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Coveting The Coveteur
Safe to say the best online style inspiration.
The Coveteur, founded by designer Erin Kleinberg and stylist Stephanie Mark, is a new way of looking at the creative process and influences of some of today’s most recognized global tastemakers.
The Coveteur takes you inside the closets of internationally influential cultural forecasters, showing us what culminates in their personal style – one item at a time.
The closet of Lauren Santo Domingo
Burberry: Blurring Digital With Physical
In the current issue of Harper’s Bazaar, editor in chief Glenda Bailey interviews Chris Baily, chief creative officer of Burberry who now celebrates a decade with the British powerhouse. He talks about how he’s managed to transform the company into one that stays true to its heritage and place in British culture while also setting its sights on the future.
GB: What makes working for a British label different?
CB: We’ve got our own DNA. I describe it as disheveled elegance, this beautiful craftsmanship with something a bit broken up. That’s very close to my personal view on design. That’s probably what is different. American fashion is much more glossy.
GB: I’m so impressed with the way Burberry’s introduced a technological sea change in fashion. I mean, I can choose a bag from the runway and have it delivered in eight weeks. How did that come about?
CB: I guess it was instinct. If you’re going to live steam a show, suddenly it’s not the industry you’re inviting. So you can’t say, “We’re inviting you into the show, but, FYI, you’ve got to stick to our industry timetables.”
GB: You did the show in China in April, and you had six models, but holograms for the rest. How did that work?
CB: We had to shoot all the holograms here in London. Then we took over a Beijing TV studio and basically covered the walls and ceilings with screens so you had no idea what was real and what was not. The message was that there is a blurring between the physical and digital. Fashion now is much more than product. It’s about entertainment and people feeling a part of something.
Burberry Prorsum Autumn/Winter 2011 Hologram Runway
Burberry Beijing — Full Show
Spring 2012 Trend: Flower Power
Punchy florals with vivid island colors floated down Spring 2012 runways. Already popping up on the street, in a few months the trend is sure to be in full bloom.
Proenza Schouler
Alexander Wang
Peter Som
Jason Wu
Matthew Williamson
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Future of Fashion
Global Fashion Local Tradition: On the Globalisation of Fashion
Edited by Jan Brand and Jose Teunissen
A collection of photographs and essays of fashion around the world that tells the story of fashion’s future in this globalized world. Designers are incorporating influences beyond the basic fashion tradition — instead looking to philosophy, architecture, politics, and anthropology. Topics range from the global proliferation of  the “Fashion Week” concept to the catwalk images of different international designers.
Hussein Chalaya
John Galliano
ASOs – Everyone Does It
If this screen doesn’t look familiar, you should go to asos.com to check out what has everyone from college girls to Cosmopolitan editors shopping on the site. (pleasantly surprised to see firsthand the latter ordering a dress mid work day)
With six international sites, ten forms of currency, and FREE worldwide shipping, the UK’s largest online fashion and beauty store reached financial sales of £339.7 million this past year– the market leader in the online fashion world. The site generates 8.3 million unique users a month while international sales make up for 57% of revenue. The new ASOS Facebook store launched in January allows customers to make purchases from the store without having to leave the social networking site.
Apps You Want, Apps You Need
For when you can’t wait for a computer,
Gilt Groupe – membership is free, 70% off retail on daily designer sales
Net-A-Porter – world’s leading online fashion retailer
Vogue Stylist – create a virtual wardrobe by taking pictures of your own items mixed in with Vogue editor’s picks
Style.com – runway shows in the palm of your hand
Chicfeed – photos from the web’s top style/fashion blogs all together in one feed (Included:Â The Sartorialist, Face Hunter, Jak And Jill Blog, Cherry Blossom Girl, LookBook and altamira)
Pocket Closet – your personal wardrobe manager, let your friends know what’s in your wardrobe and what you’re wearing
Trendstop TrendTracker – keep track of the latest trends, runway looks, and inspiration from Milan, Paris, New York, and London as well as schedules and event guides wherever you are
Lucky At Your Service – Scroll through Lucky’s favorite looks of the season, buy the item immediately with a click or track it to the nearest store for pick-up
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Vanessa Jackman
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Vogue and Vintage
A Cutting-Edge Selection
The Corner — offering not only the latest collections from established designers across the globe but also the latest, emerging designers. Now giving first access to the debut collections of American’s Most Promising Young Talents sponsored by CDFA/Vogue, Christmas gift ideas from around the globe, a guide to dressing the Parisian way, and a taste, or rather an articulate play by play, of New York styling.
Free standard shipping worldwide makes the site a corner I never want to leave.
Uniquely Yours
Runway Fashion Faster
One of the industry’s frustrations has been the long lapse between when consumers see the collections on their laptops and when they can buy them. Designer Alessandra Facchinetti (former stints at Gucci and Valentino) solves this issue with her new line Uniqueness. The pieces are sold immediately on http://www.thecorner.com and you can have them within days. Facchinetti’s collaboration with the site is making runway to reality an immediate proposition.
Alessandra Facchinetti (center) with models in her collection
All That Glitters Is Global 