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Wednesday February 6th, 2013

Fashionista 50: The Most Influential People in New York Fashion Right Now
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Fashionista 50: The Most Influential People in New York Fashion Right Now

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To survive in this business, you’ve got to have more than talent. You’ve got to be shrewd, savvy, determined—and a crazy-hard worker.

So here’s our list of the 50 most influential people working in New York fashion right now. To compile the list, we used our own knowledge of the industry combined with advice from inside sources.

Let us know what you think: You’ll find the entire Fashionista 50 list below. Click on the person’s name to read a full bio. And if you really want to click through the whole slideshow, you can do so here.

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Published at 12:40 PM

Wednesday December 12th, 2012

You Can Buy Beyoncé’s Ripped Suit, Anne Hathaway on Flashing the Paps, and Diets Are Literally Depressing
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You Can Buy Beyoncé’s Ripped Suit, Anne Hathaway on Flashing the Paps, and Diets Are Literally Depressing

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Beyoncé is auctioning off an outfit from one of her music videos–as soon as the sleeves get sewn back on. Bey danced so hard she ripped them clean off. {NYPost}

Gwyneth Paltrow and her personal trainer Tracey Anderson cover January’s issue of Redbook and some people think it could have used a bit of that Photoshop magic. {HuffPo}

Anne Hathaway is “devastated” that she flashed the paps and they saw, well, everything. {US Weekly}

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Published at 2:00 PM

Wednesday February 15th, 2012

Monday February 7th, 2011

Fashion Brands Jump on the Tumblr Bandwagon

Fashion Brands Jump on the Tumblr Bandwagon

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Is Tumblr the new fashion frontier in social marketing and influence?

Approximately 180 of the top 1,000 Tumblr blogs are fashion related, Tumblr founder and CEO David Karp told Mashable. What’s more, fashion-related Tumblr posts are reportedly reblogged on a much greater scale than general Tumblr posts and are therefore much more likely to go viral.

So it follows that Tumblr has a vested interest in cultivating their fashion-following usership.

We recently broke news that the image-heavy social media platform had hired a fashion director, Rich Tong, and would be sending 20 of its bloggers to New York fashion week. Now, more and more fashion brands are increasing their reach by joining Tumblr.

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Published at 9:15 AM