“This year, Christmas at Galeries Lafayette will celebrate the store’s 130th anniversary. The window displays have therefore been designed to connect the past, present and future.”
-Benoît Laumaillé, Galeries Lafayette’s creative director
For this year’s special 130th Christmas
celebrations, the tree also symbolises the connection between the store’s heritage and its 21st century contemporary focus.
Inspired by 1950s Christmas window scenes and the restored Byzantine facade, it features 20,000 programmable lights and cutting-edge technology.
Crowning the Christmas tree
is fibre-optic firework effect lighting, directly inspired by the designer’s, Kevin Germanier, dazzling dresses.
🎄 Enjoy a sound and light show every 30 minutes 🎄
The Christmas windows displays
This year, to celebrate 130 years of magic, our window displays reinvent tradition with a modern sparkle. Under the direction of Benoît Laumaillé and the sustainable vision of designer Kevin Germanier, each scene is adorned with recycled materials and a dazzling light, symbolizing Paris.
Modernity is the choice of designer Kevin Germanier for creating the costumes and characters in these windows displays.
― ABOUT KEVIN GERMANIER ―
The uniqueness of Germanier fashion:
Upcycled, glamorous, dynamic.
How are your emotions reflected in
your approach?
My approach to fashion is ethical but not moralistic. I want to bring fun and joy into people’s lives!
How would you describe the Germanier woman?
The Germanier woman is as much Lady Gaga as it is my granny!
What’s your personal connection with Galeries Lafayette?
My parents’ gift when I was little? Going to Paris to see the Galeries Lafayette window displays!
Kevin Germanier’s favorite character ?
“The chimera that steals jewellery from guests and whose minions are tasked with draping her in light”
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