Beautiful New B&W Window Display at Barneys

Simon Doonan is nothing if not a colorful character, which may be why this new, entirely black-and-white window display at Barneys is so intriguing. They curated black and white items from all over the store and incorporated them into the display, presumably using the surrealist bent of the Fornasetti pottery throughout as the inspiration. One mannequin is tipped on its side, its forehead crowned with a teacup. Another has a pillow silkscreened with the ghostly image of a face as a head. All are in black and white.

This detail in particular was fabulous – an upended Fornasetti urn with the face of a woman, and appearing out of the top of the head, an urn-with-sleeping-woman-face. Conscious vs. subconscious mind? It certainly resonates.