Sunday, October 7, 2012

Once Upon A Time...

New York City is one of the major shopping capitals of the world. How do they do it? Their luxury stores draw in customers with elaborate and creative window displays. This weekend I ventured up to Bloomingdale's on 59th and Lexington to see at what their windows look like now.

Right now, a series of 7 of their windows feature scenes from ABC's show "Once Upon A Time." The show is about a town called "Storybrooke," where the townspeople are actually characters from various fairy tales.


The first window is a screen advertising the show, and posters of all the characters: Rumpelstiltskin, The Evil Queen, The Hope, Snow White, and the Prince.

The rest show scenes from all the fairy tales: sleighing the dragon, being rescued by the prince, and the queen reveling in evil.






While I do think yes, these are rather commercial since they advertise a television show, but they are still very interesting to look at. They stop passersby and shoppers in their tracks. Perhaps they evoke a sense of nostalgia for childhood when every girl wanted to be a princess. Or perhaps they see that red leather jacket and think I NEED THAT. Either way, such creativity draws consumers into the stores. And if it is that leather jacket you want, the brands of all the clothes are listed on the windows along with the floors they can be found on.

Monday, October 1, 2012

Blogception

This week's blog post is about another blog...thus, blogception. As I'm sure many people know, Cathy Horyn is a fashion critic for the New York Times, and she is a major contributor to the blog in the Fashion & Style section, "On The Runway." I'm going to look at a post she did from September 27, which can be found here.



In this article, Horyn reviews the Balenciaga show from Paris Fashion Week. She uses incredible picturesque language when describing the shows, and makes it so easy to visualize the garments:

SILHOUETTE/DESIGN:

  • lean tailoring
  • squared-off tops with Catholic overtones
  • almost an apron
  • flared skirt
FABRIC:
  • fabrics were not belabored
  • a new type of crepe de chine
  • pliable and light
  • white lace
  • knit tops
  • lacquered doily
DETAIL
  • a ruffle crawling up the leg
  • stripped down
  • pleated
  • embroidered
  • black thorns
  • barbed wire
  • pinstripe
COLOR
  • white lace
  • black thorns
I think Horyn does a great job of conveying the image of the clothes into the reader's mind. She makes it easy to imagine what they look like.