Creatively Speaking...I Missed My Blog Buds!

Ohhhhh my dear darlings, how I have missed you! It was a hectic week for the Mistress as I was away all week to one of our branch stores for a complete over haul, and good gawd, was there work to be done. The visual and merchandising teams ascended the store by huge numbers to poto-type the store for the fourth quarter. The Mistress was on the fashion styling this year again, and had many ideas for the propping and the display ascetic's. And thank God there was some build boys to help with some of the "heavy" work, and the know how to get the Mistress's ideas implemented. Well, I did just get a manicure before the trip. The first day were these grouping of mannequins featuring many of the fall fashion trends, and the Vince shop. I love to have mannequins in large groupings for the impact and drive the trend home.





One of the Mistress's forte is the fashion accessory department. I just LOVE a good accessory! The first picture is the merchandising I did in the Marc by Marc shop, with some wooden contemporary forms for animation. Love the wall oversize lattice we added. The second picture is a wall for Michael Kors handbags. It was a extra wall space that I thought would be a neat for a interesting display option. I used candlesticks and sprayed them gold, but kept some glass, and then hung them on the wall with the handbags hanging on them. And the last picture is a mannequin in the Louis Vuitton shop that just got finished from construction.





Next up was the men's department. The first picture is a mannequin moment featuring the rocker look for men. I add a female mannequin to crack the whip at them. You know the Mistress can be quite a minx!!!! The whip was later removed as it was seen just a tad racy. The John Varvatos Shop I'm very proud of. The shop was painted black. Art work we had on hand was added to the back wall. Intimation plastic speakers were add to the other wall. We then added 21 glass chandeliers, sprayed black and hung them proudly center. It really ended up looking urban and contemporary I thought.




And on the last day were some feature walls with some very eye catching colors and fun use of the mannequin positioning. These walls feature some of the fall fashion trends for women, like the femme fatale suiting, the all important silk blouse, and the sculptural dress.





Even though it is alot of work I really enjoy what I do for a living. Just knowing your making a appealling and fun visual for people to see. Plus I get to used both my visual styling background and my interior design, hand in hand. It's like the best of both worlds. Now... to get caught up blog reading and on to a relaxing weekend with some cock-a-tails! Tootles!