Fashion & the city. Entwined. Architecture and the city. City scenes and fashionable luring windows endure to bring appreciation from behind my lens. An ongoing attempt at capturing the essence of fashion’s change in a structural world of distinctive architectural details. A love affair, indeed…
Spring onward, from behind the lens…
The Beauty Of Neiman Marcus Visuals & City DetailsCity Patterns & Color Bursts Of StyleSeasonal Nods Of High Style, Neiman MarcusFashion and the City, Louis VuittonFor the Love Of Chanel…And The City Of ChicagoTwo Loves: Fashion & The CityThe Windows Of Prada, The Artistry Of Visual Display & Details Of Substance In A CityColor Burst, Tom Ford & City SceneStripes & City Style: Max MaraFashion & The City: Always Entwined. Max Mara.Burberry Fashion & Architecture
Appreciate the details that surround you. Looking closer, looking upward you will find details of beauty. And from behind the thick glass panes of fashion’s changing stage? Inspiration and appreciation of fashion’s whimsy and artful displays of style will loose you, if but for a moment, into the timeless and often fantasy world of fashion.
Breton Stripes At Max Mara
One side note…On this day, March 31, 2018, Jcrew has deemed it to be International Stripes Day. Befitting that the image below finds me in Jcrew stripes. Breton Stripes forever!
So it was February. Fashion and the city. Intertwined. As fleeting as time is, the changing windows of fashion move at the speed of the city streets. Constant. To see the world of fashion behind the windows of a city is to see the city itself that these representations of style dwell within. From behind the lens, once again, my shift has changed to add the details of the city and street scenes paired with fashionable style…
Max Mara In ChicagoMax Mara In ChicagoBurberry Tulle & Parisian Architecture, ChicagoBurberry & The Icon Of ChicagoBlue Skies: Michael Kors & The “Bean”Chicago Details & A Fashionable Mannequin Of SaksHugo Boss Style & City DetailsFashion & The City (Zara)
Consider the city surrounds and the fashionable representations therein. City life is certainly a mix of energy and fantasy. Look closer. Look upward. Appreciation for the visuals and details that surround will only bring gratitude for the very gift that each day brings. Alas, I will never tire of saying it…“Every day is a gift”.
City love and fashionable love, Onward,
Kristin
The Photographer…
PS: Perhaps capturing myself in my own way is documenting personal change. Internal change in recollection of a moment captured. Time and place. With change comes growth. Onward into change. There is freedom in that, indeed.
Chicago in September. What was a warmer than usual September day on the city streets of Chicago, the Autumnal inspirations were evident. The city was launching into a fashionably forward Autumn. The tops of trees that held just a tinge of Autumnal change off the Chicago River led me to my monthly jaunt in search of fashion’s changing windows. Yet it seems that the lens of my camera pointed at less windows than usual. Perhaps the pending change of season’s brings forth a change within me and what truly inspires me. Change is good. Fashion is everywhere, but there are some months that I seek for greater inspiration than I find. Alas, less is more. A mantra that I follow, indeed.
And sometimes a moment, while in the whirl of the city life that envelopes you, is needed to focus on the details of a city. Simple park benches off the Magnificent Mile. City scenes to take in, for certain…
September Seating, Michigan Avenue/ Chicago
Onward to the collected inspirations found from behind my lens. Onward to being inspired but what each of us are moved by…in appreciation.
Chanel Launch: Gabrielle/Macy’s State Street
One cannot help but meander inside the grate stately old Marshall Fields, now Macy’s, to see the visual of the launch of Gabrielle. In love with the interior and the fragrance, indeed…
Gabrielle, Chanel Launch at Macy’s, State StreetSaks Fifth Avenue: “The Runway Starts At Saks”, Michigan AvenueSaks Fifth Avenue: “The Runway Starts At Saks”, Michigan Avenue“The Runway Starts At Saks”Tom Ford: Fashionably Poised In BlackVisual Merchandising and The Mannequins of Tom FordFashionable Chicago In SeptemberChicago’s Fashionable Windows In September
From one who never tires of being inspired by the changing fashionable windows, onward in changing seasons and fashion ahead. For the love of a city and it’s fashion, ONWARD…
Chicago in May. The apparent arrival of Spring into Summer, indeed. May brings with it the blooms of floral bliss and the energy that warmer weather brings. Especially in the Windy City of Chicago. Appreciation. River life awakens on the Chicago River, Lake breezes waft onto Michigan Avenue and fashionable visuals of warmer days ahead are presented. Inspiring, indeed. That is a constant. City life, onward…
Chicago In May…
Change is constant. Yet consistent is my commitment to capturing the fashionable forms from behind the glass panes of fashion merchandising. Visual merchandising to inspire. And so, yet again, a compilation from behind my lens of Chicago’s fashionable forms. To add to that, for me it is perhaps a love affair with the very art form of fashion: the mannequin itself. Oh, for the love of visual appeal. Escape and travel with me on the journey of capturing moments. Fashionable moments in time…
Breakfast At HermesFashionable Style Statement: Neiman MarcusVibrant Style Statement: Neiman MarcusCoach: Drops & Bags Of ColorNeiman Marcus & CelinePrada: Floral InfusionBlack & White Delight In Carolina HerreraCarolina Herrera: Behind The Windows Of SaksCarolina Herrera: Behind The Windows Of SaksBehind the Scene: Chanel StyleCarolina Herrera, Dolce Gabanna & The Windows of Jil SanderBurberry & Brunello CucinelliTom Ford: Visual IntrigueMannequins Of Fashionable Form: Tom FordH&M: Colorful Forms Of FashionMax Mara: Fashionable Faces Of StyleMax Mara: Visual Appeal Of Fashionable FormMax Mara: Summer Style On Michigan AvenueFashionable Love: The Mannequins Of Fashion At Max MaraFashionable Statements On The City Street: Chicago
Consider the fashionable world that surrounds you. For me, it is with appreciation that I seek to be inspired by visuals set before me. Style is personal, yet when one sees the vast representation of style, perhaps it furthers one’s sense of personal style. Inspiration. Appreciation. Style, onward.
City Scenes from behind the lens of my camera. Onward into a New Year of photographing the city I adore and the fashionable windows that line its streets. Fashion photography. Mannequins and the world of visual merchandising. Yes, another year. The first month of my fourth full year of photographing the fashionable visuals that change before us on the city streets of Chicago. Constant change. Constant inspiration.
January In Chicago: The Cityscape By The Chicago River
January found me, not surprisingly, walking briskly through the city streets that carried the full force of the Lake breezes. The Windy City, indeed. Coffee and more coffee. For the photographer, when one desires to capture and image, the cold temperatures does not stop the shutter from clicking. However, the need to warm up is always present. For the love of a city and its coffee shops from which to watch the vast world of passerby’s. All with a direction. All with a purpose. City love, indeed. On yet another gray day in the city of Chicago, there was bright and vivid visual appeal behind fashion’s windows. There were inspiring statements that moved me were boldly printed on the windows of Ralph Lauren. The scene was set, my camera was ready, and a compilation awaits of the fashionable windows of Chicago in January….
Ralph Lauren: Iconic Windows & Iconic Words
From the words of Ralph Lauren…how true a statement. Timelessness always exudes from behind the expansive windows of Ralph Lauren on Michigan Avenue and beyond. That very quote I adhere to in my own perspective. Fashion and trends change, but to hold to a timelessness of style…that therein is a personal goal of mine…
Ralph Lauren: Constant Classics That EndureRalph Lauren: Classics EndureFashionable Stance: Ralph LaurenPink Hued & Laced Variation: Burberry’s TrenchThe Windows Of BurberrySalvatore Ferragamo: Window DistinctionDenim & Saks Fifth AvenueBottega Veneta: Pink Hues Of DelightThe Fashionable Windows Of Bottega VenetaJim Sander: Timeless Trench & StyleDefinitive Prada: Stylish DisplayFashionable EscadaStriped Appeal: Michael KorsCarolina Herrera & Hermes: Fashionable VisualsFashionable Appeal: Versace & Brunello CucinelliChanel Visuals On Michigan AvenueMarc Jacobs: ParadiseMax Mara: Visual & Fashionable Delights AbountFashionable Statements: Max MaraVisual Delights Of Fashionable Appeal: Max MaraTimeless. Black & White. Max Mara StyleFashionable Elements On The City Street
Consider once again, in appreciation, the fashionable windows that are before you. The art of visual merchandising can certainly inspire. Whether it is a glance as one passes by or to take in and pause before the large windows of fashion, inspiration and mere energy can perhaps be gained. For one who loves fashion and the art of presenting its form to the world, onward in capturing the year 2017 from behind the lens. Chicago fashion, onward.
Onward,
Kristin
Fashion & Reflection: The Photographer…
PS: For those of you that follow this blog…my life and my personal time has changed. However, my commitment to photographing the fashionable windows of Chicago has become a commitment that I have not waned from. My appreciation of the art form and the world of interior design has not diminished. Periodically, posts will return. For fashion is one mere aspect of what I adore…Onward in sharing pondering and inspirations to living a beautiful life. Kristin
Fashionable Windows & The City Scene: Max Mara/Chicago
A year of the fashionable windows of Max Mara from behind my lens. Chicago. The Magnificent Mile. Michigan Avenue and the stylish and changing windows of fashion. Max Mara style. For one who over the last 3+ years has photographed every month the fashionable windows of Chicago, Max Mara stands out to be one of the highlights from behind my lens. Striking mannequins posed in changing Max Mara style. Sheer delight for one who loves fashion. Above fashion itself, Max Mara, located on the corner of E. Delaware and Michigan Avenue, offers windows that are key in reflecting the city that I love. Look closer and you will see the distinctive architecture of the John Hancock Building and the iconic silhouette of the Fourth Presbyterian Church. A look back at a compilation of images I have shared on this blog in my City Inspirations of Chicago over the year…
Max Mara: January 2016Max Mara: January 2016Max Mara: February 2016Max Mara: February 2016Max Mara: February 2016Max Mara: March/AprilMax Mara: April 2016Max Mara: April 2016Max Mara: April 2016Max Mara: May 2016Max Mara: May 2016Max Mara: May 2016Max Mara: June 2016Max Mara: June 2016Max Mara: July 2016
Max Mara: July 2016Max Mara: July 2016Max Mara: July 2016Max Mara: August 2016Max Mara: August 2016Max Mara: August 2016Max Mara: August 2016Max Mara: August 2016Max Mara: August 2016Max Mara: September 2016Max Mara: September 2016Max Mara: September 2016Max Mara: October 2016Max Mara: October 2016Max Mara: October 2016Max Mara: November 2016Max Mara: November 2016Max Mara: November 2016Max Mara: December 2016Max Mara: December 2016Max Mara: December 2016
As the famous saying goes…“Fashion changes. Style endures”. Onward, from behind the lens in capturing yet another year of Max Mara. Style will endure from behind the glass panes of visual merchandising to the world that passes by. Behind the lens of a camera, they are merely images that freeze a moment in time. Fashionable time. Changing fashion. Enduring style. The art of fashion and the love of photographing fashion, onward. With Max Mara style….
Onward,
Kristin
For The Love Of Fashion & A City Reflected: Max Mara 2016/Chicago
Chicago. Perhaps it can be said that a city in Autumn holds magical appeal. Yet like New York City, Chicago maintains appeal no matter the season. Seasonless. The great winds aside, I am continually lured to this city. Always with a fashionable intent and always with an architectural intent. Visual appreciation. Marry them together and I find continual delight. On a day that was unseasonably moderate, leaves had begun to turn colors and breezes blew that carried me onward with my camera in hand. Continually seeking inspiration and continually finding it within the city streets and behind the thick glass panes of fashion’s windows. Yes, fashion. And a nod to the iconic architecture and riverway that meanders through this great city off Lake Michigan. Never do I tire of the scene set before me. Energized by it enduringly.
Typically my trek by train to the great Windy City finds me amidst the crowds of passerby’s on the concrete pavement of the city streets. Each with a unique destination. This trip, however, brought me to viewpoints from high above Michigan Avenue and beyond. Thus, a visual nod to the stunning view below. Chicago delights, indeed…
Viewpoint From Above Chicago River: The Bridges Of Chicago & Lake Michigan
Of course, fashion is found on the city streets. Visuals of fashion’s advertisement statements add to the city scene. Always changing like the seasons…
Fashionable Statements On Michigan Avenue: Stuart Weitzman
And of the windows of fashion in October? A mixed myriad of Autumnal inspiration, for certain. Layershave made their way to the mannequins that line the city streets. Fashionable proclamations of cooler temperatures ahead. So, in appreciation of the artistry of the windows set before us, a collection of images from behind my lens awaits…fashionable appeal, indeed….
Coach: A New York Subway “Car” Behind The Window’s Of ChicagoMichael Kors: Fur Cuffed StyleEmbellishments Of Fashion: Michael KorsOrange & Black Hues Of Fashionable Delight: Hugo BossFashionable Details Behind Glass: Hugo BossPrada: Fashionable Fall InspirationsPositioned In Style: Tom FordDetails & Embellishments: Tom FordZara: Fashionable Impact Of Autumnal AppealLayered In Style: Max MaraMax Mara’s Stylish Camel Hues With A Sporty AppealAll That Shimmers With Camel Hued Layers: Max MaraSecond Looks: Favorite Windows Of Fashionable Max MaraAngles Of Style Repeat: Max MaraLast Look: Max Mara Style On Michigan AvenueBurberry: Makers House On DisplayMakers House Statues: Chicago Burberry/Michigan AvenueBottega Veneta: Fashion’s Architectural Window Into ChicagoVivid Red Delight: Colorful Kate SpadeCarolina Herrera: Floral Swirls In Skirted Delight Behind The Windows Of Sax Fifth AvenueBold Red & Blue: Classic EscadaFashionable Fall Behind Fashion’s Windows/ChicagoTweed & Autumnal Appeal: Banana Republic“Walk This Way”: Stylized Mannequins Of Visual Interest/ H&MTimeless Tiffany’s: Marketing Launch Behind Michigan Avenue’s Tiffany & Co.
Consider the world of fashion from the changing windows off the city streets. Visual merchandising and visual appeal that is set before us. Certainly, I am beckoned to see what awaits each month and present a mere essence of the fashionable world from Chicago. Certainly I will continue on this quest. From behind the lens, always…
Onward,
Kristin
Lastly, the October sunset over Chicago…from behind my lens… City Love, Onward.
Chicago. On a day that was unusually cooler, given a recent streak of high temperatures, I boarded the train for the Windy City of Chicago. My monthly visual quest for fashionable inspiration. The Fall-like weather that settled in paired with the layer of clouds that hung overhead (which would soon disperse)and certainly brought forth further Fall Fashion excitement. August. The end of Summer and the slow progression towards layers with cooler days and nights that are ahead. And so it was. Another journey to the fashionable streets of Chicago. Camera in hand. From State Street to Michigan Avenue to Oak Street & the Gold Coast. Fashion’s changing force visually presented. Inspiration abounds for those that seek visual appreciation and for those that seek fashionable impulse. Fashion’s appreciation, indeed.
Yet beyond the display that awaits behind the glass panes of fashion is a visual appreciation of the city that surrounds. Chicago and its architecturecontinue to remain a draw from behind the lens of my camera…Appreciation of a city, indeed….
Stellar City Scape : Chicago Love
And of the fashionable statements that visual merchandising designers present behind the windows of fashion? Onward into finding inspiration, as always…
Vivid Red & Striking AccessoriesFeathery Delight: Michael KorsGray & Black Hues Of Timeless Appeal: Tom FordTom Ford’s Striking Autumnal AppealVisuals Of Fashionable Appeal: Accessories Of High Style Behind Tom FordTom Ford’s Layered Classic DelightsMax Mara: Autumnal Hues Of EleganceAubergine Delight: Max MaraFlowing Elegance Of Rose & Hued Beauty: Max MaraElegance & Timelessness In The Details: Max MaraElegance: Flowing, Sequined & Ribboned Delight: Max MaraBlue Hues Of Fashionable Appeal Behind Max MaraHues Of Autumn In Max Mara’s Fashionable VisualBurberry: Fall’s Approach On DisplayAutumn and Style: Burberry’s Windows Of FashionAutumn’s Layers & Color Behind Herme
Jill Sander: Classic Appeal and Neutral Hues
Autumnal Appeal: Windows Of FashionFashion On The City Streets: Chanel’s Chance
Reflections. Part of the appeal….
Consider the world of fashion. The changing world of fashion from behind the windows that line the city streets. Visuals to inspire. Visuals to appreciate. There is an art form that lies behind the reflective panes of glass. Details to appreciate. As always, a constant focus from behind my lens. Summer’s end approaches. Fall lies before us. Fashion, onward, indeed…
Onward,
Kristin
“Selfie”: Reflections Off Fashion’s Windows In Chicago
Chicago in July. Fashion’s appeal reigned amidst the wave of heat that blasted upon those of us that ventured out onto the city streets. With a heat index of 105 degrees, I ventured from the train onto the streets of Chicago with enthusiasm (paired with several venti iced coffee’s in which the ice melted in minutes). City love awaited and fashionable inspiration beckoned me from behind my lens. Capturing the Summertime fashionable appeal paired with pre-Fall proclamations from the windows of fashion merchandising was my goal. For those that follow these monthly fashionable posts of Chicago, perhaps you have come to expect its arrival onto the pages of this blog. A constant for me. As fashion is always changing and the seasons along with it, one constant is my appreciation for the artistry presented behind the heavy glass panes of fashion . Changing appeal with seasonal inspirations. On the cusp of Autumnal impact in fashion, it is my hope to provide a visual appreciation of the fashion that awaited…from behind my lens….
Of course, a view of this stellar city (albeit, from my iPhone)….
Chicago View Of A Stellar City
Onward in appreciation of fashion…from behind my lens…
Visual Impact: The Windows Of Chanel
I must add that the windows of Chanel won me over immediately. Incredible visual artistry that offered unexpected impact. Full size images that delighted. Chanel always delights and of the many images of Chanel windows that I have captured over the years, this visual above ranks at the top. Cheers to the visual artists behind Chanel!
Chanel: Early Fall Interpretations Of Stylish DisplayImpact Of Fashion: ChanelDetails Of Chanel: Fall InspiredSpotted & Feline Inspired: Stella McCartney/Sax Fifth AvenueNeiman Marcus: Pre-Fall InspirationsNeiman Marcus: Pre-Fall InspirationsNeiman Marcus: Pre-Fall InspirationsMannequins Of Stylish Display: Neiman MarcusSolar System Appeal: Fashionable Louis VuittonBurberry: Fashionable Windows Of StyleClassic Style: EscadaFrills & Patterned Appeal: PradaCarolina Herrera’s Emerald Green Delight & Fashion’s End Of Summer ProclamationsFashion’s Windows Of Style In ChicagoMadewell/Chicago: Summer’s Fashionable AppealBanana Republic: Summertime AppealDetails Of Style: Banana RepublicMax Mara: Fall Inspirations From The Windows Of Macy’s/State StreetFashionable Appeal Behind Windows Of StyleChanging Styles: Max MaraPre-Fall Inspirations: Max MaraColor & Pattern: Max MaraBlack & Carmel Hues: Max Mara DelightNeutral Style & Spotted Appeal: Max MaraDetails Of Fashionable Style: Max MaraSummer Fashion Classic: Anne Taylor Loft/Michigan AvenueCoach: The Iconic Coach Tag in Enormous Visual Form
Consider in appreciation the windows of fashion that surround you. The artistry of fashion’s marketing and the seasonal changes are sure to bring forth a nod of appreciation. I will always be behind the lens with the hopes of capturing an essence of fashion from the city streets of Chicago. Onward in that, indeed…
Onward,
Kristin
Stella McCartney: Fashionable Mannequin Impact
PS: Appreciating fashion’s windows also brings appreciation to the city reflected in the image. And of course, often, the photographer themselves. Selfie, onward.
Selfie: Reflections Off The Windows Fashion/Louis Vuitton
January, February, March & April 2015May, June, July & August 2015
September, October, November & December 2015
Another year from behind the lens…
Another year of fashionable appeal of the timeless, ever changing world of fashion and its whimsy appeal brought forth by the intriguing and inspiring world of window display. Fashion window display. Although a retrospect of the year in photographs and compilations is not new to me (for I have ventured into the city of Chicago, with the sole purpose of photographing fashion’s changing settings, for two years now) the year 2015 in fashion deserves a visual review. Prior to the fashionable windows of 2014 it was a yearly visual appreciation of city inspirations. My love for the city has not paled. Yet my appreciation for the windows of fashion has deepened. Always have I been lured to the windows that mesmerize. Windows that flaunt a visual. Whether in elegant simplicity or in flamboyant and colorful display, fashion beckons me. From behind the lens, I have aimed my lens to capture the essence of the changing fashionable scene. Within the compilations I have sought to express the magic and changing world therein. Behind the lens. Behind the windows of fashion.
For those that wish to take a closer look at the photographic compilations beyond what is presented here, of each month of city scenes behind the windows of fashion, merely search “City Inspirations”. The compilations of a month-by-month visual will hopefully provide you with fashionable inspiration and appreciation throughout the year wherever you reside.
Of course, a closer view at a mere representation of each month …
Chicago In January/ 2015Chicago In February/2015Chicago In March/2015Chicago In April/2015Chicago In May/2015Chicago In June/ 2015Chicago In July/2015Chicago In August/ 2015Chicago In September/ 2015Chicago In October/ 2015Chicago In November/ 2015Chicago in December/2015
May you be inspired to look closer to the fashionable surrounds that exist around you. For me it is a continual visual of appreciation of the artistry and the magic of fashion merchandising and the evolution of fashion’s change. Inspiring, indeed. I will continue my photographic quest to share the fashionable inspiration from the windows of fashion. Chicago and beyond.
And as for the New Year ahead that awaits us? Perhaps the words I stated in 2014 deserve repeating:
“Edit and frame your view. Life is constantly moving forward. Move with it with appreciation. Focus on what surrounds you. May your eyes be wide and your interest piqued….always.” -Kristin
