Fashion Industry
Music and Fashion Come Together
Nordstrom has announced plans to expand its merchandise offering to include music. In select Northwest and Southern California stores and online, Nordstrom will be the exclusive seller of the previously out-of-print and highly acclaimed Marvin Gaye "Anthology" compilation (1995 version). "Anthology" will feature repackaged artwork and 47 tracks spanning the career of this gifted and visionary artist, including the hits "I Heard It Through the Grapevine," "Ain't Nothing Like The Real Thing," "What's Going On" and "Mercy Mercy Me."
Vivienne Westwood Interviewed For ICA Event
“The Death of Taste” event, organised by the Institute of Contemporary Arts, is a weekend of talks & films examining the work of making, styling and fashioning taste within the context of increasingly speeded-up fashion trends and the constant plundering of the recent past. Speakers range from fashion designers, trend predictors, stylists, fashion theorists, editors and retouchers who will discuss the ways in which they help create, develop and kill off tastes both old and new.
Kate Moss AKA Miss X
Following the phenomenal success of Kate Moss's debut film role for Agent Provocateur, mobile users will be the first to see an exclusive clip of the third film in the series as Miss X turns 'Exhibitionist'!
Filofax: Back In Fashion
Filofax, the original and iconic personal organiser brand has joined forces with fashion designers Gharani Strok, sponsoring their catwalk show at last month's London Fashion Week, and now launching a new limited edition Filofax pocket organiser.
Nordstrom leads the way in designer e-tailing
Nordstrom today announced the launch of several site enhancements to its Designer Collections website. E-commerce functionality is one of the most anticipated new features of the site, however, customers will continue to have the ability to order via phone and to interface with the dedicated team of Designer Collections specialists via live chat and email. Launched in February of this year, the Designer Collections website supports the retailer's efforts to bring a more complete version of what Nordstrom stores have to offer online. Customers are now able to directly order designer ready-to-wear, shoes and accessories featured on its website from the original ten designer shops including Burberry, Dolce & Gabbana, Marc Jacobs and more.
Online Fashion: Launches and Re-launches
Last week saw the emergence of several new fashion websites in both the high-street and designer e-tailing sectors, as greater numbers of retailers are "waking-up" to the importance of an effective internet presence in order to capitalize on the UK’s online shopping boom. This ever more competitive e-tailing market is also great news for consumers, who will no doubt benefit as companies strive to offer increasingly sophisticated websites providing greater product ranges and improved customer service.
It Pays To Shop Around On The Internet
UK consumers have well and truly caught the online shopping bug and research out this week confirms that Brits are now choosing the convenience of the internet over trawling the high street in search of savings.
Help is at Hand for Online Shopping Boom
The UK's first pay-as-you-go Visa Voucher is set to revolutionise online shopping. The 3V Voucher enables everyone over the age of 16 to shop online safely, wherever VISA is accepted, without using a credit or debit card. And it's simple to buy - just like buying mobile phone top-up.
Pearls of Fashion Wisdom from Victoria Beckham
Victoria Beckham has been on a PR offensive today, guesting on several BBC radio shows in a bid to promote her new book entitled “That Extra Half An Inch: Hair, Heels and Everything In Between”, out this week.
Taking fashion to a social level
Providing Fashionista’s with an endless source of fashion advice and entertainment sounds like a difficult task, but new website FashMatch.com takes finding fashion items and styling your own looks to another level. Launched three months ago, this new site is about solving the ubiquitous question women ask themselves every day ‘what to wear’ and ‘how to dress’.
Shopping gets easier with Topshop online
I’m addicted to online shopping - there’s nothing better than discovering one of my favorite high-street stores has a fantastic online store too, and the Arcadia Group, responsible for brands including Topshop, Miss Selfridge, Burton, Evans, Wallis, Dorothy Perkins and Outfit, has long been delivering an effective online retail service to quench my internet shopping thirst.
What does Business Casual mean anyway?
It’s becoming increasingly difficult for job seekers and employees to figure out what’s interview-appropriate and office-appropriate attire.
Contemporary by Marrakech - an Exclusive Event at Mayfair’s Sketch
It’s renowned for ‘souks and soothsayers’, ‘Kasbahs and kaftans’ but few think of Morocco as a modern destination.
Ralph Lauren to enter Russian market
Polo Ralph Lauren Corporation have unveiled the locations of the newest additions to its global fleet of stores. Ralph Lauren, one of the most successful luxury fashion brands in the world, will continue its international expansion with two prime retail store locations in Moscow for spring 2007.