Daily Clippings – March 29, 2010
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Fashion 2.0 | Organizing for Digital and Social Media
“Last Friday, BoF attended “Organizing for Digital and Social Media: Metrics, Structure, Culture,” an event with a long name that turned out to be refreshingly succinct. The half-day session at NYU’s Stern School of Business was hosted by Professor Scott Galloway’s thinktank, LuxuryLab, and attended by brands including Burberry, Gucci and Cartier.” (Business of Fashion)
EBay Adds ‘Flash’ Fashion
“EBay Inc. will launch “flash sales” of high-end fashion brands Monday in its latest bid to revive its giant online marketplace. On a portion of its Web site dubbed Fashion Vault, the company will offer discounts starting at 50% off retail for a limited time, beginning with offerings from French Connection Group PLC.” (WSJ)
Fantasy fashion fit for a princess
“In straitened times, fashion doesn’t get much opportunity to be fantastical. But a new exhibition at Kensington Palace gives some of British fashion’s most playful and innovative designers the chance to really use their imaginations.” (The Independent)
Kelly Cutrone’s Advice for PR Success
“Kelly Cutrone, star of Bravo’s Kell on Earth and founder of People’s Revolution, talked to Inc.com about training the Gen Y workforce, learning the power of “no”, and dealing with coddled clients.” (inc.com)
Opinion: Straight over the top- Chinese fashion vs. Chinese fashion
“If you’re a Western fashion designer, now would be a good time to start quaking in your crypt. Taiwan, this time, has struck back against Western fashion dominance, with some technically tough, thematically strange, but strongly commercial ideas.” (digitaljournal.com)
Daily Clippings – February 22, 2010
London Fashion Week | Digital Fashion Capital
“As the fashion industry continues its march into the digital age, London — always known for its raw creativity and emerging talent — can now add digital innovation to that list.” (The Business of Fashion)
Fashion Statement extra: Weekend roundup from London fashion week
“Dripping ceilings, trilbies, aprons, antlers, weird veils, Olivia Palmero, Sarah Brown, sunglasses indoors and lashings of champers: it can only be the weekend shows of London fashion week, where ideas for autumn/winter 2010 are being proposed by some of Britain’s hottest designers.” (The Guardian)
Copenhagen Fashion Fairs presents optimistic outlook for future
“Terminal-2 and CPH Vision, Scandinavia’s leading trade shows, closed their doors last night on Sunday 14 February, having fully lived up to expectation.” (Fibre2Fashion)
London Fashion Week enters the digital age
“London Fashion Week has seen the launch of a revolutionary new app, allowing fashion fans to buy clothes direct from the catwalk, instead of waiting the usual six months before they hit the shops.” (Utalkmarketing.com)
Milan fashion show to launch with tightened schedule
“After New York and London, Milan picks up the thread of the international fashion circuit Wednesday with a tighter schedule for the main shows to meet the needs of buyers and journalists.” (Inquirer)
Wear the Intangible
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Every season Berlin’s Trade Show Premium welcomes in its “Gästezimmer“ new interesting projects mostly based on experimental brands. This year the space was dedicated to Berlin-based young designers. Between several European cutting-edge brands, two young German girls stood out and immediately grabbed my attention, with the presentation of quite an extreme project: a marriage of fashion and design. These two girls are creating unique textiles by generating patterns using their customer’s voice frequencies… Read more
