The Rebirth of Holiday Spirit

While most of us were making due with Santa and his reindeer over the holidays, Rome's oldest department store, La Rinascente (Italian for "rebirth"), was dabbling in some fashionable science fiction. It's window displays, complete with deep space backdrops, rocket pods, and Star Trek-ish dashboard modules, made me long for space boots instead of Christmas stockings. In retrospect, I don't think I will ever look at the star on top of a Christmas tree the same again. (Hey, if space travel is good enough for Madonna, it's good enough for Italian fashionistas!)










Photos: Popa Italy