Tag: menswear
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Selfridges Designer Street Room: A Pavement Perspective
As you’d expect there’s been a bit of a media blitz surrounding the appearance of a Skate Bowl in the middle of Selfridges flagship store on Oxford Street. Never one to shy away from innovation it is nonetheless a refreshing story, a positive spin on the department store sector. Whilst the Skate Bowl is sensational…
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Great Yarns: The Untold Riches of a Humble Past
As part of VM-unleashed’s 10th anniversary year we take a look back at some retail milestones from the last decade and explain why each store’s message is as relevant for us today as it was then. The last decade has shown us that brands need to connect very strongly on an emotional level with their…
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Weaving Magic: Great Lyle & Scott
Traditional Scottish knitwear brand… Lyle & Scott confirms its transformation into a brand at the vanguard of contemporary youth fashion with a first flagship store on hip Carnaby Street. Straight lines and urban materials sit easily with its trendy neighbours whilst its heritage is woven beautifully into the store fabric through the warmth of wood…
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Crew’s Control: Red Hot BluePrint for International Expansion
After the tantalising teaser of mens and womens only stores, … the fully fledged J Crew opened with fun and fanfares, and stars & stripes, in London’s Regent Street. The template taken from major US cities sits comfortably amongst the mid-level and high level brands of one of the UKs most prestigious addresses. However, of…
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Scotch & Soda: The World through a Glass Half Full
Lifestyle brands take inspiration from the globe, nourish it, nurture it and develop it for like-minded individuals throughout the world. Scotch & Soda takes its soul of adventure from the streets of Amsterdam to the familiar scenes of the Seine, further-afield to African plains: from Savannah to Soho, from Paris to Paradise. The collections are…
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Blended Scotch: Dutch Courage from the Avenues of Amsterdam
Own your stores to conquer the world. Amsterdam innovators Scotch & Soda continue to expand with an impressive portfolio of directly owned stores. True to the values of the brand the stores create a journey of exploration combining expected adjacencies with unlikely bedfellows in an environment of creative interest. From its menswear origins the retailer…
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