The Baz Dazzled Holiday collection, which follows collabs with Lady Gaga, Disney and Jay Z, hit select Barneys locations and Barneys.com on Thursday Nov. 13. In a city where each department store is trying to outshine the competition, the holidays are all about making things big and bright - which happens to be Luhrmann and Martin's specialty, as they proved at Thursday night's unveiling.
According to Fashionista, a little rain wasn't going to damper the occasion outside Barneys' flagship on Madison Avenue. Under a banner which read "A life lived in fear is a life half lived," group Pentatonix performed Christmas carols as the whole story of the windows unfolded. The concept is so outlandish, it's really best summed up by the release: "a contortionist b-boy elf, a wise old 'True Owl' who speaks the truth, a graffiti-ing squirrel who makes use of his gold spray paint through Barneys and beyond, and Celestina the ice princess, eternally skating and longing to be set free - with the whole mythical world ruled over by the Luna and Solar Queens."
With the Luna and Solar Queens performing an operatic cover of Madonna's "Holiday" from the balconies above, confetti cannons fired into the air - it was something that could have come straight out of one of Luhrmann's films. Then a lively drumline lead party-goers to the Central Park Zoo just a few blocks away, which had been turned into a magical forest. Dinner was held under a Hogwarts-worthy canopy of branches and floating candlesticks, tables and chairs nestled in a thick carpet of leaves.
Pentatonix ended dinner by standing on their chairs to perform an incredible Beyoncé medley and an encore performance of Ariana Grande's "Problem." Guests took to the dance floor - none more enthusiastically than Martin herself. Indeed, the Baz Dazzled unveiling was the perfect kickoff to the holiday season. Check out this video on the magical #BAZDAZZLED windows below!
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