Rombola causes a ruckus at Bergdorf's

Illustrator John Rombola was adding drama to the windows of Bergdorf Goodman's while promoting the launch of his new book, 'Ecclectic Eccentric' (aptly named).

The large scale drawings were used in various ways to highlight the 2010 Fall collection and are worth a trip to 5th Avenue to peek.

but if you can't get there, see here. http://blog.bergdorfgoodman.com/

Hair it is!

another great idea blending fashion, art and visual merchandising - and using hair pieces to do so! (look at the wall behind the mannequins, its covered in hair "falls" in various shades) - celebrating Extreme Beauty in Vogue - it's just a hair dramatic - no?

http://www.rizzoliusa.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9788857200323

History at work visually.

A pulley is a very simple machine designed to lift objects and aid people in work. Jean is a material named for the sailors around Genoa who wore clothing made of this durable fabric.

This sturdy fabric has been used to make work clothes for laborers since the 18th century and became the "uniform of miners" in the mid 1800s when Levi Strauss moved to San Francisco to outfit the gold prospectors during the California Gold Rush.

This window concisely combines all of these elements to promote it's Levi's vintage clothing collection available at J Crew's men's stores.