An image is far more powerful than whatever flowery language I can bestow so I'll just say that the current Selfridges windows are mesmerising both in the selection of clothes and also in the grand scale of paper cuts (I really must find out the artist who has laboured over this....). So much so, that I saw people halted in their tracks mid-walking as they passed by the Selfridges window. An interest in fashion or not, these are windows to be admired for their artisanal execution. The paper cuts don't seem to obscure the beauty of the clothes either and actually enhances them, which means that as someone who isn't just a random passer-byer but a fashion obsessive, unfortunately I am now hankering after pieces by Erdem, Moschino and Ohne Titel.
Raf Simons
Alessandro Dell'Acqua // Unconditional, Alexander McQueen
Givenchy
Greenwich Village, Preen // Ohne Titel, Greenwich Village, Maison Martin Margiela
Erdem
Giles // Jonathan Saunders // Temperley
Moschino
Alexander McQueen
**EDIT** I should have known really when I was staring, gobsmacked at the intricacy of the papercuts in these windows that Fred Butler, who has previously done work on Selfridges display was responsible for all of this beautiful work. She may comment here to explain her inspirations but on a practical note, she is suffering from scalpel burns on her fingers so there is a price to be paid for magnificent endeavours such as these windows. I'm loving the fact that Selfridges are going that extra mile with their windows as I passed by Harvey Nichols and was frankly not impressed by a tacky looking sort of fairytale display.
