Window Wednesday

 

Holiday window displays are taking over Paris department stores, many with moving parts.

 

Above:

Le Bon Marché Rive Gauche

24 rue de Sèvres 75007

 

More:

Galeries Lafayette

 40 Boulevard Haussmann 75009

 

Printemps Haussmann

64 Boulevard Haussmann 75009

Le BHV Marais

52 rue de Rivoli

 

Samaritaine

9 rue de la Monnaie 75001

 

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June bug

A windowful of coccinelles - "les bêtes à bon Dieu" - in the 11th arrondissement.

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Sighting a ladybug is said to bring good luck. One story goes that in medieval France just as an innocent man was about to be beheaded, one landed on his neck, and his life was spared. - BPJ

Fashion fronds

Exotic colors and plants decorate a window on rue Cambon.

Bear windows

This year's Ralph Lauren holiday window display.

Ralph Lauren
173 Boulevard Saint-Germain 75006

Ice cream parler

Ice cream sculptures in a display case in a Magnum shop window glisten like jewelry.

Wings on heels

 

Hummingbird sneakers and butterfly-wing heels. This spring it's all about The Shoe.

Russian dolls

A window in a Left Bank shop displays the contents of an enormous traditional Matryoshka doll.

Croissants, macarons, fashion

Three of my favorite things together in a window display at Galeries Lafayette.

Sign of the times

This year's holiday window display theme at Galeries Lafayette department store is all about the new Star Wars movie.