Category: ladies fashion
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Putting the Pieces Together: Jigsaw’s Picture of the Future
Within a jewelled cupcake’s throw from Selfridges an emporium of class and style opened its three doors to the fine people of Duke Street. A Jigsaw solution. See the image board: Click below: RetailMeaning Pinterest: An inspirational showcase of brand new, retro, and vintage shop designs, visual displays & customer experiences. Classic retail spaces with forever lessons.…
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Legs 11: Selfridges Denim Devolution takes Shape
Selfridges destination denim stretched its legs and stepped out as the World’s largest dedicated denim studio. No idle fascination this 2500 square metres throws a curved ball at the conventions of category collections with Selfridges claiming jeans from £11 to £11,000 in a range of over 11,000 pieces. Denim journeys unfold past acrobatic mannequins…
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One Seagull Makes an Evisu Summer: Hand Painted Pocket Poetry
The intimate environs of Boxpark create the perfect setting for the individual art of the exclusive denim brand. Obsessive in detail the manufacturer maintains its personalised proposition through the option of hand-painted pocket designs from its iconic seagull to a variety of signature signs. Inspired by the denim decoration of 1950s America where cotton…
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Penneys from Heaven: In Dublin Fair City, Girls are so Pretty
No excuse for any girl not to look her best with the recent multi-million refurbishment of Penneys in central Dublin. For Penneys in Ireland read Primark for the rest of us, but the fashion, fun and fabulous prices are familar to all. However here Penneys show another facet with the structural work not only…
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Summer Loved: Kidston Calm & Collected
Cath Kidston captures the calmness and coolness of a British summer like no one else. The mood and feel is sublimely caught from every polka dot top of the home page to every striped bottom of the blog postings. And whilst every detail is in character the site also packs a commercial punch, with drop-dead,…
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Maxximum Potential: TK Putting on the Style
On the back of surging sales, TK Maxx plots its path to bargain brand domination with a central London flagship store in the heart of fashionista Covent Garden. The selected assortment tailors to the trendy and the cash-strapped coveters of current labels. New to this store is the Goldlabel departments where only the very best…
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“Curated by”: In JL we Trust
‘Curated By’ … is a new space in the nations most trusted retailer – John Lewis – which offers customers the chance to selectively shop key pieces from premium fashion brands. Handpicked, the first edit includes exclusives from Sacks, Pyrus, Stella Forest, Charli, Muubaa and Second Female as well as Avoca Anthology, By Zoe, Bensimon…
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Standing on Ceremony: Opening Up a Whole New World
What goes around, comes around, … is at the heart of a retail philosophy that explores and explodes fashion influences from around the globe, to a growing portfolio of stores serving the insatiable appetites of followers across the continents. Opening Ceremony cleverly combines a wardrobe of favourite fashions such as Kenzo with a perpetually changing…
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Brit Tops: Exemplorary Contemporary
Combining classic and contemporary thinking, … is what Burberry Brit is all about. In boutique basements explore the icons from bygones that helped make Burberry the powerhouse brand of today. Traditional Trench with a twist, cool and customisable by button and breast, by colour and collar, lining and length to suit the coolest trend or…
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A Place for Heroes: M&S Positioning for Fashion
Choice can often be the enemy of retail, … particularly in this omni-channel, customer driven landscape, where endless assortment is often the commercial weakness of collections and the bain of time-starved customer. A return to selling must have heroes, and stars, and best sellers and favourites, essentials and most desirables, where the retailer leads the…
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