FAB FASHION TALK
Tuesday, 30 October 2012
Monday, 8 October 2012
MANGO - from Spain
Sick and tired of the usual sites and shops? Mango.com is the place to look for all your shopping needs based in Barcelona it has everything you need from basics, to dresses, handbags, shoes and more. Barcelona prides itself on the cosmopolitan and bohemian look which is definitely radiated through its designs. Kate Moss is their latest ambassador. This campaign to promote a Spanish based company has swept the fashion world by storm.
It has an easy to use interface which means finding the latest must have has never been easier, and you’ll be pleased to hear that delivery of all products occurs within 2-5 days.
THE OVERSEAS MARKET TAKING AUSTRALIA BY STORM
ZARA – Europe’s fastest growing apparel retailer.
Zara is a Spanish clothing and
accessories retailer, one
of the largest international fashion companies. It belongs to Intidex one of the world’s largest distribution
groups. First store opened in 1975, Its first store featured
low-priced lookalike products of popular, higher-end clothing fashions. The
store proved to be a success, and Ortega began opening more Zara stores
throughout Spain. During the 1980s, Ortega started changing the design,
manufacturing, and distribution process to reduce lead times and react to new
trends in a quicker way, in what he called "instant fashions". The
company based its improvements in the use of information technologies and using
groups of designers instead of individuals. In 1980 it began expansion to
Portugal, increasing in the 1990s to Mexico, Belgium, Greece and to over 73
other countries. Today it has spread worldwide being a globally recognised
brand.
Sample of Zara's many collections |
Zara is a vertically integrated retailer. Unlike similar
apparel retailers, Zara controls most of the steps on the supply-chain,
designing, manufacturing, and distributing its products. Zara
can offer considerably more products than similar companies. It produces about
11,000 distinct items annually compared with 2,000 to 4,000 items for its key
competitors. The company can design a new product and have finished goods in
its stores in four to five weeks; it can modify existing items in as little as
two weeks. Shortening the product life cycle means greater success in meeting
consumer preferences. On September 6, 2010,Financial Times Report, reported that Intidex launched
the first online boutique for its best-selling brand Zara which began with just
a few countries and quickly expanded. In 2011, Zara entered the Australian market
with a three story, 1400sqm store in the Westfield Sydney complex
opened on April 21, 2011 and a second three story 1800sqm store at Bourke st Mall Melbourne which
opened on 15 June 2011 . This was a major step for Zara.
TOP SHOP
Sample of Top shops many collections |
A larger British Multinational retailer which specialises in fashion clothing, shoes,
make-up and accessories. It has around 440 shops across 33 countries and online
operations in a number of its markets. The first stand-alone Topshop store was
opened in 1974. In 1970, Topman was created as a spin-off brand to cater for male
customers and is now run as a separate chain, Topshop's triumph has been all the
more remarkable considering its humble beginnings. Topshop began in the
basement of Peter Robinson department store in 1964 and less than a decade
later became a stand-alone retailer.As an early pioneer of high street and
designer collaborations, Topshop's partnerships with some of history's most
iconic fashion names such as Celia Birtwell and Kate Moss, have further
cemented the brand’s reputation as a fashion leader.
"IT'S FROM ASOS.COM"
Today, its one of the most used online stores worldwide! |
"Bec, your top is so funky and different, wait let me guess...!"
"Yep you guessed right Ash, whats more funky than ASOS, were really becoming addicted haha!"
ASOS,'fashion finder' is the perfect online store for males and females. It is now the online store mentioned by all. It is the largest only-online store of the UK. It is extremely useful as it provides a extremely great range of clothing and outfits, provides today's looks, provides outfit of the week, most popular items and the shop highlights for males and female and the editors picks. With such categories that consequently provide effective evaluations by the public and editors, they act as useful reviews and useful opinions used by current and potential buyers. Catering for a wide range of customers, it perfectly satisfies all their fashion desires, with refreshing, funky, fresh and modern attire, for everyday wear and formal evening wear. Additionally, the cheap and affordable prices in my opinion, attract a even greater market.
I believe its an significantly useful website because not only can you purchase stock online, but if you have a deep love for fashion and love putting outfits together, you're able to "upload a look". All website viewers can view the outfit you create and actually purchase the items from the site. In my opinion, i believe this is a very innovative strategy to always keep the customers fully satisfied and attracted to your products, as they literally have a say. Unlike other retail stores such as the elite brand Chanel or as simple as Supre' their loyal customers, can't provide their input on various outfits, however with this innovative website you can easily upload a look and have your say heard by all ! I think this component of the website is a key component that allows it to dominant the market of its kind.
For thousand of chick and classy looks, their website is as following, its one click away !!!http://fashionfinder.asos.com/?genericcta-120702
SHOP ONLINE FOR CONVIENCE!
SHOP ONLINE! WHY NOT?
Shopping online has become a major phenomenon worldwide! Why
not shop online when it can be done in the click of a button rather than going
into the shops and waiting in line for change rooms?
An extremely popular online shopping site is boohoo.com. This site has recently emerged online with a great range of men and women’s clothing, footwear and accessories.
An extremely popular online shopping site is boohoo.com. This site has recently emerged online with a great range of men and women’s clothing, footwear and accessories.
With clothing from jeans, tops, skirts, shorts, jackets,
dresses and even nightwear for women starting from as low as $3.00 for
clearance items. What a bargain! This website is international although
shipping is free to Australia and New Zealand.
This website caters to different sizes and shapes and allows the
consumer to choose colours, styles and prices at the click of a button! Also
the feature of the ‘Cat Walk’ is the view of the clothing item down a runway,
which gives great access of the real extent to what the dress looks like.
There special features such as the save button or popular items are great additions to the site that allow the customer to decipher which items are of good value or ones which they are unsure about to save for a later time. With a separate section for trends, customers are able to see the new spring, summer or winter trends and pick their clothes from there.
Boohoo differs from other online websites such as Myer which
is soley based in Australia. This
website allows for a variety of products which are sold in Myer to be sold
online. This differs from boohoo as it
includes toys, electronics, beauty, and home wears products for all ages. It allows viewers to refine their searches
depending on what they want including price, colours and types of designs. This is a great reason to shop online rather
than in the shop as there it is a lot more convenient! However, although not
all the products in store are on line, there is still a great range which views
can pick from. Go to myer.com.au for
more!
UNIVERSAL ICON : CHANEL
There are only a few people in the world who don't recognize the name Chanel. Chanel is one of the highest fashion labels to date, established in 1909 in France. Not only is it full of great fashion designs ranging form everyday wear to fancy "haute couture", as shown in a previous blog where it fit like a glove on Blake Lively, it include fragrances including the notorious perfume No. 5 de Chanel, beautiful makeup and jewellry. Check out their elite website, http://www.chanel.com/
In my opinion, the fashion designer who founded the label, took a risk. She established sleek, classy and simple attire as opposed to the over-clustered and designed trends of the 19th century. Her entrepreneurship was that of great loss, however its simple and elite styles, attracted many young and older women to becoming extremely loyal customers. Chanel is famous its "little black dress", as shown on the left by the iconic photo of the Chanel Girl.
Aside from the effortlessly beautiful attire, a beautiful range of make-up is offered in Chanel retail stores. In my opinion, the colours are beautiful and various shades of pink are available for a range of various female customers, as shown in the image below. The colours are beautiful, ranging from soft pastel colours for during the day, to striking dark and bright colours for dinner party's and events.
The iconic item of Chanel is the classy perfume "Chanel No.5". Honestly, the perfume is more designed for the older generation. It doesn't really give a young and sexy feeling to young women, rather a more musky smell for more of a simple classy older woman. Younger women would rather enjoy the beautiful and fresh scents of "Coco Mademoiselle", and would rather wear Chanel No.5 to bed (as Marilyn Monroe did LOL).
Sunday, 7 October 2012
FASHION ICON: PRINCESS KATE!
KATE MIDDLETON
The newly crowned Princess Catherine Elizabeth
“Kate” Middleton born 9th January 1982 married to Prince William of
Wales is seen world wide as a fashion icon!
Due to the intense media attention she gains and after the wedding of
the century on 29th April 2011 as the world watched her step out in
her amazing Alexander McQueen dress she quickly became highly watched on her
fashion choices. The dress was a long
sleeved, full skirt ivory colour which was made to look like an opening
flower. Her veil was held in by a halo
tiara designed by Cartier.
She is listed on many of the best dressed lists such as
People Magazine. Due to her many special
occasions the media are always looking for her many different looks. Especially the recent Diamond Jubilee river
pageant, Kate wore a bold red Alexander McQueen dress which was worn late last
year by Kim Kardashian in a sleeveless design, however was modified in order to
dress a royal.
Although Princess Catherine was not always seen in the media
as a fashion icon until her engagement to Prince William, she then emerged
quickly. Another look which became loved
by many was her Temperley gown at the War Horse film premiere. The floor length black lace was a bold
choice, with the scalloped neckline and nude underlay giving the impression of
flesh.
Kate
is well known for loving her coat dresses, her many different designs are
always a crowd favourite! Whether they
are to weddings, memorials or even to visit schools her trendy look is still
glamorous whilst staying sophisticated
Who could forget the highly talked about engagement dress Kate
wore by a Brazilian designer Dianiella Issa Helayel. The royal blue silk jersey wrap dress was a hit
with the public. With the sleeved,
demure flared skirt just above the knee it is just right for any body shape!
As the dress sold out within hours in London, people can
still place their orders on net-a-porter.com or there are many
imitation dresses just to look like Kate, for example Neiman Marcus selling his
design of the dress online for only a fifth of the price! Go to http://www.lastcall.com/store/catalog/prod.jhtml?itemId=prod491238&eItemId=prod491238&cmCat=search&searchType=SEARCH&parentId=&icid=&rte=%252Fsearch.jhtml%253FN%253D0%2526Ntt%253Dwrap-belt%2526_requestid%253D8530
to check it out!
To finish off we have seen Kate for many years, her emergence onto the fashion scene
is something to look up to with her style and grace, all females can love and
admire her look!
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