Posts Tagged ‘Fashion Week’

20 Twitter Users Every Fashion-Forward Person Should Follow

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If a huge part of fashion is about what’s avant-garde and what’s cutting edge, then the kinds of high-frequency updates Twitter provides are highly ideal. If you consider yourself fashion-forward, hop on the Twitter train to fashion supremacy by following a wide variety of design-minded accounts. Update your Twitter today by following these 20 users who know something a little more than not to mix navy blue and black. Read more

Essence.com Revs Up Coverage of Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week 2011

Essence.com is displaying its wares at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week 2011 in New York, providing real-time and behind-the-scenes coverage, designer reviews, top fall trends, interviews with leading African-American designers, commentary from celebrities and models, and video.

Contributors include Essence.com managing editor Emil Wilbekin, Essence senior fashion editor Marielle Bobo, Essence.com beauty editor Tia Williams, blogger Claire Sulmer, and model Leomie Anderson. There will also be a daily Trend Report from Essence.com fashion editor Zandile Blay.

Wilbekin said:

Essence.com is dedicated to serving our audience. We understand what our viewers want, and that’s nonstop fashion. Our team is filled with amazing fashion and beauty experts, and we all are excited to bring our viewers all the hottest looks from runway inspiration to style on the streets in real-time.

Live Streaming in Fashion for YouTube During Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week

Supermodels strutting their stuff on the runway for Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in New York Feb. 10-17 will also be strutting their stuff via live streaming on YouTube, presented by Maybelline.

The Google-owned video site announced on its blog that it will stream three to four shows each day, and its channel will also include highlights, runways, designer interviews, and parties.

Content from fashion editorial sources including Fashion TV, Vogue, and Nylon Magazine will appear alongside fare from YouTube users such as Haul Girls JuicyStar07 and AllthatGlitters21.

New York iPad App The Cut on the Runway Shows Off for Fashion Week

New York magazine parent New York Media will strut its stuff down the iPad runway with its launch of iPad app The Cut on the Runway, which will feature exclusive content from Fashion Week and its after-parties, as well as news from The Cut, New York‘s fashion blog.

The Cut on the Runway will feature photos and videos from Fashion Week events in New York, London, Paris, and Milan, as well as nymag.com’s Lookfinder tool, which enables fingertip searching of more than 100,000 runway looks.

The app’s launch was sponsored by NET-A-PORTER and MR PORTER.

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