Whilst the creative minds at Comme des Garcons have never shied away from pushing the innovation envelope, the latest venture from Ms Kawakubo and her team looks set to raise the bar an extra few inches.
Kicking off the much-imitated pop-up trend with the Comme des Garcons guerrilla stores of 2005, the Tokyo-based house has since developed a whole host of innovative ways to engage. As such, this winter, Comme des Garcons have stepped their groundbreaking retail agenda up another gear, with the ‘Trading Museum’ concept store in Omotesando, Toyko.
Taking the well-trod museum format and artfully combining it with a more established Comme des Garcons retail platform - the Trading Museum is set to offer Comme des Garcons customers a unique opportunity to browse curiosity-lined cabinets amid rails of some of the fashion world’s most covetable items.
Running alongside an edited selection of Comme des Garcons key pieces, items from British designer Christopher Nemeth, shoes from Daita Kimura and made to measure Comme des Garcons shirts - there will also be an exhibition of hand-blown glass objects from Pieke Bergmans; a series of vintage Stephen Jones hats and a selection of vintage Comme des Garcons pieces from the past forty years - to name but a few of the attractions on show.
Hailed as a space in which the art of ‘Just looking’ will be encouraged - the evocatively titled Comme des Garcons Trading Museum looks set to see in a welcome new era of retail engagement.
http://www.wallpaper.com/gallery/fashion/comme-des-garcons-trading-museum-/17051515/23927#nav
Topshop - more card tree cut outs from Topshop, making another simple window
I am really liking the Reiss window this season, the small silver baubles hanging down makes a really interesting window. Once again a success from Reiss.
Zara - I must have photographed this hundreds of times! But I like the coiled wire, its simple at effective.
G-Star - an innovative window, combining the illustration trend with the recent trend of using porclain plates on walls. Making a simple montone window that catches the eye.
Oasis - cut outs as I have mentioned before are being used in VM, you can just about make out in this photo the cut-outs of candle-light lamps.
Vivienne Westwood - the simple use of a tree and baubles sets the christmas theme.
More baubles used here at Diesel, though given a tougher image with studs and chains.
Jigsaw uses trees again with fake snow, making a pretty traditinal christmas scene.
Links here cleverly brings in the trend for antlers in its VM, playing with the back drop in the background. 
Jack Wills - brings the window outside with the use 
Kew - using oversized presents in their window
I simply just liked the styling of these Karen Millen mannequins - its not too christmassy! 
Oasis again - this time using a black fence/gate
CC here using a wire chandelier - simples, on trend and has a christmas feel with the small bauble stream hanging off. 
All in white and silver, this is perhaps a budgeted yet effective method in doing Christmas windows this year. 
Notice the use of metal cages, concrete blocks, wire and bricks etc - these all come under what I call the 'construction' trend. Along with 'typewriter' font which we are seeing everywhere with the return to old machinery and traditional forms of production. 
A gorgeous, clean and simple modern layout. Modern and contemporary, a fresh approach to a shoe store. I like the shoes in glass boxes, part of the museum trend. 
