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November 17, 2009 11:29 am
The holidays are fast approaching, so ’tis the season…to dread the throngs of holiday shoppers in midtown. But a quick visit to Barneys should set even the grumpiest gifter to rights. The store’s holiday windows, unveiled last night at a party hosted by creative director Simon Doonan, Vanity Fair’s Graydon Carter, and Saturday Night Live honcho Lorne Michaels, are a riot: They celebrate 35 years of SNL.
Papier-mâché tributes to the iconic characters of days past and present line the windows, from Gilda Radner’s Roseanne Roseannadanna to Kristen Wiig’s accidentally fashion-forward Gilly (that hair, so Louis Vuiton Spring ‘10!) to Mike Myers’ Coffee Talk host Linda Richman. (Funny, we’d have thought she’d prefer Loehmann’s.) Current cast members Andy Samberg, Seth Meyers, and Abby Elliott milled around the party, joined by upcoming host Joseph Gordon-Levitt, alum Rachel Dratch, and new SNL in-law Elisabeth Moss of Mad Men (she married cast member Fred Armisen last month). Host Doonan gushed about his love for the show, which he’s followed ever since the late seventies. Were his windows a fan letter-cum-audition tape, we wondered? Certainly he wouldn’t turn a cameo down. “Absolutely, I’d do it in a heartbeat!” he said. “Being on the show is the ultimate honor.” Well, a Barneys homage ain’t so bad either.
tags: Gilda Radner, Lorne Michaels, Simon Doonan
