Have you ever ever felt a little bit of stress to beat the clock? Taking a look at my pictures, I discovered Boulevard Haussmann’s Printemps and Galeries Lafayette Christmas 2022 window, inside and sundown pictures ready for a narrative. As I write this, it’s New Yr’s Eve and 2023 is barely hours away!! This yr Printemps positively received the Paris Christmas window show within the Colleen’s Paris opinion survey with their circus theme. Printemps additionally stored the picket steps for the shorter members of society to see and benefit from the window shows. Galeries Lafayette didn’t hold the steps; possibly due to their theme: Planet Fir Tree (Planète sapin). All of the bushes had been of their show home windows. 

I visited each division retailer rooftops for the December afternoon setting solar. On the way in which to the rooftops, admiring the glass domes (coupoles) was unavoidable. Printemps’s dome hovers over an open area of seasonal clothes on the seventh flooring (US)-(sixième [6th] étage- Europe) with a tea salon to the facet. Annually, Galeries Lafayette sends a themed Christmas tree taking pictures towards their dome. 

Some Glass Dome Trivia

After a 1921 electrical short-circuit hearth, the Printemps dome was rebuilt within the Artwork Deco model. The Galeries Lafayette dome stays within the Artwork Nouveau model. In 1939 with the onset of the Second World Struggle, each domes had been dismantled to guard any passersby from shattered glass in case of bombing. 

The three,185 glass panes of the Printemps dome had been numbered and positioned underground in a Clichy-la-Garenne warehouse. The dome was reassembled in 1973 to its authentic 1921 model. Galeries Lafayette was not so fortunate. Though numbered, some Galeries Lafayette panels had been misplaced and changed by white panels.

Benefit from the home windows (or prepare for 2023), the glass domes and rooftop sunsets all yr lengthy. Blissful New Yr 2023!

Guided Tour Behind the Scenes at Printemps Haussmann

Guided Heritage Excursions – Galeries Lafayette Paris Haussmann

Paris Christmas by way of the years with Colleen’s Paris