Dreams Through the Glass: Windows from Bergdorf Goodman (Hardcover)

~ Linda Fargo (Author), John Cordes (Photographer), Ricky Zehavi (Photographer)

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Product Description

Window design is a vanishing metier, but it remains an enduring art form providing rare views through the glass into fantastic realms of dreams and fantasy. In these pages, Linda Fargo, the renowned window artist for Bergdorf Goodman, opens up her portfolio of magical tableaux created especially for this crown jewel of the retail world. Her palette is wonderfully rich and eclectic, juxtaposing relics of the past and the present, symbols of art and literature, Western culture and exotic lands, moving easily between the marvelous and the everyday. These windows continue to astonish and delight all who flock to them for the traditional annual Christmas displays, as well as the untold numbers of passersby who stop on the street year-round to gaze at them, getting caught up in their magic. Open these pages and you open yourself to Fargo's enchanting worlds, visions rarely still encountered on strolls down the fashion avenues of the world.

About the Author

Linda Fargo is a creative director for visual presentation at Bergdorf Goodman and has been designing the store's acclaimed windows for the last seven years. She is known in her field as an innovator as well as for continuing the old-fashioned tradition of creating works of fantasy and romance in her store-window designs.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 160 pages
• Publisher: Assouline (November 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 2843235227
• ISBN-13: 978-2843235221
• Product Dimensions: 13.3 x 10.2 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #585,247 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Hey, taxi! Brunch at Bergdorfs......., November 22, 2007

By	LKP (Ancram, NY) - See all my reviews

If I won the Lottery tomorrow, I would use some of my winnings to buy copies of this book for ALL of my artist/friends. Blessed to be a mere
two-hour train ride away from Bergdorf's window displays, I consider "the windows" to be every bit as inpsiring and informative as the Fine Art exhibits in NYC museums and galleries. Best of all, they are Public Art, available to anyone who passes. This book, full of beautiful photography, will deeply inspire and inform anyone who loves to open their mind to the creative possibilities of every object, shape, texture, surface, and color. If you are an advocate for "More is more",
this book will affirm your belief in visual abundance and lavish excess;
but also remind you of the charms of "ordinary" objects. The text, by Linda Fargo, gives the fascinating backstory about many of her window displays and reveals her design approach and (many!) enthusiasms. Fargo is a New York City treasure, and this book explains why. Treat yourself!

4 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars dreams through the glass, June 10, 2004

By	Deanna Harpham (Ft. Collins, CO USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This book is a gem of a resource guide for visual artists (or anyone responsible for retail displays). Fargo's innovative approach and resourceful applications as well as entertaining descriptions give us a unique view of her creative process. She uses everyday objects in unexpected applications to ensure that her "sidewalk shadowboxes play on the stage of world-class theatre in a world-class city."