What’s the secret when it comes to attaining Facebook “likes” that number in the millions?  If you’re a fashion brand, at least, it seems you’d better choose between embracing your sporty side or reaching for the heights of luxury. The top 10 most-liked fashion brands on the social media channel were just announced, and, aside [...]

Ever tried to print out an Instagram shot and been unimpressed with the results?  Well, Ted Baker is giving you the chance to win a particularly good one, after it passes through the hands of a fashion illustrator. Ted Baker stores in New York, London, Glasgow, Dublin, and around the rest of the UK will [...]

Fashion Star, a new fashion design reality show, debuts tomorrow, and it’s got all the earmarks of success — a legit model host, Elle Macpherson, a seamlessly incorporated shopping component, and partnerships with H&M, Macy’s, and Saks Fifth Avenue.  (Buyers from each store comprise a judging panel during weekly eliminations.) One of these people is [...]

Yesterday we discussed fashion’s major designer shuffling; today comes word of more movement.  This time the major player, however, is a beverage, not a dressmaker.  Following Karl Lagerfeld’s stint, Jean Paul Gaultier has taken up the creative director mantle for Diet Coke. True to form, Lagerfeld’s Diet Coke bottles featured his own image. Lest you [...]

The designer Nicole Farhi claims that many celebrities who sit in designers’ front rows during Fashion Week aren’t there because they just love the brand.  Rather, they’re being paid to show up and boost the label’s publicity. Were any of these famous faces paid for their presence?  If so, how does that reflect on the [...]

Never one to shy away from experimental online retail and promotions (check out some of their most recent efforts here, here, and here) Gap just added a stylish new extension to its web site. The image-focused editorial result, Styld.By, is bright and fun.  Featuring Gap’s spring line for women, the how-to-wear-it photographs are styled by [...]

The designer Richard Nicoll predicated his Fall 2012 presentation on the idea of “Modern Times”, and accompanying his straight, sleek silhouettes was a particularly appropriate, high-tech accessory.  The handbag Nicoll paired with his outfits also functions as a cell phone charger. The all-white tote, produced in collaboration with Vodafone, can charge iPhones, Androids, and Blackberries [...]

Three looks from Jason Wu’s recent line for Target. One-off capsule collections are a major boon to fledgling designers.  (Of course, dressing the First Lady doesn’t hurt, either.) According to WWD, reaching $25 million in sales is a key number indicating a brand could go from fledgling design house to becoming a major corporate fashion [...]

From clothing to refrigerators, domestic manufacturing is on the rebound, and the driving factor isn’t price.  While it’s still cheaper, at a base level, to produce goods in, say, China, numerous other advantages to at-home production are cropping up, and they could help spur the return of “Made in the USA” ubiquity. U.S. manufacturing could [...]

If you’re watching the Super Bowl just for the commercials, you’re not alone. We’ve been anticipating them since we heard that soccer player David Beckham would be appearing during a second quarter spot to promote his underwear-focused collaboration with H&M, David Beckham Bodywear. Beckham, who earned a reported $40 million last year, is hardly the [...]