In recent months I have seen the growing trend of ‘handmade’ window display props especially with the launch of Anthropologie along Regent Street London last year and another planned for the iconic Kings Road soon, the Kings road of course was made famous for the uber cool London set of the ’60s with Mary Quant mini-skirts, which were enormously daring for the time in post War Europe.

Of course, Anthropologie is no stranger to decorating their retail spaces and this is certainly a trend that I hope at least will encourage some of the larger brands to follow and to use localized creativity rather than the out-of-a-manual approach which seems to be, sadly, the case across the globe.

The No-One Fashion and Lifestyle store in Old Street (East London) has perhaps created its presentation out of necessity rather than trend?

As we know small independent retailers do often struggle to keep afloat, with the added issue of global recession I am surprised, and relieved, that they have survived, using cut-out forms, the visual person here has created arms and heads suspended by that old faithful piece of kit in the display person’s tool bag: invisible thread, this in addition to the wonderful paper-engineered shoes and sandals, in essence simple and easy to create, yet effective in doing what it does.

Inspired by the launch of the Quilts exhibition (which dates from 1700-2010) at the Victoria and Albert Museum in the better part of the city (in Kensington), Liberty of London along Regent Street has launched their own delicious handmade pieces designed by the very talented Creative Director Maxine Groucutt.

The Liberty subject for their Quilts, which happens to be porn, has raised a few eyebrows in the press and those who claim to have the public’s interest at heart, but judging by the amount of people stopping to photograph and being photographed next to these windows, it clearly is creating a buzz that the public is interested in, I guess sex does sell after all.

If you happen to be along Regent Street in London soon, you can do no worse than to go and have a look at the team’s porno quilts with their delicious threads and use of their own fabrics; I promise you won’t be shocked.