Nike @ Liberty, London

Its been so difficult this week to find interesting schemes as just about everyone is in Sale right now and have their windows blanked out so their is nothing to view.  Anyway, thankfully we have found some hidden gems such as this collaboration between Liberty and Nike; Pixel Pack.  We've also noticed that Hermes have a fantastic scheme right now so we will include them too this week in conjunction with some other interesting 'bits' until we pass this drab part of the retail calender.

Moschino, London

Mannequin in a plastic Swan.  Need we say more?

Dolce & Gabbana, London

Have you seen the new D&G store yet here in London at the other end of Bond St. from this one?  Absolutely stunning and a must see if you like a bit of re-vintage and have a taste for the tailor-made.  Here at the other end of Bond st. towards Piccadilly, we have the Dolce and Gabbana store sporting the cacti and pebble look right now.  This store has had some fairly abstract schemes recently which have been so interesting to view and a fantastic change from the usual stuff we see from some of the other Luxe brands right now.

Asprey, London

These are probably some of the trickiest run of windows to work with, we would imagine?  On the one hand we have this enormous glazed area and on the other the tiniest of products; and fabulous quality of course.  We rarely view this store from this angle (as we are stood  in the centre of the road here) so this scheme does appear to be rather corporate head office looking don't you think?  However, as the street is very narrow as indeed is the pavement area, the passing footfall only have a very close view point from which to fawn and lust after the product and therefore grabbing the attention and keeping the focus of the passersby at eye level is rather critical.  A very difficult job well thought through we think?

Dior, London

This has been a funny old brand visually for a long time now, don't you think? Finally it appears that someone is in control of the how they are being presented and we particularly liked the juxtaposition of the the basic forms in the bright Pink against the historical backdrop which finally gives this brand a bit of personality.

Lanvin, New York

Another little snippet of whats happening in NYC right now by kind courtesy of Linda Cahan.  

Etro, London

Back here in London, Etro are rocking a Roman-esque scheme right now.  We're not quite sure how we feel about this one.  It looks really interesting although appears to me missing a certain something which we can quite put our fingers on?

Akris, New York

We've been sent a few little gems from New York by our wonderful friend and colleague Linda Cahan which we thought we would share with you.  A simple and clean scheme at Akris.

Chanel, London

We haven't included this brand for absolutely ages.  We usually cringe as we walk passed as they always look so dreadful.  The new store along Bond street however looks as if someone is breathing some creative life back into the brand and we've been so pleasantly surprised that we had to share it with you.  Their usual mannequins with shrunken heads however are doing them no favours though?

Hackett, London

We've had a tough job this week trying to find the latest creative schemes and we have to confess that it has been a bit of a frenzy.  The curse of Sale is everywhere right now so the whole city is painted in Red, but not here thankfully.  Those boys at Hackett, who clearly have far too much fun have referenced Hitchcock's 1959 film North by Northwest in their Sale scheme with this absolutely incredible plane complete with corn field and vinyl graphic; how fantastic is this little gem?  The props here are produced to perfection and every dynamic in the book has been considered.  Without a Shadow of a doubt, these guys are clear leaders right now in the creativity stakes and such a pleasure to view.  Even if you are not based here in London's West End you must go and see this scheme. We are Spellbound.

Rinascente, Milan

We do love to see great quality schemes coming out of other cities around the world and this one by Sovrappensiero  Design studio for Serapian at the Rinascente department store in Milan is look rather cool, fresh and crisp, don't you think?  Many thanks guys for sharing this with us.

Replay, London

Like a caged animal the product at Replay is looking like its rather hanging on to dear life, don't you think?  These guys are quietly going about their business doing what they do and actually doing some interesting stuff.  Its Sale time here in London so not huge amounts the report.......or is there?  We have seen some corkers out there so will share with you very soon.

Jack Wills, London

We are not huge fans of Jack Wills as a brand but they do come up some interesting schemes now and again.  We did think to ourselves 'oh gawd not the stacked suitcases again' as we saw these all the way throughout 2011 - 12 although these printed ones do actually look rather cool.  OK, well we wish they hadn't used them but hopefully this is the last we will see of them (the suitcases not the brand) until the cycle comes back around again.