Tiffany Christmas

A Tiffany Christmas, by John Loring was published in 1996. Though not that old, it has become a collectible. This is a collection of over 165 color images of vignettes created in the store, or on location at someone's home. It is an OTT, Over The Top, type of styling a photo, using every bit of Tiffany's merchandise in the shot as possible. It proscribes the go-go 1980's era of conspicuous consumer acquisition, that lasted well into the 1990's as a way of having style. More was definitely more. I recommend this book if you are interested in the commercial history of Christmas in the USA, and if you are interested in the history of Tiffany's. The photos are gorgeous eye candy, a fantastic compendium of Tiffany's merchandise, past and present.