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Horse hedges, Silver Balls and Bears

RJ — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 01:22:41 +0000

Oh, how I wish I could shut up like a telescope! I think I could, if I only knew how to begin. ♦

Another view of the Caroll Christmas windows at Bergdorf Goodman.

And she tried to fancy what the flame of a candle is like after the candle is blown out, for she could not remember ever having seen such a thing ♣

♦♣ Alice; Lewis Caroll ‘Alice in Wonderland’ [D. Appleton. New York 1866].

Curiouser and curiouser! …We’re all mad here.

RJ — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 03:50:58 +0000

I wonder if I’ve been changed in the night? Let me think. Was I the same when I got up this morning? I almost think I can remember feeling a little different. But if I’m not the same, the next question is ‘Who in the world am I?’ Ah, that’s the great puzzle! *

The wonderland in this decoupage-filled window is dominated by a disconcerting grin and a Cheshire cat. Every inch is covered with flowers, trees, animals and Victorian paraphernalia. Most of the digital canvas print cut-outs flap in competition for surface space. Another view of the Caroll Christmas windows at Bergdorf Goodman.

Well! I’ve often seen a cat without a grin; but a grin without a cat! It’s the most curious thing I ever say in my life! ≡

* Spoken by Alice; Lewis Caroll ‘Alice in Wonderland’ [D. Appleton. New York 1866].

≡ ibid.

Ode to Lewis Caroll: the Queen of Hearts at Bergdorf Goodman

RJ — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 05:00:55 +0000

If I had a world of my own, everything would be nonsense. Nothing would be what it is, because everything would be what it isn’t. And contrary wise, what is, it wouldn’t be. And what it wouldn’t be, it would. You see? ≡

It is Caroll season! Yes, it is also carol season, and Bergdorf Goodman’s window displays for Christmas are celebrating both the single and double ‘L’ varieties with another spectacular array of windows into other worlds, specifically the worlds from the celebrated children’s classic ‘Alice in Wonderland‘ by Lewis Caroll.

In a delightful throwback to the Tim Burton exhibition at MoMA, and the upcoming release of his latest directorial work, Alice in Wonderland features in all the glory of characters, events and environments.

The windows are so full for this presentation I am posting them in installments. Here the work of Alexander McQueen and Marc Jacobs thrill on the marble tiles of the palace of the Queen of Hearts [and Clubs], and in the staircases and journey portals of Alice herself.

≡ Spoken by Alice; Lewis Caroll ‘Alice in Wonderland’ [D. Appleton. New York 1866]