Gifts of Giving

Lady Gaga's "workshop" has taken over the fifth floor at Barney's, but my favorite windows continue to be that of Bergdorf. This year's theme is Carnival of the Animals.



This window has hundreds of types of paper, folded intricately to make life-size animals. Oh and of course there is the Rodarte dress, for $12,000.

A few blocks down the global flagship of Uniqlo has opened it's doors, and they lead to never-ending displays of surprisingly appealing clothing. Thank goodness that I am not in the middle of a cashmere drought.


(the escalator down to the entrance, a hundred customers every ten minutes, the Japanese conquer NYC)

In front of Uniqlo, taking a breather.


(orange wrap-around cashmere scarf Hermes, leather jacket provenance unknown, trousers Balenciaga, boots John Varvatos)

And then, my favorite things of course come in orange boxes tied with chocolate ribbon. Delish, oh and thank-you Blakey!