Category: ADVENT CALENDAR ’23
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CHRISTMAS WINDOWS – LOUIS VUITTON
At first when I saw this, I wasn’t too sure about it; I was in two minds, because I thought they played it safe, but then the more I stood to look at it, the more a theme emerged at play. I like the clean lines of it without it being austere, it is still…
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Advent Stories | #1 – Secrets. We All Have Them
Ife started to breathe easy as soon as the plane was in the air, well, easy is putting it lightly because take off is her least favourite part of flying. However, in relation to everything that had happened in the past twenty-four hours, she is breathing easy. Her life had been blown to bits and…
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CHRISTMAS WINDOWS – HARVEY NICHOLS
The merry go round that is Christmas. This is too high octane to be Christmas it is more suited to New Year’s Eve. I think it’s the colours, actually I know it’s the colours. Christmas wonderland which is reminiscent of the winter wonderland not five minutes from the store but where is the warmth? It’s…
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CHRISTMAS WINDOWS- LIBERTY
Liberty. Oh Liberty. I always feel sorry for Liberty because it has those pokey windows and not a lot of real estate to play with in comparison to say Harrods or Selfridges or Harvey Nics. But I think this is where it could lean (for fuck sake with that expression but it works) into that…
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CHRISTMAS WINDOWS – RALPH LAUREN
This is not so much a window as it is a store front because brands, especially with their stand alone stores are often at a disadvantage somewhat because of the range of products to play with; as opposed to the department stores that can flex their muscle which is why I am always harder on…
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CHRISTMAS WINDOWS – HARRODS
We’ve been here before. Where’s the story? What is the narrative? This feels cold as cold as the gold and clinical, sterile even. Yes we know; Harrods is the home of extraordinary luxury, unparalleled if you ask me, and it will not be bested on that front by a mile, but this is a Christmas…