VM Inspiration, Manchester

Selfridges Vending Machine, Exchange square

Jack Wills store, King St

New Mulberry store, Spinningfeilds

Paris!

Paris, the fashion capital... offers a broad mix of boutiques, independents and cool concept stores alongside high-stree and high-end brands. On the 7th of feb, I'm off to colourful Pari' in search of creative inspiration for my final campaign.

On the 8th I plan to visit Premiere Vision, an exhibition that highlights colour and fabric trends to the clothing sector, Hopefully this will highlight key colours trends and patters that will ultimately help with the design process of my final campaign.

On my second day in paris, I plan to walk around the city taking pictures of inspiring window displays and in-store merchandising. Hopefully I will stumble across a Parisian brand I could launch in the UK for my Final Campaign.

After researching concept stores in Paris, I have found a number I would like to visit for VM inspiration...

Colette, an ever-changing exhibition of the latest must-have clothes, books and gadgets sounds like a cool concept store that could inspire me visually.

Bonpoint: A beautifully merchandised concept store for baby clothes, the store has an in-store cafe.

Merci: a former fabric factory turned concept store where all profits go to charity.

Monki

After stumbling upon this cool, scandinavian teen girl store called Monki, owned by h&m, I feel inspired to create a similar one in the UK for a quirky British brand of my choice. I am still unsure of what direction I want to go in for my final Fashion Promotion campaign, but this certainly feels like the right track for me. Although I liked the colour me beautiful make up packaging idea, I feel I was playing it too safe....

Graphic styles by Peggy Wolf

I love the mixed media style of London based Illustrator Peggy Wolf, I would enjoy seeing a whole quirky make up camping done in this style. See more of her work here

Vending Blending

I love the whole vending machine Trend of 2011. Above, Trendhunter.com reported a coca-cola vending machine with a difference. This freestanding machine stores 140 different flavours which are designed and mixed according to the customers unique taste. If this can be achieved with a fizzy drink, I thought why can't a cosmetic vending machine blend the perfect foundation or eye-shadow to suit your skin tone? Your very own make up consultant in a vending machine!

Cosmetic Vending Machines

Mac Make Up