Betsey Johnson Rocks Around the Christmas Tree

With Thanksgiving out of the way, it’s finally time to blast that holiday music, so pop Home Alone into your DVD player, and start gorging on Christmas cookies. (Hey, calories don’t count over the holidays, right?) Just know you aren’t the only one getting into the holiday spirit. Designer Betsey Johnson is already making the season especially bright — as if you would expect anything less from the bedazzling boutique queen. The fashion icon was tapped by the Plaza Hotel in New York City to design their first-ever Christmas tree, which Johnson debuted with a tea ceremony on Monday night. Her creation — an 18-inch tree totally covered in hot-pink feathers, sparkly tinsel, and decorative paper dolls — will be on display until Jan. 4.

While Day-Glo decorations are clearly Johnson’s aesthetic, she also sought inspiration from one of the Plaza’s most famous residents (no, not Charlie Sheen): Eloise, the fictional children’s book character who, to the envy of almost every little girl, lived on the hotel’s top floor in the eponymous book series. The famously frilly and feminine Johnson has already shown that she’s quite a fan of this spunky children’s character. After presenting a fashion show at the Plaza in 2009, the designer-cum-interior decorator took on the task of creating an Eloise-themed suite — another elaborate, pink concoction — for the hotel in 2010. There’s no doubt fellow girly-girl Eloise would be turning cartwheels if she saw Johnson’s creations— after all, the designer admitted that three quarters of her is still six years old as well.

Text Kara Solarz
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