Category Archives: bloomingdale’s

Beauty & The Beach @ Bloomingdales

These windows scream summer fun! From shells to beach balls, to surf boards. Love the props along with the use of color. We’re ready to hit the beach-how about you?

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Design You’re Havaianas @Bloomingdales

We can’t help but love this fun summer window at Bloomingdale’s! From June 30th until July 1st you can stop by the 59th St store and design your very own pair of Havaianas flip flops. The window is an animated … Continue reading

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Bringing the Season to Brights!

We’ve been seeing brights and neons everywhere lately. This week, in Soho, we spotted neon lights in windows at Bloomingdale’s and Armani Exchange while we saw bright colors with dimensional lettering at Forever 21. This has definitely been a hot … Continue reading

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Dial M for Madewell

While the Brits may have decided their bulky phone booths were obselete and removed them from most streets, their design continues to inspire. Recently Madewell included them in their windows, perhaps as a nod to the Alexa Chung collection (the … Continue reading

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Uptown Girl by Rachel Zoe at Bloomingdales

America’s most notable stylist, Rachel Zoe has launched her clothing collection and Bloomindale’s gave her window space to make a splash. She does a nice job of telling a story through propping and the windows have a pleasing affect. From … Continue reading

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Attack of the Little People…again

We’ve been seen this visual trend all over the city! The use of the articulated manniken to highlight products. To introduce her new fragrance Diane, at Bloomingdales, Diane Von Furstenberg will be hosting an event and used them to help … Continue reading

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Who wears short shorts (at Bloomies)?

The current Bloomingdales 59th Street windows are a colorful ode to cut off shorts. White backdrops and chairs lit by gel covered lights focus on the shorts in a whimsical manner by suggesting the length has been cut off. strips … Continue reading

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Roping us in at Levi’s, Polo and J. Crew

Rope is turning up all over – seen here at 3 different retailers recently in NYC. Levi’s on 59th St used rope to make curtains with hooks dangling in asymmetrical patterns. They were also shown in literal form hung like … Continue reading

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Fashion and Art

The two have had a long intertwined relationship! Whether being used directly to capture customer’s attention or to compare the range of offerings to a rich palette of paints – art and fashion go hand in hand. Here are two … Continue reading

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Window environment

Here are 3 very different windows each with the same general idea – creating an environment or character’s room within the window that helps convey the brand. In each of these, the retailer is trying to reach their customers with … Continue reading

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