Last night, Barneys New York unveiled its holiday windows, a collaboration between the department store and Disney Consumer Products. The moving art installation on Madison Avenue features ultra fashionably dressed Disney characters Minnie and Mickey Mouse, Goofy, Daisy Duck, Snow White, Princess Tiana, and Cruella de Vil as runway models on the Paris catwalk.
Barneys tapped its favorite designers, including Nicholas Ghesquière for Balenciaga, Oliver Rousteing for Balmain, Dolce & Gabbana, Alber Elbaz for Lanvin, Peter Copping for Nina Ricci, Proenza Schouler and Rick Owens to design each character’s ensemble.
The five minute film produced by Disney, features some of fashion’s most beloved personalities making cameos backstage and in the front row of the Paris runway show. It starts with Minnie Mouse walking in front of a window display and day dreaming about walking the runways of Paris.
We then get to see backstage of the runway show, in which the Disney character will walking. Make-up artist Pat McGrath makes a cameo prepping one of the models, KCD founder Ed Filipowski calls the show and the front row is impressively packed with editors, critics and celebrities. Blogger Bryan Boy even makes it into the short animated film.
Fashion personalities featured within the moving art video include:
Photographers: Steven Meisel, Mario Sorrenti and Juergen Teller
Front Row Personalities: Sarah Jessica Parker, Daphne Guinness, Lady Gaga, Naomi Campbell, Linda Evangelista and Bryan Boy
Backstage: Guido Palau, Pat McGrath, Julien d’Ys, Alber Elbaz, Nicolas Ghesquire and Ed Filipowski
Editors: Glenda Bailey, Bridget Foley, Emmanuelle Alt, Suzy Menkes, Franca Sozzani, Carine Roitfeld, Cathy Horyn and Anna Dello Russo
The Run of Show:
Mickey Mouse: Balenciaga by Nicolas Ghesquire
Goofy: Balmain by Olivier Rousteing
Daisy: Dolce & Gabbana
Minnie Mouse: Lanvin by Alber Elbaz
Snow White: Nina Ricci by Peter Copping
Tiana: Proenza Schouler
Cruella de Vil: Rick Owens
