Flagship store in western India.

Vitrine Alphorria Cult

- projeto Clara Morais

Installation concept by Gloss Creative.

Photography: Marcel Aucar

Animal Illustrations: Chantel de Sousa

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Some shots of our stand at the Visual Merchandising and Display Show, Islington, London, 2012.

holiday season 2011 window

PMQ, Central, Hong Kong

A Chanel window display.

A Prada window display at Bergdorf Goodman.

By day, I keep dodging pedestrians to take shots. The night version of these windows will come in the future.

Van Cleef & Arpels' Spring decorations.

This Dior store on 57th Street is closed for renovations, but I love the purse façade they'll have up until December 2010.

I used to lecture on retail design at Central Saint Martins, London, and Harvey Nicks have achieved what few retail operations attempt - they have considered the visual whole of the main facade. The display windows on each floor are part of a comprehensive and temporary design treatment. And it looks absolutely stunning. I was told they have an Artist in Residence who created these windows. Best retail windows I've seen in years. And a close look at the materials he/she used in the ground floor display reveals inexpensive easily found (and recycled) cardboard and wood off-cuts.

D700 + Nikkor 35mm f/2 Ai-S

Vitrine Alphorria - projeto Clara Morais

A Gucci window display, shot at 12:30 a.m.

Unfortunately, the lights on the Prada store across the street gave me trouble.