Beijing, China

We are currently touring and viewing the sites and delights of China right now in order to bring you the latest and greatest from this incredible country.  We've realised news travels super fast here.....what an amazing welcome, eh?  We spotted this in the lift lobby at one of the malls.

Pull & Bear, London

If you happen to be along Oxford street then do cast a glance at Pull & Bear and their store towards the Oxford Circus part of the street.  This store underwent a 'enhancement' recently and we have been looking forward to popping by to take a closer look inside this store.  In the meantime, with no merchandise in this window scheme, this screams out and communicates the confidence of this brand.

 

H & M, London

........and...if one scheme wasn't enough, these guys have gone the extra mile and produced another scheme.  We are really warming to this brand and how they are working so hard to entertain, engage and produce yet another scheme based on the Olympics. We're wondering if their other stores have additional Olympic based schemes around town right now?

H & M, London

How cool are H&M looking right now?  This is such a clean and well reproduced scheme and once again absolutely on trend in celebrating the London Olympics.  We were wondering what these guys are doing wherever you are?  Is anyone else around the world implementing Olympic schemes or is it a 'party for one' here in London?

Gant, London

Picking up on the Olympic theme quite beautifully is Gant along Regent Street.  Strangely they do seem to produce a lot of locker room based themes, although they do do what they do actually very well.  With their repetition of these multicoloured oars (clearly references to rowing) we could help but want to share this one with you.

DKNY, London

The newly revamped DKNY store along Bond street here in London is looking pretty hot again, don't you think?  Whatever happened to this brand anyway?  They seemed to be so cool at the beginning of the noughties and then appeared to slip away and quietly died a slow and painful retail death.  But, anyway, here we have the newly refreshed store and great windows too.  We love the London skyline here and lets hope that these guys are able to claw their way back up the ladder to gain the status that they once had.  Else its 'sayonara bitches'. 

Church's, London

Wow, patriotic to the end...!  We're loving Church's shoes right now.

Banana Republic, London

With an explosion of Red, White and Blue here at Banana Republic, we were certainly drawn in.  We particularly love the three dimensional aspect of this scheme but wish they had implemented it in every window.  Ah well.  Its Red, White and Blue, so sort of patriotic.....although to whom its not quite clear.

Alessi, London

With the Olympic Games so close now, we can almost taste the medals.  Here at Alessi, the creative team have deftly hung their versions of a fruit bowl in the form of the Olympic rings.  Dangerous territory guys as you know how anxious those overpaid Olympic committee people can be.  On the other hand, a very nice two fingers up to them.  Fantastic. 

Kenzo, London

We don't normally have the opportunity to capture this store as they always almost completely cover this window with their security grille.  Whats the point in having a a window scheme in that case?  Anyway, we occasionally see this brands stores around the world and are always drawn in.  In this instance, although currently in Sale we did particularly like the details on the paper structured fashion shown here.  Our cameras didn't quite capture all f the detail, although we're sure you get the gist.

For All Mankind, London

Well, that was For All Mankind then.  Open for just a year or so (maybe two years?),

Guess, London

Further along the Olympic road less travelled we have the current scheme from Guess.  Actually, we're not entirely sure why we are surprised, but this scheme actually works quite well.  OK, well it is a little 'blingy' but it is actually quite well done.  In the meantime, the various events for the Olympics are beginning to heat up and there is tonnes of stuff all around town announcing its imminent arrival.  Is it too late to give it to Paris?

Mathew Williamson, London

We dont often see very many schemes at the Mathew Williamson store here in London, although on this occasion, and clearly picking up on the Olympic theme we have been presented with these three podiums (or is it podi??  podia??. ....oh who knows) in a natural wood finish and with flashes of colour, above which are the suspended bust forms with this stunning product.