Fenwick, London

We were so pleased to see that jewellery from Alexis Bittar has been launched here in London at Fenwick along Bond street.  If you travel to NYC then you would have seen his shop along Broome street close to Dash which is owned by the Kardashian sisters.  The NYC store of course is a little more risque with its stuffed jewellery wearing Zebra, Penguin, Chicken etc, although in the current climate probably not wise to emulate this here in London.  With its on trend sparkling Copper coloured backdrop the windows here look rather impressive.  Go check them out or glean an overview in our video.  The scheme has been tweaked and changed a little since we made our video however.

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Isabel Marant, London

If social media is to be believed there appears to be a bit of a sculptural trend happening globally right now, although not necessarily in retail store windows.  Here at Isabel Marant, who always produce such interesting schemes, although they dont change very often, but they do look great nonetheless.  We're not so sure about those bust forms however (shoes always look so awful placed like this)   

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Akris, London

With their product-led scheme right now, Akris, although not the most exciting scheme on the high street, it is delicate and simple.  We just wish these guys would give us a little more to talk about but it is what it is so here you go.

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Dolce and Gabbana, London

Using repetition of electric guitars to create a backdrop to their product, Dolce and Gabbana are literally rocking the high street right now.  We kind of wanted to see some famous archived ones in here although we guess they are limited in their availability.  Check out our video below and tell us what you think? 

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Sotherby's, London

Who would have thought that we include Sotherby's on retailstorewindows.com, eh?  Well here you have it.  We normally associate this global brand with a certain type of customer which excludes most of society.  We've never known anyone from this brand nor ever ventured inside to see more of what they do besides selling very expensive stuff.  That said, we are pleased to see that they at least have a sense of humour.  Advertising their Beyond Limits (The Landscape of British Sculpture 1950 - 2015) at Chatsworth.  

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Dover St. Market, London

If you happen to be near Bond street then do make a short detour to see the scheme at Dover st. Market right now.  Incredible merchandise of Leigh Bowery proportions are contained within these scaffolding and paper 'boxes'.  There's not much information about this installation so probably best to go and have a look for yourself.  Otherwise check out our video below (please note that if you are receiving daily updates via email, the video wont be attached but you can see it either on our YouTube channel of via the main site.)

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Hermes, London

We saw this scheme very briefly before we went to the middle east but didn't have time to capture it until now.  And what amazing colours..!  Cinematography, giant keys, luggage and fantastic merchandise.  We're not entirely sure what this is all about but the great thing about this brand is how different their schemes are around the world at different stores. This is always appreciated.  Just check out our video below.

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Anya Hindmarch, London

We are finally back from the middle east and have already been scouting around town for the latest schemes.  This week, for a slight change we are including a video of the schemes we have been looking at.  Some of the videos are only a few seconds long and some around a minute, however we think that by showing you a scheme beyond a static image may actually give you a better view and understanding of what you are seeing?  Here at Anya Hindmarch. just off Sloane Street we have this enormously fun scheme of smiley faces or repetition of radiating forms.  We danced our way through this period so the word Ass-seeeed screams at us like a flash back from halcyon days.  A happy scheme indeed.

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Stacey Bendet, Dubai

We don't recall ever seeing this brand before but here in the Dubai Mall is Stacey Bendet, the US based contemporary clothing brand.  Multiples of Golden Balloons fill this window and while this isn't the most original scheme we have ever seen it really does look quite dramatic in this large window space.

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Moschino, Dubai

We aren't normally very positive of what this brand produce in their windows as they only ever seem to produce the kind of thing that Warhol did oh so long ago and this is no exception really.  However, the scheme is a bit of fun and we do like the props here.  We understand the perspective this brand adopts regarding their products although simply reproducing what already exists doesn't scream originality to us but fortunately then we aren't customers anyway.  We still live in hope of something a little less obvious however.

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Lanvin, Dubai

Within the malls here in the middle east it is of course impossible (well, very difficult) to control the lighting.  As you know we normally scour the cities of the world at night time like VM Ninjas but here as its so unbearably hot outside so there is very little notable retail on any actual high street.  We just thought we should mention this as our images this week do have a lot of reflection on them.  However, here at Lanvin, foliage of varying types is suspended from the ceiling of this enormous store in a gravitational format and in some instances cover the mannequins faces.  We're not entirely sure what the message is here but in this case it doesn't really matter we guess?  Its a bit of fun and actually as so many other retailers are still in Sale there isn't much else to select from.

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Max Mara, Dubai

A great new scheme for Max Mara although with what we guess is their AW15 collection being launched in 40 degrees heat we cant imagine who would want to buy anything other than a handbag in this weather?  Still, we guess with an international market and of course not all shoppers here live in this country with its furnace-like weather and no seasons that anyone would at least notice (Ok well there are a couple of days of light rain a year which freaks the locals out) it does look great anyway with its plaited backdrop and this northern European palette which we love ourselves anyway.  

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SFD x Serge DeNimes Pop-up, London

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If you haven't seen the recent pop-up space collaboration between SFD and Serge DeNimes then here's a snapshot for you.  Launching DeNimes AW15 collection in a concrete jungle inspired space the creative team at SFD created the environment using a combination of industrial steel and translucent polycarbonate materials to present the new collection.  The latest collection from DeNimes has a minimal feel to it which has been reflected and echoed within the space at SFD's amazing showroom, theSpace, here in central London.  Check out their website here www.sfd.co.uk or click on the banner on the side of the main page