We love search engines, but they run on algorithms, not creative juices. It’s never okay to wear a white tie with a frilled shirt, but try asking a search engine this, and it would only send you to sites that will sell you a frilled shirt or a tie, if not both. This is where Goddiva’s Top 10 Fashion Websites enters the picture. We love fashion, that’s a given, but we also have the fashion chops to back this liking with. We chose our top ten sites based on our working knowledge of what works and what doesn’t. We look for depth and breadth and diversity. We look for sites that know the fashion landscape, sites with that je ne sais quoi that makes them stand out from the million and one other websites online.
1. www.style.com
This site is the online home of Vogue – and rightly so. After all, Style.com is a fashion powerhouse. With over 58,000 runway looks to check out, you can choose to do your browsing by trend, season, or designer. You can keep yourself abreast with the latest in fashion, click through Vogue’s photos, get the latest dibs on parties, people, and what the gorgeous people are wearing, or share your opinion in fashion forums. Style.com is what every store claims it is but actually isn’t – a one-stop shop for the fashionable and stylish. It’s so complete and up-to-date it has made many fashion magazines obsolete.
2. fashionplanet.worldofsl.com
This site is a fashion magazine – only better. It’s accessible online, is updated regularly, and covers everything that’s hottest and latest in the industry, from trends to collections, from personalities to lifestyles around the world.
3. www.dailyfashion.com
This fashion community of “real girls” (and by real, we take it this is no place for the irritatingly stunning and skinny) is where you can read about fashion trends, finds, do’s and don’ts, and advice from style experts. You can also log on to this site for daily fashion tips or check out what girls around the world have to say style-wise.
4. www.askmen.com/fashion/index.html
Real men are not scared of fashion and this site is perfect proof of that. AskMen.com’s trends, tips, and commentaries empower males the whole world over to flex their style muscles and show the world it’s not queer to be trendy – pun intended, of course.
5. lifestyle.msn.com/BeautyandFashion
MSN’s fashion section offers excellent updates, photos, interviews, behind-the-scenes footage, and articles the likes of which you never see elsewhere. And if you’re into the funny and the snarky, then MSN fashion critic and writer Kat Giantis will have you in stitches over her tongue-in-cheek reports of celebrity style booboos.
6. thesartorialist.blogspot.com
Former retail store owner and fashion marketer Scott Schuman goes around the world taking photos of well-dressed people on the street. His blog may have begun as a hobby but it has long since turned him into a celebrated fashion photographer and Style.com reporter.
7. www.firstview.com
First View is the next best thing to getting seated front row in all of the world’s best fashion shows. Past and current collections, upcoming shows, the who, where, and what of fashion – you name it, First View has it.
8. www.women.com/style
Celeb fashion news, fashion tips, trends, and releases – all these and more are packed in the site’s Weekly Top 10.
9. www.fashion.net
Want to become an industry insider? Visit this site daily for your daily update of snippets and photos about fashion trends.
10. www.fashionoffice.org
Take a major online magazine and partner it with three other style sites (stylerader.com, confashion.com, and beautyme.com). What do you get? A site so comprehensive it turns fashion into a science.
Now you know. If it’s fashion you want to brush up on, these sites have your back. Happy browsing!
From Goddiva’s Browsers to Yours: the Top 10 Fashion Websites
August 20th, 2011How to Prepare for a Career in Fashion Design
August 20th, 2011Every time that a new line of designer clothing makes its debut it means one thing for people looking to enter the field of fashion design and marketing. It means more jobs and more demand for people that have gone through the training that is necessary to work in the field of fashion design. Everyone has ideas that they think would be popularly accepted if they just had the chance to see them produced and marketed. The problem is, that not everyone knows how to go about the process of doing it.
One skill that is important in the field of fashion design is drawing but not just any drawing. Every successful fashion designer has to draw out his or her ideas before they can become reality. Learning to draw fashion designs is different from other types of drawing and there are a lot of books on it that someone can get to learn how to do it. Remember that, you can have all of the wonderful ideas that you want but if you can’t draw them out you won’t be able to communicate them to others.
Learning to sew is another skill that you will need to have if you are thinking of a career in fashion design. Sewing is a craft that you can never stop improving, so a lot of practice goes into becoming not just good at it but great at it. There are now high tech sewing machines that can help you to do great work, so you may want to consider investing in one. All great fashion designers are masters at working with colors and textures and subtle differences in color and texture can make the difference between a good and a great work. Painting and drawing will only help you to become better at working with colors.
How Fashion Marketing School Can Get You a Career in Fashion
August 20th, 2011There are many Fashion Marketing Schools throughout the world, of varying standards and reputations.
Fashion designers create the latest styles which appear on the catwalks and in shops and finally are available for purchase. All this is done with fashion marketing.
Fashion marketing students can learn from professionals about the hows and whys of the fashion industry and various fashion cycles. They can participate in field trips, undertake projects and learn everything about trends and fashions in internships.
There are many things to learn if you are interested in working in the fashion industry. It is not simply a case of what is in fashion and what is not. You will need to learn about business management, advertising strategies, marketing techniques, merchandising and display, retail management and fashion coordination – basically, everything to do with the industry.
Fashion marketing school is not an easy option but if you live and breathe fashion, it could well be perfect for you. Not everyone would do well at a fashion marketing school. Are you fascinated by fashion? Do you have good fashion sense and a sense of style? Do you know what is in style right now? Do you want to use your fashion sense to follow a rewarding career in the fashion industry?
If you have a degree in Fashion Marketing, you can choose which career you want. Some of the choices are a fashion coordinator, fashion buyer, store or boutique manager or owner, a visual merchandiser or a retail merchandiser.
There is always the possibility of becoming a top designer one day too but you must never think that working in the fashion industry is easy. It requires a lot of natural creative skill, business aptitude and plenty of hard work.
Fashion marketing is about combining advertising, design, business administration and an understanding of how the fashion world functions and what is going to be fashionable in the future based on current fashions and pop culture. If you are a fashion marketer, you will bring the ideas from the designers down the potential buyers, from behind the scenes.
If this sounds like the type of career you would be passionate about, it is vital to select a good fashion marketing school which offers the right kind of program for you and a great training schedule. You will need to attain good exam results to apply for a place in most respected fashion marketing schools. You can apply by mail or even online for places.
Fashion marketing students can specialize in fashion textiles, accessories, footwear markets and more, once they have studied the fashion marketing basics and covered all the groundwork necessary for a career in fashion.
If you are thinking about a career in fashion marketing, it could be a great step but you have to be a hundred percent sure that you have the necessary ambition, drive and aptitude to follow it through. A half-hearted approach will get you left behind.