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Wednesday May 22nd, 2013

Kim Kardashian Sends Out Ballerina Baby Shower Invites, the ‘Pope’ Covers L’Uomo Vogue, and Beyonce Opens a ‘Boutique’
Fashion News Roundup

Kim Kardashian Sends Out Ballerina Baby Shower Invites, the ‘Pope’ Covers L’Uomo Vogue, and Beyonce Opens a ‘Boutique’

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Kim Kardashian’s baby shower invite is a music box with a ballerina spinning to a lullaby version of Kanye West’s “Hey Mama.” It’s actually kind of adorable. {TMZ}

Beyonce knows no bounds. The superstar has curated a Rent the Runway “boutique” full of things she likes. {Rent the Runway}

Italian artist Francesco Vezzoli paints his own likeness into Diego Velázquez’s “Portrait of Pope Innocent X” for the cover of L’Uomo Vogue‘s May-June 2013 issue. {Vogue Italia}

Hold the phones: Victoria Beckham wears sneakers! The designer and former Spice Girl tweeted a photo of her custom Nike ID “Posh” running shoes in neon green. Somewhere, Mel C is sulking bitterly. {HuffPo}

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Wednesday April 17th, 2013

Farfetch’s New Retail Plan Could Revolutionize E-Commerce
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Farfetch’s New Retail Plan Could Revolutionize E-Commerce

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Every day, we receive numerous pitches touting the “next big thing” in e-commerce. Usually, these websites, apps and tools are way too complicated, useless, annoying, or all of the above to ever actually catch on. Occasionally, something special like Gilt Groupe, Moda Operandi, or Rent the Runway emerges. Farfetch, the online hub for independent boutiques, is one of those rare successes. And now, with another $20 million in funding—a round led by Conde Nast—Farfetch founder José Neves wants to revolutionize how e-commerce and traditional retail work together.

I spoke with Neves, who is spending some time in New York, earlier this week.

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Thursday March 14th, 2013

Saks and Marc Jacobs Win Big at Fashion 2.0 Awards
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Saks and Marc Jacobs Win Big at Fashion 2.0 Awards

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They came, they saw, they hashtagged.

The annual Fashion 2.0 Awards (basically the Oscars of fashion social media) celebrates the most popular brand stars on the Web–all of whom congregated at SVA Theatre last night. Now in its fourth year, the award show presents accolades to fashion brands and their social media channels including Twitter, Pinterest, Facebook, among others, voted by the general public.

Click through to see the full list of winner, plus why keynote speaker Simon Doonan thinks dogshit and social media are inextricably intertwined.

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Published at 3:30 PM

Monday March 11th, 2013

Tuesday March 5th, 2013

Harry Brant Works Out in Plastic Wrap, Nicki Minaj Fires Her Stylist, and Carine Roitfeld Covers The Edit
Fashion News Roundup

Harry Brant Works Out in Plastic Wrap, Nicki Minaj Fires Her Stylist, and Carine Roitfeld Covers The Edit

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“Possibly the world’s sexiest 50-something” Carine Roitfeld gets a hefty spread in Net-a-Porter’s shoppable online mag The Edit. {Net-a-Porter}

And this is why we love Harry Brant. The 16-year-old shares some in-depth info about his cystic acne regime, jogging while wearing Saran Wrap, vacation makeup, looking luminous, tinting his lower lashes, and listening to e-books in the shower. {Into the Gloss}

After notoriously leaving her two-decade-long Vogue UK posish in 2011, Topshop creative director Kate Phelan will return to the glossy part-time–while still retaining her title at the high street giant. Like a boss. {Telegraph}

Rent the Runway is giving away a “dream” prom to one lucky Hurricane Sandy-affected high school–including designer dresses, hair and makeup, and a surprise celeb performance. Enter here… {Rent the Runway}

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Monday November 26th, 2012

Business Casual: Introducing StyleUp, the ‘Pandora of Fashion’
Business Casual

Business Casual: Introducing StyleUp, the ‘Pandora of Fashion’

by Kendall Herbst

Kendall is a former fashion editor who has written for NYmag.com, Lucky, InStyle, and NBC. She recently scrapped that glamorous life and is pursuing an MBA at MIT Sloan, in hopes of becoming an entrepreneur.

My second year at MIT Sloan is in full swing: classes, meetings, trips. All of that is wonderful, but what I care most about, what consumes my life is… StyleUp! I came to business school inspired by the Gilt Groupe and Rent the Runway women. I knew–we all know!–there is so much potential for fashion startups to take off, but I had no clue how to make it an actual business.

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Published at 4:00 PM

Tuesday November 20th, 2012

Your Guide to the Best Online Brown Thursday/Black Friday/Cyber Monday/General Thanksgiving-Themed Sales
Sales

Your Guide to the Best Online Brown Thursday/Black Friday/Cyber Monday/General Thanksgiving-Themed Sales

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Black Friday, Cyber Monday, Brown Thursday–all the sales days associated with Thanksgiving are starting to blend together into one big giant shopping-fest. It feels like the anxiety of getting the best deals has replaced the anxiety of roasting the perfect bird (and having to chat with your drunk uncle).

Don’t worry–we’re here to help.

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Thursday July 19th, 2012

Fashionpreneur with Rent the Runway’s Jenn Hyman: How to Build Buzz for Your Brand
Fashionpreneur

Fashionpreneur with Rent the Runway’s Jenn Hyman: How to Build Buzz for Your Brand

by Jenn Hyman

Jenn Hyman is the CEO and co-founder of Rent the Runway. Before that she went to Harvard Business School (and Harvard for undergrad too, NBD). She’s writing a column for us that we’re calling Fashionpreneur. In it she’ll dole out advice and lessons learned on everything from raising funds, branding yourself, sales and generally managing Read more →

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Wednesday May 9th, 2012

Fashionpreneur with Rent the Runway’s Jenn Hyman: How and When To Ask for a Raise
Fashionpreneur

Fashionpreneur with Rent the Runway’s Jenn Hyman: How and When To Ask for a Raise

by Jenn Hyman

Jenn Hyman is the CEO and co-founder of Rent the Runway. Before that she went to Harvard Business School (and Harvard for undergrad too, NBD). She’s writing a column for us that we’re calling Fashionpreneur. In it she’ll dole out advice and lessons learned on everything from raising funds, branding yourself, sales and generally managing Read more →

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Published at 3:02 PM

Friday April 13th, 2012

Business Casual: Focus On Fashion Start-Ups
Business Casual

Business Casual: Focus On Fashion Start-Ups

by Kendall Herbst

Kendall is a former fashion editor who has written for NYmag.com, Lucky, InStyle, and NBC. She recently scrapped that glamorous life and is pursuing an MBA at MIT Sloan, in hopes of becoming an entrepreneur.

I’m sitting on my couch, struggling to focus on how to begin writing. But, I can’t pick among any of the what-am-I-doing-here moments I’ve had recently to start with. To be blunt, my life lately has been crazytown. Meeting with one of Pinterest’s co-founders. Shaking hands with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Playing with robots at Intuitive Surgical. Touring Sequoia Capital’s office. Listening to Polyvore’s CEO. Though these experiences might appear varied and disconnected, one motif binds them all: entrepreneurship.

A driving force in my choice to go to business school was to learn more about entrepreneurship in the hopes that (gulp!) I could one day start my own venture. A quick and obvious counterpoint to this is: why go to b-school? Join a start-up! Get real on the ground experience! That’s great for some people. For me, I wanted an MBA. After all, I decided to go to b-school when Gilt Groupe rose to fame, and just as Rent the Runway and Birchbox were starting to–both of which were started by Harvard Business School women. While magazines were on the decline–losing advertisers, cutting staff–things were getting exciting in the start-up world.

Today, the lid’s been blown off.

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Published at 3:31 PM

Sunday April 8th, 2012

Fashionista Week in Review: The Sea of Shoes Controversy, How To Dress Like a Spice Girl Today and the Best Fashion Schools for Marketing, Journalism, and PR
Week In Review

Fashionista Week in Review: The Sea of Shoes Controversy, How To Dress Like a Spice Girl Today and the Best Fashion Schools for Marketing, Journalism, and PR

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Get Your Girl Power On: Nearly 15 years later, it is still all about the Spice Girls as a musical based on the group is in the works. Chances are good you’ve picked a favorite and stuck with her (Ginger!) and we put together a guide to recreating those infamous looks. We think it’s high time Union Jack motifs and platform boots made their comeback.

Hip Hop and High Fashion: Rappers and hip hop artists have never shied away from the fashion world, and with recent releases by Kanye West and Nicki Minaj, we’re reminded just how much our favorite MCs love their labels. Naturally, we had to put together a list of our top 10 favorite fashion-related rap lyrics.

Fashion U:Thinking about going to school for a fashion-related major? We did some research and put together our top 10 schools for industry jobs outside of design (think: PR, journalism, marketing, etc.,). Start working on that admissions essay!

ControverSea of Shoes: What started out as a local profile piece has turned into quite a storm over the Sea of Shoes. Blogger Jane Aldridge says the whole thing is “grossly exaggerated” and in need of serious fact-checking, but the author of the original profile is standing up for his piece.

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Monday April 2nd, 2012

Fashionpreneur with Rent the Runway’s Jenn Hyman: How to Brand Yourself
Fashionpreneur

Fashionpreneur with Rent the Runway’s Jenn Hyman: How to Brand Yourself

by Jenn Hyman

Jenn Hyman is the CEO and co-founder of Rent the Runway. Before that she went to Harvard Business School (and Harvard for undergrad too, NBD). She’s writing a column for us that we’re calling Fashionpreneur. In it she’ll dole out advice and lessons learned on everything from raising funds, branding yourself, sales and generally managing a business. She’s also taking your questions.

YOU are a brand.

But, you already know that. You untag yourself from the less flattering shots on Facebook (you and me both baby!), you cultivate aspirational boards that reflect the style you wish you had on Pinterest and you buy clothes that sends an overt message of who you are (or who you wish you were!). You heard it here first—in order to get and sometimes even to keep a job, you must create your personal brand. Think of your brand as “THE THREE WORDS YOU WANT YOUR EMPLOYER TO BELIEVE ABOUT YOU.” Let’s break it down…

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