Kind of Christmas Tree

What could be better than sitting on the couch in front of the Christmas tree and watching the snowfall outside? Hopefully, you've already got one. I mean the tree, not the snowfall. The latter one is quite optional, depending on your personal preferences and climatic possibilities. The Christmas tree is a key. 

I need to admit I didn't get a Christmas tree this year. I will be travelling all over around visiting my family and friends so I decided to keep +1 tree alive. However, that's what exactly brought me to the question, if - in general - we should be going for the real trees or creatively designed artificial ones?  At the end, we enjoy their presence just a couple of weeks. 

Below are some TESSful Christmas trees what truly inspired me to create and... to support deforestation.

1. TESSfully Red Christmas Tree from Christian Louboutin (2012)
This year Christian Louboutin‘s windows feature a unique Christmas tree assembled from the multiple iconic Pigalle shoes. The design was developed by London studio XAG.

Image by Susie Rea

2. TESSfully Warm Christmas Tree from Max Mara (2012)

Max Mara has created and donated a Christmas tree made of thirteen little coats in neutral alabaster, sewn by hand and made of fine double knit cashmere.

Image is courtesy of Max Mara

3. TESSfully Sweet Christmas Tree from Ladurée (2012)

The Christmas tree of macarons from the french 'fabricant de doucers' Ladurée was obviously inspired by the luxury and desire to be the guilty pleasure. Deliciously done!

Image is courtesy of Ladurée

As a bonus, have a look at some TESSful Christmas Tree ideas from the previous years - still amazingly relevant and bright!

Chanel (Paris). 2010
Image is courtesy of Chanel

Maison Martin Margiela. 2009 
Image is courtesy of Maison Martin Margiela

Dior (Paris). 2011
Image is courtesy of Dior

Louis Vuitton. 2009
Photo by Dominique Maitre

Jean Paul Gaultier. 2009

Unknown, but amazingly TESSfull...

And you, do YOU prefer a REAL Christmas tree or fancy a CREATIVE one?

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Models on Christmas Fire

Ok, this is the most ridiculous Christmas video I've ever seen:) Forget about sophisticated images of Tiffany's campaign I TESSed here or about refined craftsmanship of Dior's New Year dolls I TESSed here, just enjoy Victoria's Secret babes the way they are... In fact, the way they SING:) (I still believe it should be prohibited by their modeling contracts...well)

Supermodels Candice Swanepoel, Miranda Kerr, Doutzen Kroes, Alessandra Ambrosio, Lily Aldridge, Lindsay Ellingson and Erin Heatherton put their own spin on a Christmas classic “Deck the Halls”...

Images/Video is a courtesy of Victoria's Secret

Apparently... apparently, there is even a hidden thought behind this video (who would guessed?!) 

Victoria's Secret brand team says, that they wanted to kill the typical man’s idea of the perfect woman and to show that she isn’t so perfect after all. “A commercial like this can help the models be a little bit more relatable,” Charlie Warzel of Adweek magazine told ABC News. “This is a way to sort of bring them down a little bit.”

I don't know whether or not it will be disappointing for men out there, but us... girls... we just wanna have laugh:)

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J'adore Dior...

...and its doll in the store. Actually, all 74 of them. I need to admit, I have a soft spot for cool marketing campaigns... especially when it comes to fashion ...and especially when they are filled with TESS. This year Dior simply blew me away!!! The Christmas windows of Le Printemps (Parisian department store), decorated by the Dior team, look truly stunning!!!

The designers and ateliers of the House created 74 little ladies and dressed each one of them in the iconic Dior outfits. My favorite one is undoubtedly the ice-skating girl! She is so adorable!

Even though that dressing dolls might sound as a cool game we all have been exposed to in our fresh years, Dior brought this play to the completely new level. The team of multiple designers, tailors, 'marionettistes' spent several months working with little models... Only my skating girl needed eight weeks to get used to the rink:-) 

Amazing job, full of TESS!

Images/video are courtesy of Dior

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