Written & Photographed by Kenn Sava
As I ventured back out into the world, I received a request to go and see Macy’s Flower Show. A piece about a Flower Show on an Art site? The reader told me that the show is being held in conjunction with the Fashion Institute of Technology, aka F.I.T., in Manhattan, the renowned fashion school¹. Ahhh…Ok. Long time readers will recall that I covered the China: Thought the Looking Glass fashion show at The Met in 2015 in depth here. Before that, I drew my own designs for a number of years. Actually, fashion is a realm I’ve always kept an eye on. ; )

Click any image for full size. The two week show begins across the street in Herald Square where two majestic Owls always stand watch on top of the pillars. Oof!

I’m also posting this is to offer some support to Macy’s and their iconic Herald Square store, long a hub of shopping in NYC, for New Yorkers and tourists from all over the world- the anchor of the entire West 34th Street area.

Flashback- Dark times. June 7, 2020, the evening after the break ins and looting at Macy’s and in the area finds the store boarded up and security guards on duty. Of course, during the pandemic, the store was closed for months.

In 2020, they were hit by vandals during the lockdown, and they were already facing hard times as many shop online. NYC would not be the same if we were to lose them. And so, I bring you a look at Macy’s Spring Flower Show which features fashion designs and installations by some talented F.I.T. students to offer some support. Enjoy!

The light of spring. You can enter Macy’s from any number of points but the Herald Square entrance shown here, and in the picture above, is the most famous and the one I consider the “main” entrance. It directly faces the Empire State Building, on the next block east.

The view of the Flower Show just in side the main entrance.

I was there about 4pm on a weekday. As I walked through the store, I noted there were shoppers though not as many as usually.

A look at the F.I.T. students installations, the highlight of what I saw-

Caption for the above installation.

Caption for the above installation.

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Caption for the above installation.

A closer look at the top section…

…and the lower part.

Caption for the above installation.

If you need some shoes to go with these outfits, hit the 2nd floor. ; )

The 7th Avenue entrance on the northeast corner of West 34th Street was where I exited. The store occupies an entire NYC block. Just amazing.

A well-worn plaque on the ground out front belies how many soles have come here since 2002 when it was put here for the store’s 100th.

The architectural details still take you back in time. It always amazes me to walk through a store so big, with countless sections, right in the middle of Manhattan.

Lookin’ good! Hang in there, Macy’s! Like the rest of us.

*-Soundtrack for this Post is “F Me Pumps” by Amy Winehouse from Frank, 2003.

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