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Marie
I'm a twenty-something Danish girl living in Los Angeles, where I work as a freelance fashion writer, blogger and stylist. I love highstreet-shopping, cupcakes, colorful accessories, skyhigh heels and spending time with my hubby and dog. 3 words that describe my style: effortless, feminine and simple.

isabel
I live in the North of Spain and for just a little over a year I've been immersed in my particular project on fashion - outfitdeluxe. I enjoy sharing my view on fashion with everyone through my own street style looks, inspired by the trends of the moment and showing them on my website. this started as a hobby that is becoming more and more a new way of life for me!


Josephine
My name is Josephine, I am 18 years old and live in Berlin, Germany since last year. If I had to describe my style (which is really difficult I think) I would say Kate Moss meets young Courtney Love meets Mary Kate. I love black, I think it looks good to bleach blonde. My favourite designers are Alexander Wang, Riccardo Tisci (Givenchy), Balmain and Isabel Marant.


Farah
I recently moved to Denmark from New York City, where I worked in NYC fashion industry.  My love affair with fashion started when I was 10 years old, tearing out pages of W magazine and adorning my bedroom walls with the outrageous designs of Thierry Mugler and Claude Montana.  Fashion, for me, goes beyond clothing- fashion is a fairy tale, stories that designers and brands tell through their designs, ideas and passion, and I am their captive audience. Stay tuned for quirky, exciting, and inspirational news of the fashion biz.

 

Designer Christmas Trees

 

Just a little post to get us in the holiday spirit!  Fashion designers, Betsey Johnson and Alber Elbaz of Lanvin designed Christmas trees for The Plaza Hotel in New York and Claridge's Hotel in London, respectively. Betsey Johnson's designed an Eloise-themed Christmas tree.  One of my favorite storybooks as a child, Eloise, was a precocious little girl, who lived in the Plaza Hotel with her nanny, pet dog and turtle.  The tree is bright pink and decorated with paper dolls, feather boas, and paper chains.  The tree compliments the Eloise suite, which Ms. Johnson also designed.  At the top of the tree sits an Eloise doll, in a Betsey Johnson prom dress.  Across the pond, Alber Elbaz designed a Lanvin-themed Christmas tree for Claridge's with the "Lanvin family" sitting underneath the tree. Sitting on top of Claridge's tree? An adorable Alber Elbaz doll.  This isn't Mr. Elbaz's first run in creating Christmas cheer- last year, he designed Printemps holiday windows, complete with dancing Mr. and Mrs. Lanvin marionettes!  I think what I love most about these Christmas trees are the whimsy and playfulness- I feel like a little kid, just looking at them! Click here to view a video of Printemps 2010 Holiday Windows.

Betsey Johnson 4

Photo: Coco Perez

Betsey Johnson 2

All lit up. Photos: Wall Street Journal.com

Betsey Johnson 3

The magic. Photos: Wall Street Journal.com

Betsey Johnson 5

Eloise and her pet dog, Weenie

Lanvin Christmas 1

A very Lanvin Christmas. Photo: My Daily.co.uk

Lanvin Christmas 2

Lanvin Family. Photo: My Daily.co.uk

Lanvin Christmas 3

Alber Elbaz tree topper- just tell me where I can buy one! Photo: My Daily.co.uk

1 comment for “Designer Christmas Trees”
  1. Posted Friday, December 02, 2011 at 5:11:01 AM

    Nice trees Farah. kids really like these trees and insists us to buy them asap before 25th .

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