Fashion Forever: Walking in a Value Wonderland

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Forever21 has become  folklore for fun and budget fashion in its native US, and now throughout the UK, Europe and the Far East after its recent and rapid expansion.

 

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Although its original stores  were only 100sqm its concept has blossomed to become “Fashion Wonderlands” of  over 9000sqm. These huge stores are segmented into a variety of sub-brands and  departments.

Forever 21 for the original  assortment of women’s and junior’s clothing, accessories, active wear, swimwear,  lingerie, handbags, and shoes. Forever 21+ carrying women’s apparel in extended  sizes. Love 21 with contemporary lines for women with styles more suited for  women 21 and older. Forever 21 Girls for girls moving into their pre-teen sizes  & 21Men, fast fashion and suited style for men.

The vast spaces are used to  create retail theatre through the use of extravagant and extended mannequin  focal points, introducing each area with distinctive and eye-catching colour,  pattern and displays.

Whilst the store has been  built arrange jaw-dropping category displays with endless racks of dresses,  blouses, T-shirts, trousers, denim and every other kind fashion apparel, the  retailer has worked hard to create outfits and silhouettes, brought together  with its individual and distinctive taste for coordination.

Stand-out departments  include the accessories area with its “boutique” atmosphere and the wonderfully  extravagant fixtures with crystal chandeliers and oversizes  lampshades.

For the fashionista on a  budget Forever21 truly represents a “Fashion Wonderland” of unparalleled scale  and extravagance.

 

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Sweet Sounds for UrbanEars: Colour in a World of White Noise

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A simple store speaking louder than words makes the action of listening a pleasure and an experience.

 

UrbanEars is a concept in listening from Scandinavia, an ergonomic and aesthetic sound sensation for all the world to enjoy. The concept is based around colour , sound quality and the pleasure of wearing headphone in the office, on the train, commuting on your bike or on a plane.

The store presents its product as individual heroes, each which its intrinsic features and sound philosophy combined with a rainbow of colour tone, or a sound block of blue and red or green.

The hero presentation is complete with a spectrum of distinctive and desirable boxes creating and delivering colour in a world of white noise.

 

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Colour is always considered the most powerful visual display tool.
Here Urbanears uses the familiar spectrum of colour developed by Apple and taken up by a myriad of retailers and brands from Mini to Morphy Richards.

Is there an opportunity for colour in your business?
Do you live in a grey world?

 

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A Sonic Site for Sore Eyes is Music to Your Urbanears

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The myriad of messages are presented in a beautifully simple and stylish way allowing the customer to select by lilac, lemon or whatever hue is particularly you.

 

Limited editions combine function and fashion, with the superbly subtly coloured Pumpkin capturing amber audio ambiance ideal for your autumn activities.

Environmental credentials are encapsulated by Platten, where every re-constructed headpiece comes complete with coordinates for your own 5sqkilometres of protected Costa Rican forest packed with rare butterflies, beautiful bugs and special spiders.

On every level UrbanEars is a brand to get your head around.

 

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Every hero has a story!
If you have products that haven’t got a story, have you got a product at all?

 

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Fossil Fuelled: Timed for Evolution

Time stands still for no retailer, and Fossil takes it upon itself to look to the future with an evolutionary new store concept which draws on the strength of its heritage whilst looking decisively to the future.

 

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The focal wall is a picture perfect example of this, setting a showcase HD video screen against a sea of classic fossil tins making a massive statement of authority and heritage. Out of the tin and into the future, the store showcases its timeless timepieces in individual cabinets, adding value and luxury from leather straps to personalised pieces and mercurial mechanisms.

The luxury is layered onto its classic casual culture with handbags and leather goods taking a prominent position in a setting not out of place nor out of time with a Selfridges or a Coach. Glass case corridors create a museum landscape, but the modern music ensures this concept is no Natural History.

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Future Facing. Watch this space!

Sometime Soon: Parfois plans for a Perpetual Summer

From a quiet corner of Portugal, in a land famous for exceptional quality and craftsmanship in leather goods, Parfois has developed a brand and a reputation that has taken it on a quiet adventure into 20 countries.

 

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Its understated stores are calm and classic, a suitable setting for an assortment with is gentle on the eyes, beautiful to touch and a treat for the senses. From its authority in bags and purses an assortment has grown into jewellery and scarves, footwear and fashion accessories, always with the same natural beauty, crafted with care and attention to detail.

Walls reach high, enclosing the space in the subtle shades of leather and suede, or the tasteful shapes and silhouettes of necklaces, bangles, rings and earrings, with an injection of colour from scarves and fashion knitwear.

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In this quiet time, Parfois’s perfect statements speak louder than words, shouting its international credentials from the rooftops of the world.

 

Cap in Hand: A New Era in Headwear

To be head and shoulders above a crowded category requires dominance of range and unparalleled choice.

 

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A New Era has dawned in the competitive market for souvenir and sporting caps inspired by the vast array of US sporting franchises whose merchandisers market everything from replica kits, memorabilia and the ubiquitous baseball cap.

The central London store has an urban feel with brick wall to brick wall cap displays expanding the experience from sporting team allegiance to blockbuster films, superhero insignia, city branding from across the globe to a spectrum of smartly styled caps, free from fraternity in a striking colour spectrum.

The design cleverly hides available sizes in pull-out drawers behind the displays, shaving centimetres from the store, adding category claustrophobia and an even higher intensity to an unsurpassed assortment.

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Hats off. Respect is Due.

Rules of Engagement: Game Changing Louis Vuitton

Not for the first time, it has taken a traditional brand to demonstrate how new technology and social engagement can enhance a reputation, communicate a product line and win over the hearts of both new and old alike, with humour, interaction and fun.

 

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To promote its collection of leather cases for iphone, pads and books the brand has gone back to the heritage of computer games into the memories of its core customer, adding a new touch and freshness that will appeal to the sons and daughters of the rich & famous. In a combination of space invaders and video tennis Loius Vuitton uses cases as spacemen, destroyed at will in the defence of good taste and beautiful products.

The landing page is, as ever, beautifully created with a demonstration video, product information and of course the game itself in three levels of difficulty. This is not child’s play, but Louis Vuitton makes the game of social engagement look easy as it sweeps to victory in the power world of luxury brands.

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Twist of Fate: Louis Vuitton on a Different Level

Twist of Fate: Louis Vuitton on a Different Level

 

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An important catalyst in the re-invention of Selfridges was the phase 1 introduction of escalator wells at either end of the store, which with the central centrepiece of lifts and existing escalators transport customers on a myriad of customer journeys exploring every corner of every floor of the world famous emporium, opening up an unparalleled assortment of brands and attractions.

A new addition to the vertical transport fraternity is the addition of the unique Louis Vuitton twisting lift joining the 2 floors of the brand in a truly innovative and intimate way. The spectacular open structure reveals a golden lift that turns serenely as it makes its way from one level of luxury to another equally unparalleled Vuitton universe.

The lift is marked by two rotating display cases that transcend the space from floor to ceiling housing the highlights of the accessories collection and forming an appropriate guard of honour for the brand patrons as they make their way up to that great label in the sky.

 

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Wide Assortment: Piquadro’s Spatial Awareness

Dimensions that you only dream about, offer the opportunity for Piquadro to showcase its assortment to the passing shopper.

 

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Space and structural planning mirror category and collection ranging to provide a store that replicates the perfect pilot. The retailer response is a corridor of discovery on a journey from travel to totes, from fashion to functionality, with each family segmented and presented from the pages of the merchandising manual.

A democracy of display allows every passer-by to experience the full picture where windows and walls combine, defining a stage setting in the theatre of travel that is terminal 1, Madrid airport. Walking the walk, talking the talk, Piquadro provides the perfect expose for the captive consumer where lack of time and opportunity are now no excuse for ignoring impulse.

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Puma21: Summer Season Came of Age

For 3 months Boxpark was home to Puma 21 where the specialist sports brand shared its space with an array of aspiring artists.

 

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Charlotte Stone, the design collective – Circle London and Amar Stewart exhibited works alongside a limited edition of exclusive Puma products. From the Oslo Crew Sweat to the Traction Backpack 21 limited edition prints were given away with any Puma purchase, in a cool collaboration that illustrates exactly the ethos behind the Shoreditch social shopping destination.

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