Scans from ‘Bloomingdale’s Book of Home Decorating’ by Barbara D’Arcy (1973)

Barbara D’Arcy was one of the most well-known visual merchandisers of the 20th century, creating these room displays for various Bloomingdale’s department stores between 1958-1973. We chose these in particular, as they embodied some aspects of the ‘Utopian Ultramodern’ look that would become influential on the Y2K aesthetic in the 1990s.