Holiday 2012

Like any good holiday tradition, one of this season's best features plenty of eye-catching treats. Only, unlike most seasonal treats, these goodies won't be causing any calorie-related remorse come January.

Made up of over a dozen new styles, Lulu Frost's latest J.Crew capsule — the duo's fifth — is filled with pieces that are bound to become year-round wardrobe mainstays: feather-shaped pendants, Swarovski crystal cluster earrings, and resin and Czech glass necklaces. All are inspired by estate-jewelry, and all embody Lulu Frost's signature vintage-glam mashup. Shop them now at J.Crew stores and online now, and hurry: Just like more sinful seasonal goodies, these guys are sure to get snatched up fast.

Barneys won't debut anything from its holiday retail project until Wednesday, but stills from the coordinating film reveal a host of fashion people turned into cartoon characters.

In addition to the list of boldface names already included in Electric Holiday, the Disney animated film will feature animated versions of Linda Evangelista, Cathy Horyn, Daphne Guinness, Naomi Campbell, Franca Sozzani, Anna Dello Russo (at left), and Nicolas Ghesquière, among others. All of them participate in some way in Minnie Mouse's ultimate daydream: to walk down the runway during Paris Fashion Week.

The short film follows Minnie Mouse doing just that. After falling in love with a Lanvin dress she sees in a store window, Minnie Mouse slips into a reverie about wearing the dress in the City of Light. During her daydream, she stops to pose for Juergen Teller and Mario Sorrenti and rubs elbows with Carine Roitfeld.

A sneak peek at the film below, and a look at stills of all the fashion people here in the gallery.

Photos courtesy of Barneys.

If any model has proven her mass appeal this Fall, it's Chanel Iman. After starring in the Fall 2012 campaigns for Saks Fifth Avenue, The Shops at Target, and Amazon.com, she's ending the year with Forever 21's Holiday campaign. In the images, shot by Dean Isidro, Iman makes the brand's sequined cocktail dresses and studded pieces shine — aided in some images by a blond wig. It's a trend we've seen throughout the industry this year: Miranda Kerr donned a flaxen bob for the October issue of Vogue Italia, Kate Moss sports a platinum crop on the December cover of Vanity Fair, and all the models who walked in Alexander McQueen's Fall 2012 show wore platinum wigs as well.

Chanel Iman has reprised her role as the face of Amazon Fashion for Holiday 2012, and from the looks of things, the ads will be just as polished and ladylike as her Fall campaign for the site.

Photographer Matthew Rolston told us that's because of Iman's "elegant and beautiful" look. "I find an innocence and purity in her look, but also a sense of real womanly sophistication, which I think is unusual for such a young person," he said. "She looked stunning and really brought the clothes to life with her unique ability to move in front of the camera."

A look at the 21-year-old model doing just that in the video below, with behind-the-scenes photos of the campaign in the gallery.

Photos courtesy of Amazon

We've already seen the iconic Disney characters Barneys has dressed up like fashion people for its Electric Holiday retail concept, but what about the equally iconic fashion people involved in the production?

On Thursday, Barneys released a line drawing of Alber Elbaz, BryanBoy, Suzy Menkes, Steven Meisel, and Carine Roitfeld sitting in the front row at a fashion show. The animated runway spectacle will be the climax of a short film Disney has created for the collaboration, in which Minnie Mouse, Goofy, and Daphne Duck among other characters will walk down a catwalk in Paris. "Rumor has it Franca Sozzani, Emmanuelle Alt, Sarah Jessica Parker, Glenda Bailey will be sitting together front row as well," a Barneys representative said in an email.

Electric Holiday will debut at Barneys' Madison Ave. flagship store in New York City on Nov. 14. Until then, a look at the cartoon renderings of some of the most influential people in fashion here in the gallery.

Executives at Barneys knew their Holiday 2011 retail extravaganza Gaga's Workshop would be a tough act to follow, so this year they got someone even bigger: Disney. For Holiday 2012, the store and the brand collaborated on products, window installations, a short film, and a 3D light show as part of a retail concept dubbed Electric Holiday. The full scope of the project will be unveiled on Nov. 14.

The centerpiece of the collaboration is a short film that will be screened in the windows at Barneys' Madison Avenue flagship store in New York City. In it, Minnie Mouse realizes her dream of modeling in Paris, and ends up walking a runway dressed in Lanvin alongside model-sized versions of Goofy (in Balmain) Daisy Duck (in Dolce & Gabbana) and Mickey Mouse (in Balenciaga).

Products from the partnership marry the fashion world with the Disney experience, too. L'Wren Scott and Rag & Bone designed Mickey Mouse ears that will be sold in select Barneys stores around the holidays, and Diane von Furstenberg and Paul Smith created Mickey Mouse-shaped vinyl figurines.

Barneys CEO Mark Lee called the Disney collaboration a good fit. "The legendary characters and world created by Disney live in the active mind and memory of virtually every citizen of the world," he said. A look at how those characters were reimagined for Electric Holiday in the gallery.

Inspired by the upcoming film Anna Karenina and its Leo Tolstoy novel predecessor, Banana Republic's Holiday 2012 collection, styled by the film's costume designer, Jacqueline Durran, is a modern-day interpretation of the tragic 19th-century Russian romance. The line highlighted the era's moody elegance and polished luxury. Look to the rich textures (brocade mixed with lace and chiffon) and even richer hues (think crimson reds, husky burgundy, and deep merlots) for instant evidence of the line's meticulous attention to costume drama elevated to contemporary standards. "The fur cossack hats on the mannequins are actually scarves — pieces like that are functional for cold weather but beautiful to wear," said Simon Kneen, Banana Republic's creative director. "I do love the chiffon dress with lace tights. I can easily picture Keira [Knightley, the movie's leading starlet] in it, too." Take a closer look at Banana Republic's 56-piece Anna Karenina capsule collection, as well as the retailer's complete holiday lineup, all available in late October, inside.