Xanadu, drained

Jindřich Štyrský Untitled, from On the Needles of These Days (Na jehlách těchto dní ) (1945) 1934–35

When lockdown was announced, the luxury stores seized their shoes, bags and belts. The high street left theirs in full view. Oxford Circus is now Xanadu, drained. The long stretches of abandoned storefronts remain dressed. Moored in a state with no purpose, the bi-weekly deliveries of new stock and quick-fire changeovers have been disrupted: the fast fashions linger with no...

Keywords: Barbie dolls, Brand management, Fluorescent bin-men, Knock-off cornflower mules, Lockdown

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