Window Dressing
IT'S KIND OF LIKE "PROJECT RUNWAY"...BUT FOR WINDOWS!
By JESSIE DOWD
Photos by PHILIP MAURO
The third-annual Student Window Challenge, a design
competition presented with Saks Fifth Avenue, kicked off
on June 5, tasking 12 visual merchandising students from
the Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT) and LIM College
with a unique opportunity: design a window for Saks'
49th Street façade in New York. In one day. With donated
materials you've never seen before. Oh, and it better
reflect the Saks' aesthetic. They worked tirelessly from
8 a.m. to 5 p.m., putting their visual skills to the test-and
we were there to document it all.
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JULY 2014
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