With online discounts starting as early as last Monday (and continued discounts to come), the lure of brick-and-mortar shopping is low. Holiday windows do, however, offer an incentive to ditch the plate of leftovers and pajamas and brave the crowds. Plus, window shopping is one of the few fun, fashion-related things you can actually do for free. This year, the dazzling displays include lots of bright lights, enchanting forests, oversized Santa Claus figures and even a series of cotton candy-inspired bespoke dresses from designers like Marchesa and Jason Wu (these are department store windows after all). Here’s a look at all of the rainbow-colored, bright holiday window displays you won’t want to miss this season.
See: New York City's Holiday Windows 2016
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Saks Fifth Avenue
Saks Fifth Avenue's "Land of 1000 Delights" is filled with bright lights, oversized lollipops, cotton candy and rock candy, as well as animated displays called "The Nutcracker Sweet." The most impressive part, however, are the one-of-a-kind cotton candy-inspired dresses by Erdem, Carolina Herrera, Marchesa and Jason Wu.
Image: Courtesy of Saks Fifth Avenue
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Saks Fifth Avenue
Image: Courtesy of Saks Fifth Avenue
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Saks Fifth Avenue
Image: Courtesy of Saks Fifth Avenue
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Saks Fifth Avenue
Image: Courtesy of Saks Fifth Avenue
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Bloomingdale's
Light inspired the holiday windows at Bloomingdale's. The department store partnered with visual artists and asked each one to create a one-of-a-kind chandelier based on their interpretation of the word "light." Throughout the holiday season, the chandeliers will be up for auction on Charitybuzz and 100 percent of the proceeds will benefit the Child Mind Institute.
Image: Courtesy of BFA, Neil Rasmus
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Bloomingdale's
Image: Courtesy of BFA, Neil Rasmus
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Bloomingdale's
Image: Courtesy of BFA, Neil Rasmus
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Lord & Taylor
Lord & Taylor’s "Enchanted Forest" holiday windows feature 34 hand-sculpted animals and over 350-square-feet of LED walls for each of the five displays. The flagship’s facade features more than 9,000 feet of mixed garland, foliage, twinkling lights and cheerful holiday music.
Image: Courtesy of Lord & Taylor
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Lord & Taylor
Image: Courtesy of Lord & Taylor
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Lord & Taylor
Image: Courtesy of Lord & Taylor
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Lord & Taylor
Image: Courtesy of Lord & Taylor
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Lord & Taylor
Image: Courtesy of Lord & Taylor
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Tiffany & Co.
Tiffany's display depicts a "Tiffany New York Christmas," which includes a lavish picnic in Central Park with jewel-filled Christmas crackers, champagne and cakes, a vignette of Rockefeller Center with its tree, Prometheus in gold leaf and angels and a silhouette of a Manhattan skyline that floats along the Hudson River.
Image: Courtesy of Tiffany & Co.
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Tiffany & Co.
Image: Courtesy of Tiffany & Co.
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Henri Bendel
Henri Bendel brings street art to its windows. The store asked "Love Wall" artist James Goldcrown to do an interpretation of his signature "Bleeding Hearts" mural for its flagship store.
Image: Courtesy of Henri Bendel
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Henri Bendel
Image: Courtesy of Henri Bendel
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Bergdorf Goodman
This year's windows are titled "Destination Extraordinary." The displays depict dream-like lush locales, landscapes and gardens.
Image: Courtesy of Bergdorf Goodman
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Bergdorf Goodman
Image: Courtesy of Bergdorf Goodman
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Bergdorf Goodman
Image: Courtesy of Bergdorf Goodman
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Barneys New York
Barneys always surprises us with its holiday windows and this season's South Park-inspired ones are no different.
Image: Courtesy of Barneys New York
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Barneys New York
Image: Courtesy of Barneys New York
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Barneys New York
Image: Courtesy of Barneys New York
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Macy's
Titled "Believe", Macy's windows were designed around six themes that the retailer feels best embody the holiday spirit: Believe, Celebrate, Together, Giving, Love and Magic.
Image: Courtesy of Macy's
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Macy's
Image: Courtesy of Macy's
