Corneliani, London

We often pass by this store along Bond street, although we rarely stop and examine what they do.  However, clearly someone has gripped this little puppy of a brand by the throat and shaken it up a bit and how refreshing.  How cool are these giant hand props.  In their secondary window are a series of bust forms which demonstrate the layers and craftsmanship which goes on behind the product which you can view in our video here.  Great to see this brand finally looking so interesting.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RF981eclOlI

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Diptyque, London

Following what appears to be the Totem trend which we have mentioned over the passed few months Diptyque of course looks as always perfectly delicious.  We have shown you this trend beginning at brands such as Louis Vuitton during the Summer time so it will be interesting to see how or if this trend trickles down to the mid-range retailers over the coming months.  You can check out our video here anyway to get a better overview of this scheme https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iehck3hSvN4

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Georg Jensen, London

Images Courtesy and Copyright Millington Associates

The creative team at Millington Associates have recently collaborated with the  Danish Silversmith and watch brand Georg Jensen in the recent opening of the brands' new boutique within the village at London's Westfield in West London.  These enormous light boxes overlooking the main entrance to this amazing mall  are dominated with the Monarch and Karner Butterflies which are central to their new jewellery collection which has been designed by the Australian sculptor and Artist John Askill.  If you happen to be in Westfield then do look out for this fantastic new edition to their luxury brand collective.

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Selfridges, London

Images Courtesy and Copyright Elemental Design

Those lovely guys at Elemental Design have just collaborated with the set designer, Artist and Illustrator Gary Card to produce this incredible installation, Bombay Electric which is Mumbai's answer to Dover St. Market.  As part of the current Selfridges Loves India promotion this pop up brings together some of India's most fashionable and innovative Indian brands all under one roof.  Do go and check this out if you can as it really does look amazing.

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Hackett, London

Launching their Modern Country Campaign the windows at Hackett as always are gleaming.  We're actually quite amazed how much they manage to get so much into what is a relatively small space, but they do.  This scheme consists of custom made wooden panels and foliage to create this dynamic perspective. 

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Double RL, London

If you happen to be in NYC then do go and look at the Double RL store along West Broadway as it really is quite a spectacle.  The store staff are mean in allowing you to take images but then we never worry about these kinds of things and it is a treat to go and experience anyway.  We're not sure if the London store compares to its sister store in NYC but the windows are interesting anyway with a huge assortment of vintage props.  

Check out our video here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1g_4TUg26vM

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Gant, London

A very simple scheme here at Gant right now showing their AW15 merchandise.  Its very difficult to comment much on this scheme apart from its wintery tones although it does look quite striking from across the street with its weathered piles (as in posts not as in haemorrhoids of course) of varying sizes.  Check out our video here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4OrbaJx9L2Y

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Anthropologie, London

As regular readers with know, we do like to include Anthropologie whenever we can as their aesthetic really shouts creativity.  Repetition of these dipped pieces of Bamboo fill this window space at their store along Regent street and as always, its a real treat to view and experience.  Check out of video to get and all over view of this incredible space.  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2NLXhx4f2I

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Simone Rocha, London

We've never noticed this brand before now so it could be a great new find.  We were initially drawn in because this enormous installation in the windows which we are guessing is product-led?  We will drop by on occasion but do check out her website as she does have a very interesting bio on her website and her merchandise is bought by some of the best of the best in the fashion industry.

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Karl Lagerfeld, London

As usual, a perfectly executed scheme at Lagerfeld along Regent street.  We are yet to actually go inside this store although we're not enormous fans of Kitty related merchandise but then we are guessing this is targeting the tourist market who seem to love this stuff.  Here we have repetition of radiating forms in a gravitational format.  Check out our video to get a better overview of this scheme

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjCN-gaOUYA

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Marc Jacobs, London

We did try very hard to like this scheme (not that it matters whether we do or not) however we saw the use of wooden step ladders in windows two years ago and lets not even go there with 'bits' of mannequins.  Hybridised mannequins just don't work too as the figures themselves are usually not designed to be put into certain positions other than for which they were originally intended but it is something which we find particularly inexperienced Visual Merchandisers occasionally try to do and it just looks awful.  With a brand as significant as this, surely there is a budget to find human-ish arm props if they are going to be used at all?  There is quite a sinister tone to this scheme and Cluedo-esque vibe which we actually quite enjoyed, so it didn't take Agatha Crusty or Hercule Columbo to guess that the murderer was Ms. Scarlet in the study with the rope.  If she had been swinging from the rope (although God forbid) we would at least have raised a well manicured eyebrow and maybe a little gasp.  Have a look at our video to get a better overview although if you are in the office maybe turn the sound down a little.  The external alarm at the store was ringing when we visited.  Possibly a cry for help. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1IpKOjjFHAE 

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Christian Louboutin, London

What do you do when you have a relatively small but expensive product but have a very big window to fill?  Fill it with something which has huge traffic stopping personality of course.  Here at Christian Louboutin, a massive nod to Kineticism (Art which has either real of apparent motion) completely covers this space.  Does it work as a piece of Kinetic Art at this scale?  Sort of.  Check out our video anyway and see what you think?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Os6BBk-Ch9U

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Aizone, Beirut

Images Courtesy and Copyright Arte Vetrina Project

With their references to bold graphic illustrations and a huge nod to Pop Art and Surrealism, the guys at Arte Vetrina Project have created this incredible installation at Aizone in Beirut.  Generally, two dimensional images depict three dimensional forms which Sagmeister and Walsh have played with and created two dimensional images of three dimensional forms.  How great to see such fantastic creativity in retail store windows from around the world.

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