Dvision Create brand is on the button for street party

Dvision Create has designed the logo and branding for a ‘celebratory street party’ on London’s Oxford Street on 1 October.

The theme for the party is ‘Dress to Impress’ and it will focus on London’s fashion credentials. Retailers in the street are adapting the theme to their store interiors and organising catwalks, makeovers and street theatre.

John Lewis is dressing up its store in the style of a cocktail party, with black, silver and white window displays, by its in-house team, and in-store features.

Marks and Spencer’s 75th anniversary celebrations of its Marble Arch store will introduce new in-store signage and window displays next week, with birthday celebrations culminating on 1 October.

The street party is part of a campaign to boost tourism and retail in central London, which underwent a slump after the terrorist attacks in July. Oxford Street will be closed to traffic for the first time in its history and big screens will be installed.

Stores such as Selfridges, HMV, Debenhams, British Home Stores and House of Fraser are also taking part in the event, which is being co-ordinated by the New West End Company.

‘We’re bringing retail theatre to the street,’ says Jace Tyrrell, head of communications at the New West End Company. ‘We want to position Oxford Street and the West End as a top fashion destination to rival Paris and New York.’