Sunglass Hut: Tiffany & Co.

Nestled on Fifth Ave. just a block south of Saks, the Sunglass Hut Flagship store hired GHS to produce and install the windows featuring Tiffany and Company's new line of sunglasses.
Tiffany's design department directed all the details, and created a wonderful winter fantasy forest. We produced the trees, risers, organized the entire project and installed it. Each tree was meticulously painted white and detailed with silver paint and carefully applied glitter to make them sparkle!

Christmas at Tiffany's: Behind the Scenes

Tiffany's Holiday Decorations Timelapse from Geoff Howell Studio .



This post takes us through a behind the scenes look at the installation of the holiday decor at Tiffany's on the main floor, the most involved of all floors we did. The video above is a time lapse of the giant Christmas trees going up on the main floor. The images walk through a process of unwrapping and putting together pieces made back at the studio, setting up scaffolds, and putting up the giant wreaths and the step by step assembling of the six 17ft Christmas trees. They also offer a glimpse  of Geoff and his dedicated and talented crew at work!

 

 

 

 

 

 

As below, so above

The ground floor at Tiffany's, famous for its cases full of sparkling, and glittering diamonds was taken to new heights for the Fashion's Night Out celebration, 70's style. To help their ceiling sparkle above like the diamonds below, we were given the task of rigging these 5 36-inch discoballs through opening in their original suspended plaster ceiling.

What you can't see from the photos, but you can see in this video (by the event's lighting company Frost Productions) is that we attached these discoballs to our own customized motors that slowly raised and lowered them approximately 12 feet. These motors were carefully rigged to the structure above the ceiling. This was but a small part of the evening's festivities, including special model appearances in the store and its windows, and special projections on the building's exterior.


 

Christmas at Tiffanys: The Making of....

What follows is a series of photographs taken by Geoff during the installation of the monumental christmas trees and wrought iron arches on the main floor as well as the crystal staircase on the third floor. Overall, the installation took ten nights and Geoff's team of riggers, carpenters, movers, shakers, hangers and trimmers.