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CHRISTMAS WINDOWS | SELFRIDGES
Best in show by a country mile! Because Selfridges really said if there is a prize I am taking it. I AM TAKING ALL THE PRIZES. I would imagine sitting round the table in the visual merchandising strategy meeting for Christmas, no ideas were off limits. It came, it ate and left NO CRUMBS. Selfridges,…
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CHRISTMAS WINDOWS- ANNABEL’S MAYFAIR
If ever there was an award for places that absolutely smash Christmas each year, Annabel’s would take the top prize every single time because I am mesmerised by what they do with the front of the private members cub, smack in the middle of Mayfair where precious few would deign to enter. Bear in mind…
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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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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 – 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…
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WAR MAKES REFUGEES OF US ALL
I cannot debate the rights or wrongs of war because, besides not being aptly qualified, my simplistic view is that in most wars there are no right sides; a view that lacks nuance or allows for exceptions. Conflict hardly leads to lasting peace without creating silos of hate and terror and mistrust. So I cannot…
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DAME MAGGIE SMITH : FASHION ICON
The second I saw the images from Loewe’s SS 2024 campaign my body bolted upright because finally, finally, fashion is paying attention. I don’t recall anything quite like it. I’ve mourned the apathy in fashion lately, the lack of something that can excite and entice the consumers to make us invest in it once more……
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HOLD SPACE FOR HUMANITY
There ought to be a creed before heading to the battlefield; in times of war hold space for humanity. I’m sure there’s a variation of it in some soldiers’ manual couched by that clause: collateral damage. Australia voted NO in its voice referendum; a referendum meant to recognise the First Nations people and to create…