A tripod of sequins and glamor is the backdrop of the glittering New York during the Christmas period. From Gossip Girl to Sex and The City fashion and this wonderful city became real protagonists on the screen as much as in reality, transforming brands into real style icons and making New York streets an endless walkway.
I spent hours watching the look of Carrie Bradshaw and her friends, dreaming about the day I could see fashion in the “big apple”. Today that dream is reality, and I can share with you the beauty that my eyes are seeing.
To describe fashion I love to use the quote of one of the most illustrious sociologists, Tim Edwards, who claims that fashion is the proverbial Pandora vase. “If you lift the lid to examine it, colors, fabrics and spells fly away together with their magical, seductive and even irritating meanings, and – as far as we are concerned – it is impossible to lock them up again. Precisely in this lies its charm and difficulty, in the absence of parameters, boundaries or even limits.
Fashion, therefore, anything but a futile or superficial phenomenon, is a complex reality, of enormous social and individual relevance”.
Walking on Fifth Avenue or in the streets of SoHo you find yourself completely immersed in a magical atmosphere, the same magic without limits and boundaries that Edwards speaks of. Glasses in motion, mannequins that seem to be living, fabrics, decorations and lights that illuminate the streets and draw attention also to the most distracted passer.
In a New York always hectic, even more in the period preceding the holidays, fashion manages to slow us down to admire its beauty, its charm, has the power to surprise us, to make us excited, dream and smile.
From the show of lights of Saks to the undisputed class of Bergdorf Goodman, from the elegance and charm of Printemps to the tradition of Macy’s, each store offers a unique and special experience.
But fashion is not only in the windows, you can also breathe in the streets between oversized coats, bolder color boots and Christmas sweaters; luxury is mixed with the inevitable streetwear and practicality of New York, each look tells the personality of the wearer.
From the show of lights of Saks to the undisputed class of Bergdorf Goodman, from the elegance and charm of Printemps to the tradition of Macy’s, each store offers a unique and special experience.
But fashion is not only in the windows, you can also breathe in the streets between oversized coats, bolder color boots and Christmas sweaters; luxury is mixed with the inevitable streetwear and practicality of New York, each look tells the personality of the wearer.
It is also, or above all, this the power of fashion: create connections.
Between dream and reality, magic and concreteness, fashion is therefore the undisputed protagonist of New York Christmas, which invites us to slow down, to observe, to be surprised. In this city you need a sparkly detail to feel part of an open-air catwalk… and bring home, along with gifts, even an extra smile.
L’articolo New York style Christmas among iconic showcases and street fashion proviene da IlNewyorkese.
