Week 10 Irvine Spectrum

This weekend after New Slate I was able to go to the Irvine Spectrum. My favorite time of the year is to see all the Christmas decorations lighting up the entire place. There were Christmas lights wrapping around all the trees, and snow flake installations that light up the path. It makes the Spectrum brighter than it was at night before the holidays. I always wondered how much time it takes for them to wrap up those palm trees with Christmas lights. They embodied the festivities of the holidays and decorated all the lanes and all the trees. The lights create a lovely and festive atmosphere. With the amber lights, it makes it feel warm and welcoming for the holidays.















I have always had a growing hatred towards the lighting for "Charlotte Russe". The picture doesn't show it as much, but the lighting in person is very yellow. It made all the clothing look sickly and old. At first I thought it was just the window area that was yellow, but the entire store had the same lighting fixtures. It even made the employee's in the store look yellow. Usually I would prefer amber lighting over white LED, or incandescent lighting. The sickly yellow ruins the outfits, and makes the whole atmosphere feel uncomfortable. If the lighting was switched to something more amber, it will compliment the clothing better, and wouldn't be as drastic compared to the florescent lighting in the store. 

The store that I was visually drawn to was "Garage". The purple clouds lit with LED's inside made the window look colorful and vibrant. It created a theme, and a atmosphere that "Charlotte Russe" didn't. The light hitting the manikins created a sense of sunlight through the clouds.  Although it could have been even more realistic if the light came through a steeper angle instead of being right above the manikins.. Compared to "Charlotte Russe", " Garage" has more character to it, and advertises their winter clothing better by simulating a cloudy and chilly day.