Woody Allen, Carol Channing, Whoopi Goldberg, Jerry Stiller,
Sarah Jessica Parker with Matthew Broderick, Liza Minnelli, Marilyn Monroe,
Audrey Hepburn and Bernadette Peters have a dinner party in New York! And you are invited- not to join them but to see
the window show in the upscale Henri Bendel Store this holiday.
Henri Willis Bendel
was an American businessman
and fashion designer who
first bring the designs of Coco
Chanel over to the United States from Paris. He registered his trademark in
1895. Bendel attracted clients like the Astors and the Vanderbilts by importing
designer wares and staging New York
City's first-ever fashion show.
The "Hirschfeld Spectacular" is a tribute to the
late illustrator who is considered by many to be the greatest line artist of
the modern era.
You will find more info about the artist in my next post.
There is a two-story tree, covered in malachite and
punctuated with 15 Swarovski Crystal Chandeliers in the center of the atrium inside the store. Atop
the tree is Al Hirschfeld’s Charlie Chaplin, also sculpted in three dimensions,
looking down at all who enter the store.
| Audrey Hepburn at “Breakfast At Tiffany’s by Hirschfeld and in the Bendel’s window | |
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| Charlie Chaplin on the top of the tree and in Al Hirschfeld’s drawing | |
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Could you find here who is who?
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