Fashion in the news: December 28, 2009
Here's a Fashion Television clip from 2007 that explores the beginnings of fashion blogging in the mainstream.
Just a Thought – four posts about fashion blogging (Final Fashion) – Danielle Meder uses excerpts from four articles that discuss the status and development of fashion bloggers seen attending the S/S 2010 runway shows and provides her take on this subject.
Fashion a Year in Review: It’s all about the size (of you) (Lifestylists, Yahoo! Canada) –Yahoo! Canada’s lifestyle blog provides a fashion year-in-review; commenting on Canadian knitwear designer Mark Fast’s use of plus-sized models in his S/S 2010 runway show, the accessibility of fashion online in 2009 and Lady Gaga as this year’s style influencer.
State of Play: Blogging vs. Fashion Heavy Weights (Lady Melbourne) – Phoebe of Lady Melbourne interviews Scott Schuman, The Sartorialist, and discusses 13 year old blogger Tavi Gevinson (Style Rookie) who was recently given a writing position with Harper’s Bazaar. The following quote by Schuman echoes my thoughts on this topic exactly, “The thing with teenage fashion bloggers, is that they’re little girls trying to be 30 year old fashion editors.”
5 Ways Social Media Changed Fashion in 2009 (Mashable) – Macala Wright Lee, CEO of FashionablyMarketing.Me, lists five ways fashion brands and retailers are using social media to engage customers, drive sales and store traffic. This is quite an interesting read and a great way to see how our consumption of fashion has taken on the digital realm.
Year In Review: Ins and outs of Fashion & Design in 2009 (NOW Toronto) – Andrew Sardone provides a brief overview of memorable Canadian fashion trends and moments in 2009, such as the opening of two Anthropologie stores in Toronto, the invasion of Canadian designers on the Shopping Channel and the revitalization of the Bay’s fashion boutique, The Room.
Cavalli Charm... Vogue's Blogger Shoot... Google's Achilles Heel... (WWD) – WWD reports Vogue will feature fashion bloggers in its March 2010 issue. It is said Tommy Ton of Jak & Jil, Bryanboy, Garance Doré, Face Hunter and Scott Schuman of The Satorialist will be selected – there were many changes in the fashion world in 2009 and I’m confident 2010 will be just as interesting.
Video from Final Fashion on YouTube.
