Painting the High Street in Black and White...

What's black, white and shopped all over? The British high street! This weekend, most of the fashion shops went 'half and half' in terms of shop floor layout with the ratio of 50% to sale or reduced stock and the remaining 50% to brand-spanking new SS13 stock!

As all of the VM's (and the majority of customers themselves!) rejoiced at the sight of newness in their stores and within their windows, I set out on the streets of London to see what the brands where up to. Black and white was a clear trend in Oxford Circus, some brands added pops of neon whilst others experimented with aztec or animal prints.

Which store has your favourite transitional monochrome look?

Oasis opt for chic Parisian stripes within their window whilst still
advertising their sale in store...

 

 

Warehouse show you how to outfit build in black and white...

 

 

A mannequin block in monochrome is styled using stripes,
aztec and spots at H&M...

 

 

Another H&M window experiments with textures such as PVC, faux leather and knitwear...

 

River Island throw in a few slogan tees and knits
with a pop of zesty orange to make them stand out
from the rest of the high street...
 

 

Happy Window Shopping

xoxo

 

 

 

Topshop Pre-SS13 Window...

  

Topshop Oxford Circus simple pre-season window with
hanging canvas banner and 7 styled mannequins.

With Christmas out of the way and the joys of New Year officially over, all we seem to have to look forward to is one failed resolution after the other. But fear not as brightening up the bleak high street and putting a 'spring' back into our step is retail favourite Topshop with their pre-season window display.

50's styling...

Featuring a peak into the Topshop closet for SS13, we see blue skies, canary yellow and a twist of 50's styling reminiscent of Grease the musical! Summer Lovin', anyone?

Summer brights are mixed with rock-chick accessories
enabling customers to get the pre-season look right now...

Adding a typical TS edge that enables their shoppers to get the future look right NOW, the styling has a contemporary feel mixing the soft prints and ice cream-sweet colour palette with gunmetal accessories, edgy stud details and punky lifestyle. An interesting style juxtaposition...

Mixing leather with lightweight summerwear gives an added edge
to the mannequin styling...

So if you've found yourself bored of the left over sale tat that most high street stores are still offering, venture down to Topshop : new year, new window, new wardrobe. Are you warmed-up for Spring yet?

Happy Window Shopping
xoxo