When possible I like to post about something I think is out of the ordinary that might be new to someone reading my boring travel blog. This is one such post. The UN? You thought it was in New York City?

This UN is cooler.

In this case UN (which they do go by) stands for United Nude. It is a shoe store with locations around the world. We were attracted to it because we thought their product display and store environment were among the coolest retail presentations we had ever seen. If you like contemporary design and women’s shoes that your wife is probably unwilling to wear even though you’d want her to, you should check it out. They also have men’s shoes that your husband probably wouldn’t wear to the office but they too are very cool. I am very tempted to go back for those rainbow colored loafers to wear to my next board meeting.

Many boundary pushing retail environments will not allow photos and there are even some malls that don’t allow cameras. The people at the London UN were very nice and let me take some shots. I didn’t want to take advantage of their generosity so I didn’t spend a lot of time setting up shots because the lighting is changing constantly…to the music of course. A very cool presentation. But here are a few for the flavor. For professional pictures, go to unitednude.com

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