About this time every year, we find ourselves spending an inordinate amount of time day-dreaming about our summer vacations–and even more time fantasizing about what we’ll wear on them. Somehow dressing for vacation is just always more fun than dressing for real life. That being said, it’s often hard to find exactly the right of Read more →
Raoul, the Singapore-based label gaining in popularity with US customers, is about to get even more serious about its American presence.
“We’re actively looking for a store somewhere along Madison Ave., or around that area,” designer Odile Benjamin said backstage at Thursday’s fall 2013 runway show in Singapore.
There’s a trend right now in retail, and it’s to make your store more than just a place to buy clothes. It’s to make your store feel like a place you might want to live. And that’s exactly what Kate Spade New York‘s Madison Avenue flagship—the brand’s first-ever Upper East Side location—does.
Creative director Deborah Lloyd walks us through all four floors.
Net-a-Porter’s media blitz continued Tuesday afternoon at the company’s lower Fifth Avenue offices, where fashion director Holli Rogers gave a group of digital editors a tour of the site’s fall 2013 buy. Here’s a hint: there are sparkly tights involved.
Nicole Richie, Julianne Hough, Jaime King, Jourdan Dunn, and Ashley Madekwe all turned heads at last night’s Met Gala–and not just because Nicole Richie had dyed her hair completely grey. They all wore custom looks created by fast fashion retailer Topshop in association with American Vogue.
Now Topshop has announced plans to sell those same gowns seen on last night’s red carpet in stores.
A rep for the e-commerce site told us there’s been an increase of more than 530% gross merchandise volume (GMV) in “Gatsby” related women’s clothing items in the past year.
I do 85% of my shopping online. Mostly because I sit at a computer all day and it’s a convenient procrastination tool. But also because I know exactly what I’m getting. I can visit a website and find the exact item in the exact color in the exact size and order it instantly.
At least that’s how I felt a few weeks ago, when I started searching for a pair of not-too-pricey pale pink jeans. However, the experience made me realize that sometimes, getting off your butt and visiting the mall is just easier—and that there needs to be more of a connection between online and offline retail.
For the first time ever, fashion enthusiasts with deep pockets will be able to shop the designs worn on the red carpet at the Met Gala.
What that means is if you see, on one of the four websites live streaming the Met Gala arrivals at 7 p.m. on the night of May 6 (ModaOperandi.com, Vogue.com, Samsung.com or MetMuseum.org), say, Lena Dunham wearing a Wes Gordon number that strikes your fancy, you’ll be to buy it the next day on Moda Operandi.
Browsing Topshop this past weekend, I spotted the perfect pair of super-high waisted jeans that actually looked comfortable and not skin-tight. Intrigued, I got closer, looked at the tag and lol’d upon seeing the word MOM in all caps.
In the wake of something as tragic as last week’s Boston Marathon bombing, the last thing anyone wants to worry about is shopping. But especially for small and local retailers, the financial repercussions from this kind of tragedy can ripple for months out, affecting sales numbers and bottom lines. We reached out to local boutiques in the Newbury Street area to see how they were holding up just one week after chaos erupted in their neighborhood, and got their personal stories on everything from how they handled Monday’s explosions to what they have planned to benefit their beloved city.
It looks like the rapid expansion of luxury brands into China we keep hearing about isn’t so rapid anymore. Ready and raring to take their place? Affordable fast fashion brands, according to new reports.
Something as horrific as the Boston Marathon bombing doesn’t just go away. If September 11, 2011 is any indication, the city will feel its repercussions for years to come. But there’s one big difference between now and then. Today, we live in a world that is sadly more prepared for such tragedies.
That’s why experts predict that Boston’s retailers will stay ‘Boston strong’ over the next year instead of losing sales. “I almost think it’s going to have the opposite effect,” says Ken Morris, a partner at consulting firm Boston Retail Partners. “People are pissed off. They’ll go out of their way to support local businesses to prove ‘we’re tougher than this.’”
