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| Leaflets and postcards picked up at the Museum of the City of New York |
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| Right : American Vogue with cover by Beaton July 15th 1935 Left: American Vogue with cover by Beaton April 1 1936 |
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| Left: Model wearing hat by Suzy 1934, inspired by Surrealism Right: Model wears Irene, stands in front of a Jackson Pollock painting in the Betty Parson Gallery, New York 1951 |
On our last full day in New York
City we went far uptown (off the map and almost to Harlem) to visit the Museum of the City of
New York.
The museum was in a beautiful
building with exquisite large staircases. We went to see the Cecil Beaton
exhibit. Beaton was an English fashion and portrait photographer, diarist,
painter, interior designer and Academy Award winning stage and costume designer
for films and theatre..... go Cecil!
The exhibit was fantastic and had
such a great range of inspiration and great references to use in the future. Also
on at the same time was an Interiors exhibit show casing opulent New York
interiors.
Then we were off to browse the shops on Madison and 5th.
Madison Avenue was like a whole
different world. The high-end shops and the people dressed head to toe in
designer labels was mind blowing. I took so many pictures filled up an entire
memory card... good job I had a spare! I have shown a few examples above of shops from Madison and 5th
Av.
“Lazy fashion stylists” at Chloe
using mannequins on swings, oversize mirrors and stacked chairs at Lavin, IPads
as store directories at Barneys (an example of technology being used for the
sake of it. As I found waiting for people in front to figure out how to use it
was not an efficient way to find out how to navigate the store… particularly when
you are looking for the toilet!), amazingly detailed windows at Bergdorf
Goodman’s and the beautifully simple yet effective Apple store.
To see more examples of visual
merchandising from Madison Avenue and 5th see the side bar or click
here.
Ashley
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