Paris, Europe Brief News – Paris’ iconic Printemps department store kicked off the holiday season as it unveiled its traditional Christmas store windows featuring colorful circus figures, hanging gardens and playful clowns.
Naomi Campbell and Isabelle Huppert brought a bit of holiday spirit to the city of lights as they unveiled the Christmas windows at Paris department store Printemps.
The duo appeared alongside Loewe designer Jonathan Anderson, LVMH chief executive officer Sidney Toledano and Printemps CEO Jean-Marc Bellaiche for the official curtain raiser.
Dancing marionettes brought an old-fashioned air to the displays. In the Loewe window, miniature trapeze artists swooped from the ceiling among gold stars and Santa, while other windows celebrated a circus theme with swinging dolls and animated animals.
After snipping the ribbon with flair, Campbell gamely posed for selfies with fans and wished onlookers a happy holiday season, before decamping to an exclusive cocktail where she chatted with Toledano and talked up the African fashion scene.
Huppert said she had just wrapped two films back to back, “My Crime” in Paris and “Sidonie in Japan,” in Tokyo. She said while she loves Christmas, she doesn’t go in for turkey and all the trimmings.
“I like to betray the traditional food program,” she said, and prefers to change up the menu every year. “I’m a bit more random. I have nothing planned in advance, so you have to try to be creative at the last moment.” Snowy mountains are a must for her holidays she added, but likes to try a new locations and keeps the decision making to the last minute as well.
