Clarks, London

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Wow, this brand has never looked so cool and so incredibly confident.  Gone are the mountains of shoes which allows us to focus on a few really great products.  Yes. we know this brand has a wide range of products to select from but do they need to show every single one, no.  Soles in a repetition format of their latest Trigenic footwear concept forms the background here with just a few selected products on which the eyes of the viewer can focus.  Crisp, new age-like and fantastic to see this store along Regent street having its Renaissance moment.  

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Ted Baker, London

Images Courtesy and Copyright www.elemental.co.uk

There is nothing more satisfying than seeing a collaboration come to life.  At Ted Baker, the in house design team worked with the fantastic guys at www.elemental.co.uk who developed the art work for the printed elements and produced the focal points of the campaign for this SS16 scheme entitled 'Spring Cleaning'; with large prop hands, cloches & dusters.  Great to see huge doses of much lacking humour in retail store windows out there on the high street.

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Aishti, Beruit

Images Courtesy and Copyright www.artevetrinaproject.it

With references to surrealism, Aishti's latest scheme with its reverse staircase, mannequins weaving in and out of picture frames and gravity defying birds really does highlight the amount of creativity developing around the world and very much worth checking this brands' schemes out for yourself if you can.  Created by the team at www.artevetrinaproject.it and shot by Sagmeister and Walsh this brand is clearly rocking the Middle East right now.

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Tandem, Barcelona

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We had thought that travel agents on the high street were a bygone concept although it seems that if you happen to be in the luxury market it is clearly thriving, upping the ante and looking so cool too.  Gone are those dodgy independents on a forgotten high street with multiple stickers of random associations on their doors (which to be honest did any of us ever check for their authenticity?) filled with shelves of curly well thumbed brochures with random people frolicking on the beach in some sunny destination.  Here at Tandem in Barcelona, the brand have implemented beautifully constructed 'skeleton' suitcases promoting a range of exotic destinations and suspended against a curved graphic in a gravitational format.  Perhaps if more travel agents had made such an effort they wouldn't have been relegated to the 'round filing cabinet on the floor' of places we used to shop? 

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Nike, London

Images Courtesy and Copyright www.millingtonassociates.com

Including Wembley here is a new one for us and if you love football then this is one for you.  In collaboration with Nike, www.millingtonassociates.com have recently designed a one-day press space to launch the latest kit for the England football team.  The incorporation of Nike's flyknit technology also makes this the most advanced kit to date.  The team at www.millingtonassociates.com created the visual effect of speed with shooting lines, chasing lights and thread patterns to unite the garments and installation.  Stunning stuff.

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Wolford, London

Images Courtesy and Copyright www.sfd.co.uk

We dont often include lingerie in our entries, in fact this is possibly the first one, however it was worth noting for the mannequn used here created by www.sfd.co.uk from their Seven range with a unique metal infused paint finish for this Austrian based global retailer.

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River Island, London

Images Courtesy and Copyright www.sfd.co.uk

In the age of the 'selfie' what better to way to reflect your core customer than selfie mannequins?  At River Island right now, linking perfectly into the vibe on the high street (and just about everywhere else), the 'Nude' range of figures created by www.sfd.co.uk absolutely captures the current global mood. Great to see this brand at the forefront and clearly understanding their customer base.  

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Joseph, London

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The latest installation at Joseph, as we would expect, is naturally absolutely stunning.  The main concept for the windows and in store has been developed from the latest Christopher Kane SS16 catwalk collection which was inspired by a 'slightly chaotic state of mind, filled with images of car wrecks, fractured shapes, jagged cut-outs and spray painting which filtered into his dresses and tailored collection'.  In addition to this, inspiration was gleaned from medical science and mental institutions (psychiatric hospitals) with mannequins used here with narrow plastic restraint tags worn as chokers and decorating the merchandise.  The scheme also uses mono-coloured cable ties applied in a repetition format as backdrops to the figures. 

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Moschino, London

A giant Cigarette packed with a pop out hybridized mannequin.  It could only be Moschino.  With the bag version of this prop retailing at £512 we guess you really would have to be a fan of the products here.  We don't recall ever seeing anyone wearing any of this brands 'stuff' as it is so clearly recognisable although perhaps we just don't move in the same circles as their core customers.  Whoever you are?

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Dolce and Gabbana, London

Ahh the good old vintage television sets.  We don't know who produced the props here although they are a great bit of fun and with a glittering Gold/Silver insert and embedded lighting to highlight their products giving this part of their brand (Men's Boutique) a completely different personality to their additional store - but clearly a safe enough distance away - further along Bond street.

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John Smedley, London

If you havent checked out this brands' website recently then do take a moment to click through some of the images and videos as everything has been beautifully produced and the detail of the aesthetic is superb.  We love the products at this brand and great to know that at least some manufacturing in the UK still exists.  The windows here have a kind of industrial feel to them with the use of the 'concrete' blocks and links very nicely with the mood of their website.

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Burberry, London

In a world where it is now possible to personalise just about anything with either your name or initials, and whether this means embroidering your new Burberry products (or at some brands even your towels can get that personal touch) or whether they are embossed in Gold on your new luxury leather products, it seems just about everyone is doing it.  We are not big fans of the personalisation of products ourselves although it appears that a lot of you out there are.  Historically of course, products were emblazoned with family crests and names of the nobility, in contemporary society maybe this is simply a way of generating a sense of exclusivity in a market so saturated with the same product ranges.  Who knows? 

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Goat, London

This is a brand that we don't come across very often and yet, although their stores are quite small we were struck by the installation here.  There isn't much information written about this brand which we can share with you apart from that it is a London based womens wear label that specialises in tailored separates.  The suspended installation appears to be laser cut paper which has been beautifully wrapped to form the backdrop to the product.  

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