Lord & Taylor unveils 2014 holiday window

New York --Entertainer Nick Jonas joined Lord & Taylor/Hudson’s Bay president Liz Rodbell for the unveiling of the department store’s annual holiday windows on NYC’s Fifth Avenue on Thursday, marking the 100th anniversary of the retailer’s holiday window program.



This year’s windows feature the whimsical interiors of an enchanted mansion on the eve of the holidays. Rooms including “The Heritage Gallery” and the “Hall of Wisdom” honor the building’s 100-year history in modern fashion as, for the first time, Lord & Taylor has introduced video wall technology into its elaborate window settings.



Interesting facts: The windows were created by a team of over 50 people over the course of nine months; the window sets weigh up to 2,000 pounds and are the only department store windows on hydraulics; during the holidays, over 250,000 people pass by the Lord & Taylor windows daily; between Thanksgiving and Christmas, over 8 million customers will visit the store; the windows were created in a workshop underneath the Fifth Avenue sidewalk and were then moved onto street level.