Alexander McQueen, London

We do love to go and visit the McQueen store here in London now and again, even if just to will some of the merchandise out of the window but mostly of course to view the latest schemes.  Here we have an image of the Taraxacum (oh ok, dandelion to most of us) gently blowing its seeds into the wind and placed behind the product.  The product itself of course oozes the fantastic personality known from this brand and as always is absolutely stunning.  Another simple yet beautiful presentation from the team at McQueen.

Daks, London

'D' for Daks or 'D' for Dull?  What a shame this brand isn't just a little more exciting?  We are willing it to be, but the word 'frumpy' just springs to our minds.  Unfortunately a big thumbs 'D'own for this scheme.  But, you may think otherwise?

Cos, London

Ooooohhhh......we do like the anti-Christmas scheme here at Cos right now.  Change the colour of that lighting and who would know?  This is clever stuff and Cos are really 'cutting it' with their clever subtlety.  The simplicity is fantastic, the wonderful 'fine art installation' approach is looking so fricking cool and we are loving it.

Selfridges, London

If you happen to be passing Selfridges soon here in London, then do go and take a look at this incredible window.  Love Creative from the Uber Cool city of Manchester and in conjunction with the lovely guys at Millington Associates have created this incredible scheme for the Johnnie Walker brand as part of the Christmas offer.  This fabulously theatrically themed window draws inspiration from the complex flavours of the Walker brand and and introduces the striding man as the central man to the scheme.  We love this video and do also check out the agency behind it.  We did, and wow are these guys are fricking good.  www.lovecreative.com

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Etro, London

The schemes at Etro appear to be falling into a bit of a formula this year, don't you think?  The scene seems to change and the mannequins appear to move around different rooms in the country mansion somewhere European but the formula is still here.  We actually do really like this scheme in many ways although 'that' mannequins arm at the forefront of the image looks a little freakish, doesn't it?  Anyway, the layers of interest are here and it looks wonderfully glamorous (but that mannequins arm still looks freaky....;o)  We're just saying what you were thinking.

DKNY, London

Sporting their Hearts for Haiti Campaign, DKNY is looking rather good, don't you think?  Of course, motifs make our eyes smart but given the campaign and who  its for we are doing our best to look past this for a worthy cause.  However, could we possibly find something beyond the literal please and have something a little more hard hitting and dare we say that Charritttee can be De rigueur can't it?  If not, then why not? 

Nicole Farhi, London

We love the latest scheme at Nicole Farhi right now.  Unfortunately this store usually switches their lights off at night time so its always difficult to capture their windows most of the time.  But anyway, thankfully British daylight saving time has allowed a window of opportunity to capture their latest offer for Christmas.  We love these animals surrounding the mannequin and product.  So simple yet perfect for these window spaces which are not very forgiving usually.

Louis Vuitton, London

It seems like an eternity since we last included this brand, so we are really pleased that the latest scheme has been launched here at their Bond Street Maison.  The colours of the merchandise, of course, is absolutely stunning and the scheme has these extraordinary fan shaped structures filling the surrounding space complete with highly polished silver coloured wish bones and clovers.  A delicious scheme from this top luxe brand.

Zara, London

We like a good bit of Zara and in particular their flagship stores where they are a little more experimental.  Here at one of their larger stores the installations while of great quality of course, the interest is not so appealing.  Gawd it really must be Christmas soon and looks like Copper and Gold tones will be appearing all around town and in huge quantities we guess.

Esprit, London

We passed this brands scheme here along Regent st., London yesterday as the latest one was being installed, therefore this scheme is a little out of date now.  However, this one was quite dull anyway so it doesn't really matter anyway does it? (we're not sure if the latest one is actually much more exciting) but just in case.....strap yourselves in......and we will reveal the latest one shortly in order for you to decide.

Lanvin, London

Oh.........we really do honestly try and love what this brand do, we really, really do (wry smile).  But when we are presented with the hangman scenario it really is so, well, very difficult.......don't you think?  We know the product is luxurious (well, actually bloody well damn pricey if the truth be known) but do we really want to wear fashion from a scene that eerily communicates dead men's clothing?  Isn't that the reserve of Chaaaarriittteee shops? (thrift stores for those of you stateside)  Anyway, here we have it....Lux-arity without that awful smell....we know you are thinking it so...we're just telling it like it is.

Dior, London

We've been seeing this 'flight' and 'space' theme happening around town a lot recently and here at Dior its all about the seaplane.  Yeah.....we don't know why either.  Anyway, apart from the wiggy looking wigs (do the same team dress Chanel?) it works beautifully from a tonal perspective, but apart from that.......ZZZZzzzzzzzzzzz................next (not the brand of course) 

Anthropologie, London

Ooohhh we do love a bit of Anthropologie.  We are always stunned at what these guys do and their re-use of old materials in order to produce such exciting schemes.  Here we have several layers perfectly spaced and focusing on our eyes on the scene beyond.  Why cant more companies adopt their working methodology?  This localises creativity and really does put the Art and Design back into windows.  We love it.