Carnaby Street Wins on Christmas Decorations

by Bonnie Alter, London on 12. 7.07
Business & Politics (news)

carnaby.jpg It's a tradition, of sorts: every year in mid-November, C-list celebrities, always women, are enlisted to turn on the Christmas lights festooning major streets. Very tacky, and environmentally wasteful. So hurray for Carnaby Street, that funny little left-over from London's Swinging Sixties. This season they have covered the walking streets with festive paper chains in bright, irridescent colours.

It's an inventive alternative to energy consuming lights, and they didn't even have a super-model to "turn them on". The paper chain design will make use of the store lights in the shops at night and will interact with the holographic finish of the Christmas decorations, therefore using no extra electricity for the display. By using a highly reflective material and extremely bright colours, the oversized ‘paper chains’ will react to sunlight too, so that removes the use of electricity during daylight hours altogether. A great-looking idea on all counts. :: Carnaby Street Via :: Hippyshopper

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Comments (8)

this is a really cool street decoration!

jump to top liz [TypeKey Profile Page] says:

I still want the c-list celeb involved, it's great way to re-use discarded products.

jump to top Anonymous says:

Isn't it just as wasteful to use all of that paper though only to be thrown away at the end of the holiday season?

jump to top Anonymous says:

Too Funny anonymous!

jump to top Paige says:

"All that paper"? It's not much really! A lot less wasteful than manufacturing and powering electric lights!

jump to top Matt says:

I totally agree with Matt.

jump to top houston says:

And there's nothing saying they won't take them down and reuse the chains next year...and the year after that...and the year after that...

jump to top Ali says:

I found some great christmas decorations at http://www.christmascentral.com and http://shop.christmascentral.com I have never seen a one stop shop like this before. I suggest checking it out, that is if you have the time to view their selection.

jump to top nick miller says:

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