Postmarked for summer...

Ann Taylor windows do not usually do anything for me, but this one does have a nice creative edge.  the use of a vinyl border and vinyl tag in a postmark theme and the banner create a nice homage to summer travel.  The handbag / sunglass vignette is nice, but the sandal looks a little awkward in position; a pair next to the bag or on the floor would read better.  Where is the mail box?...

 

 

Holiday Madness...

Oh where to start... Ann Taylor's holiday windows. At some point you need to say no. I do not know what is worst: the graphic with the flat 2D picture frame, the silver plastic chandeliers; the hanging crystal beads, the jewelry draped over ALL the folded stacks of apparel, or just the stacks of "stuff" piled in the window.  Anyone of these would not be that bad by itself ( well except the jewelry hanging on the apparel). Stop the madness!

Who wears the pants...?

Another retailer with a pant fit window. This time it is Ann Taylor. Large sketches of the fits are placed on the wall behind mannequins and the name of the fit is on the glass in vinyl.  I wish mannequins were shifted a few feet either left or right to showcase the graphic and complete the  fit story with the mannequin. They finally solved the problem of graphics with large prints and scale. The image has a nice complement to the mannequins (although there is still a lot of space in between). So much better!

Flower "over" Power...

Why in the world would Ann Taylor pick such a busy and over powering image for a window backdrop?  The mannequins are lost!   This would have been such a better window with smaller graphics to showcase the product, instead of the focus on the image UGH...  the second window is a step in the right direction with the image of the model off center, but the white dressed, white mannequins are also lost. And those large fake flowers in the mannequins hands...