Peter Jones, London

We recently mentioned that our students from the London College of Fashion won the Gold prize at Olympia a few weeks ago.  Well, if you happen to be Sloane Square right now, you can view their installation in person.  OK, well it is tucked away in the back streets, but then all the fun things happen there anyway, right?  So, do meander your way along here as we also found some really great schemes in the stores behind their installation which we'll include over the next few days also.  In the meantime, the guys at Peter Jones have been incredibly supportive of the new and latest talent emerging into the Visual Merchandising industry and this communicates incredible confidence in their own brand that they are able to give some (and we don't under estimate this) incredibly expensive space in support of the new industry talent.  How cool are the guys leading this, hey?

Peter Jones, London

If you happen to be outside Peter Jones along the top end of the iconic Kings Road, do have a look at this installation. What's so unusual about it we hear you ask? Well, this window has been installed by one of our youngest and brightest Visual Merchandisers in the country. Kirsty Hoadley, at just 19 years old has installed this wonderful scheme in conjunction with Peter Jones and www.worldskills.org Kirsty is our UK competitor at World skills 2011, a global event at Excel here in London in October competing against Visual Merchandisers around the world for the Gold Medal. The scheme itself uses this beautiful wedding dress designed and made by the incredibly talented Julie Dutton, has been produced from Bamboo and highlights the ever necessary links between Fashion and the need for sustainability. The dress will eventually break down into compost, returning it back to the planet. A superb installation by Kirsty, one of our rising Visual Merchandising stars.