New York Minutes: New York's Visual Merchandising + the Snake Skin Craze

Over the span of my trip I collected some images of the best visual merchandising I could find in New York City for January 2016. Many of the window displays are still promoting Fall/ Winter wear for the upcoming cold months ahead in New York but others are starting to showcase some fresh, bold trends and patterns for 2016 such as Gucci, Mary Kantranzou and Saint Laurent for Sak's window on Fifth Avenue. Clearly a turn-around in fashion is starting to commence but many of these winter trends featured in the windows are still in style for the rest of the season and not going anywhere anytime soon!

I am also currently studying the snake skin trend for a university project. Therefore, finding some examples of the trend around the city was extremely helpful for the research of my project. My favourite find was definitely the Alexander McQueen dress from 'Platos Atlantis' at the 'Fairy tale Fashion' exhibition at the Fashion Institute of Technology. Not only do I love this dress but it is also a cultural example I had already used for my snakeskin project, so it was great to actually see the silhouette and digitally imposed pattern up close. Alexander McQueen's brand never seems to fail with their garments and even though this dress was from 2010, it looks so modern, edgy and futuristic fitting with today's eccentric fashion.

Opening Ceremony's in store visual merchandising in SOHO, January 2016

This coat is AMAZING and it was even reversible with an inner surface of a silver texture for those with a daring, space-kid sort of style! However, I would probably stick to the pink side because the dusty rich pink tone looked too good to hide!







Gucci's January 2016 Window on Fifth Avenue, New York



Dolce and Gabbana, January 2016 Window on Fifth Avenue, New York



Valentino, January 2016 Window on Fifth Avenue, New York





Saint Laurent in Saks, January 2016 Window on Fifth Avenue, New York



Mary Katrantzou in Saks, January 2016 Window on Fifth Avenue, New York



Gucci in Saks, January 2016 Window on Fifth Avenue, New York



Lanvin in Saks, January 2016 Window on Fifth Avenue, New York



Lord and Taylor's window display for Chinese New Year, January 2016, New York

Animal sign: The Monkey









Fjallraven Kanken visual merchandising in Chelsea, January 2016



The Snake Skin Craze

Alexander McQueen's 2010 'Platos Altantis' dress at the 'Fairytale Fashion' exhibition at FIT, January 2016



Giles Spring 2015 gown at the 'Fairytale Fashion' exhibition at FIT January 2016



Yoshiki Hishinuma 2001 dress, at the 'Fairytale Fashion' exhibition at FIT, January 2016



Michael Kors advert campaign on Fifth Avenue



Michael Kors window display on fifth avenue, New York





Pat Areias window display, New York







Furla window display on Fifth Avenue, January 2016



Other Stories, in-store visual merchandising on Fifth Avenue, January 2016









I was not able to get the name of this store but their multi-coloured abstract dress complimented with a croc purse was too much of a fashion statement to not photograph. Even if the dress did kind of remind me of Jennifer Garner's dress in '13 Going on 30' when she performs 'Thriller' at her work party.