Story about Citizen Vintage and my installation in the Gazette 
The art of window dressing
Lace, lights and latticework snowflakes. Abstract photographs in shades of white. And a mannequin in a warm shearling coat. All part of the winter installation launched last week in the windows of Citizen Vintage, a second-hand clothing and accessories store on St. Laurent Blvd. in the Mile End.
Francesca Tallone, a Montrealbased fine arts photographer and friend of co-owner Brooke Doyle, was given carte blanche to design the window. “I knew wanted to do something simple and minimal,” says Tallone, “but still eloquent and beautiful.”
A multi-textural depiction of snow includes lace draped at the foot of the mannequins, and white Christmas lights and disco balls represent the glittering snow. Abstract photos are of a snow bank that Tallone shot on the East River in New York during a blizzard.
“Being able to style the mannequins and incorporate my photography, and with winter being somewhat of a beautiful and calm season, it all came together.”
Read more: http://www.montrealgazette.com/life/fashion-beauty/stylefile/6017637/story.html#ixzz1jv9yaCz3
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