But perhaps more importantly, the company this week is delivering what it's best known for - deals. Ideeli has partnered with Carmen MarValvo, BCBG Max Azria, Nicole Miller, Calvin Klein, Tommy Hilfiger, Betsey Johnson, and other well-known fashion shops to pitch exclusive Fashion Week-focused offers from those designers.
Manela added, "The fact that now…we can offer customers not only a strong lineup of [Fashion Week] featured designer sale events, but also exclusive on-site interviews and insight from designers themselves can be directly attributed to the strong relationships [we have] built across the industry."
hopes that fashion bloggers, stylists and photographers use it as a home base rather than scattering their curated content across services like Tumblr, Twitter and Pinterest.
Although self-portraits and in-store items do sneak into the mix, most of the 2,000 beta users have stuck to the idea of spotting fashion on the street.
Intel looks like it has added a tad more fashion to their "cuff" than Will.I.Am's. These two brands seem very focused on "Smart" and Fashion rather than just created fancy-shaped devices for the wrist.
content sharing site where handpicked fashion ambassadors upload images of their outfit -- like pinterest or pose. If ambassador wants to sell a piece, users will have a chance to purchase the product
The recent release of UK fashion designer Burberry's Autumn/Winter 2013-14 collection has included similar technology with the Runway Made to Order service, which enables consumers to purchase tailored goods straight from the catwalk, personalized with tags that unlock digital content.
"Burberry successfully one up'ed their own Tweetwalk from last year by tweeting a series of beautiful animated gifs that provided a sneak peak into this year's London Fashion Week show. So simple, yet so mesmerizing."
The online auction site has launched Fashion Outlet, a virtual outlet mall in the US, allowing shoppers anytime to access discounted designer fashion.The new site extends eBay's selection of clothing, shoes and accessories with deals on merchandise direct from a collection of brands and top retailers, including Neiman Marcus Last Call, BCBG, Spanx, Brooks Brothers, Reeds Jewelers, Jockey, William Rast, Fila, Timberland, Custo Barcelona, Hanes, among others.
Daily Makeover's proprietary facial recognition technology lets women upload a picture of themselves (or use a model's picture) and then try on makeup, fashion and hair styles virtually. Women can try on specific brands of makeup, clothes and more in all different shades and styles. The site powers more than 20 million makeovers monthly.
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Styld.by has social elements built in to enable users to easily share looks that include Gap clothes. It' s a collaboration between Gap and six fashion and lifestyle blogs that gives the bloggers the opportunity to take pieces from Gap' s spring 2012 collection and style them however they choose.
Trendy Millennials in Singapore have long shopped for inexpensive clothing and accessories on local fashion blogs, the most popular of which achieve cult status among their largely female audience. Several of these have built a physical presence, including Modparade, which opened in the youthful Haji Lane shopping area, and MDSCollections, which has three mall stores and a fourth on its way. As The Business of Fashion recently noted, "It seems clear that pure-play e-tailers will increasingly need to embrace multi-channel strategies."
Key initiatives this season range from shoppable runways to digital fashion shows to "social service," where social media platforms help organize rides and more for busy buyers, editors and bloggers.