Archive for January, 2009

From Goddiva's Browsers to Yours: the Top 10 Fashion Websites

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!

Choosing the Fashionable Clothing

encompasses a wide range of apparel from men to women clothing. How we dress ourselves and what we wear tells the people around us a lot about who we are. Clothing not only covers our bodies, it also allows us to enhance our appearance. A quality, sharp suit on a man makes him look more professional and successful. An attractive dress on a woman makes her look stylish and confident. There are so many different clothing options to choose from, that at times it can appear overwhelming. With a little thought and reflection you can come up with a clothing style that truly reflects who you are.

How to choose the fashionable clothing? These are a few suggestions to do.

1. Decide what clothing you feel comfortable in. Is it a business meeting? Is it a casual night out? Whatever you’re going to be doing, the clothes you wear will only accentuate the real you and the right clothes for the occasion can go a long way to help you feel confident.

2. Pay attention to fashion trend.

A fashion trend is something that is in with the in crowd. It could be that this week pink is the new black. Or, it could be the fashion designers that is just a must have. In any case, a fashion trend can also be pricy. While many individuals struggle to make ends meet so that they can have the latest and greatest in trendy clothes, others are just happy with the wide range of ways that they can find to get the best of the best for much less. If you want to have the latest fashion trends, then you really should pay attention to all of these tips to help you to get the best for less.

* Knowing what you love. Even if there is a fashion trend that you think is something that you should have, but you really do not like it, then you should take the time to insure that the trend is what you would like it to be. No matter what the trend is, if you do not love it, it will be a waste of money.

* Finding all information about fashion weekly trends. You can find out the information from an internet before going to the merchants. When you want to have the latest fashion trends but you don’t want to spend a fortune, you should really take the time to look to the web for the best deals of fashion daily out there. One of good websites which can give you the latest fashion news is FashionWeekly.com. It features daily updated videos, fashion photos, entertainment and fashion articles.

* It’s important to know more about fashion shows. FashionWeekly.com covers the US and international fashion shows such as Madrid, Paris, Milan, New York, London, and Tokyo by using super models and sexy clothes.

3. Take your time to select a few choice merchants that offer timeless, quality clothing at reasonable prices and good fashion design. Take your time, you’re not in a hurry, and focus in on what type of clothing you want.

Besides choosing the fashionable clothing, makeup is also very important to observe. Good color of makeup with matching clothes will make your performance better than before. Another example for nice fashion is Hollywood fashion. It’s a good look fashion which always follows the latest fashion trends and you can learn much from it.

http://www.fashionweekly.com/ is a site for knowing latest fashion trends with daily update. or for make advertising at http://www.fashionweekly.com/advertise-here/

Australian Fashion Trends

Fashion is all about being comfortable in what you are and looking great! Who doesn’t want to be fashionable! Irrespective of whether you are aware of the ongoing fashion trends or not, looking stylish and being fashionable has always been something you have craved for. Fashion varies with time and location. People of different place have different fashion taste. The fashion trends of different places around the world are exclusive in their own way. For example, modern Australia has a unique fashion style that can be clearly distinguished from European fashion lines. Australian fashion has a lot more casual approach compared to European fashion. Australian fashion also reflects a vivacious, creative, rich in color, fresh and exuberant style.

Melbourne, better known as Australia’s fashion capital, recently hosted the Melbourne Fashion Festival. This was an extremely successful fashion event in Australia. Australia also hosted the biannual Australian Fashion Week. The fashion clothing and fashion accessories that were displayed in such fashion events were truly mesmerizing. Such event’s core objective is to engage and excite the public about fashion. It’s because of such famous fashion events that Australian fashion industry has grown so much. One of Australia’s most well-known cities, Sydney, has the most dynamic, exhilarating and modern fashion scene in the country. Collette Dinnigan, Akira Isogawa, sass & bide and Mambo are some of the famous fashion names that embellishes Sydney fashion world. Some of the famous fashion zones at Sydney are Oxford Street Paddington for smart street wear, King Street Newtown for anything avant-garde, Gould Street Bondi for beachwear and street wear boutiques, Darling Street Balmain for cool and casual, Castlereagh Street City for luxury labels, Crown Street Surry Hills for up-coming designers.

Australian fashion labels are now sought after around the world because of their innovative designs. Australian fashion designers are now influencing what others around the world will wear. The bold colours of sunny Australian beaches and the starkly contrasting hues of the country’s central desert landscapes are captured in Australia’s fashion palette. Major fashion capitals through out the world, are actively seeking out creative Australian designs. As fashion has become such a successful export market for Australia, employment opportunities has also grown in the fashion manufacturing industry and other fashion-oriented careers such as fashion journalism, fashion styling, make-up and hair styling, fashion photography and modelling. Fashion models like Elle McPherson, Miranda Kerr, Gemma Ward and Megan Gale have reinforced Australia’s image as a modern, fun and fresh culture. Australia excels in latest fashion trends for both men’s as well as women’s fashion. Visit different fashion websites and fashion forums of Australia to know more about them.

Australian fashion industry truly reflects the sophisticated, cosmopolitan and multicultural nature of Australian society. The products of Australian designers will make you have an exclusive style statement of your own. So next time you think of upgrading your wardrobe, don’t forget to check out the designs of Australian fashion designers. Have a look at them and pick the one that suits you the best. Be stylish always!