Fashion Websites

I have always been someone who likes to be in the know. Sometimes, my need for information is to the point of distraction. The internet is a dream come true for me because it lays everything before us. It can cause information overload. It has also been blamed for the demise of print media. I read a great article written by the founder of the Carlisle Collection that referenced some wonderful fashion websites that I already read on a regular basis. I thought I would share this great article. The article is written to address how fashion magazines are surviving unlike other print media even with the increasing presence of internet fashion websites.

"Fashion magazines survive because they have developed a symbiotic relationship with fashion web sites. At their best they complement each other’s strengths. Women still enjoy the ritual of paging through fashion magazines, finding both the features and the advertising informative and instructive. When they want even more content, or don’t want to be constrained by what's between the front and back covers of a magazine, they turn to the Internet. There they can view entire collections, gather information from a wide variety of sources, see work from emerging designers that the big magazines have yet to cover, see fashion in motion, and download what they like for themselves, and forward what they like to friends. Despite the presence of hundreds of fashion web sites on the Internet, like magazine habits, women eventually end up returning to a handful of trusted sites. Here are a handful that are worth visiting, and worth returning to:

www.Style.com: Like VOGUE, this is the industry standard. It is well organized, has tabs for designers as well as models and celebrities, and offers videos as well. It offers a comprehensive look at many facets of fashion today.

www.harpersbazaar.com: A visual disconnect from the more subdued and upscale tone of the magazine, this site for Bazaar is busy with content. It feels more consumer focused rather than designer-focused as well. The home page also features a Bazaar blog, which offers up to the minute reports from staff writers reporting from shows and other venues.

www.Handbag.com: While it skews young, this site features fashion as well as accessories, hair and make-up content, and the requisite volume of celebrity and lifestyle stories.

www.Wmagazine.com: On this site go to the Online Exclusives and Specials. Here the editors give their personal picks, inside information, offer blogs, and an archive of past pieces that are worth perusing.

www.Fashionserved.com: A showcase for unsung designers, this site is both inventive and involving, offering – for example – a feature on, The Fashion of Clowning, and other artistic, non fashion presentations."

Here are some others that I like to check out too:
http://www.shopstyle.com/
http://www.wantandafford.com/
http://www.jewelry-weblog.com/

You'll notice that I've added a twitter widget where you can find my twitter updates. There are lots of fashionable people on http://www.twitter.com/ too.