It’s not just that these apps are all free, but the five together constitute a perfect fashion package — from curated e-commerce to shoppable street style to…Joan Rivers, this sweep of the latest that iTunes has to offer keeps pace with the trends while providing the best possible entertainment. To be certain, this recent round-up [...]

Remember that Kleenex campaign that let people send each other free tissues? Well, what if you could do that with a range of fashionable gift certificates?  With a new app called Wrapp, you can. Already a huge success in Sweden, the UK, Norway, and Japan, the program has partnered with H&M, Gap, Sephora, and other [...]

Online flash sale venue Rue La La recently drew some remarkable conclusions about its shoppers’ web provenance, including the fact that the percentage of customers buying from a mobile phone has risen from 10% to 75% over the past two years.  That’s huge.  Even more significantly, the company also discovered that merely accessing multiple web [...]

Across the U.S. and Europe, Sephora’s known as a consumer go-to for being able to easily test products in-store, but the biggest changes from the beauty giant are completely web-based.  Today they released an overhauled web site, with a new look and a greatly expanded search function.  Their next round of updates will neatly tie [...]

With e-readers more or less saving magazines, it makes sense publishers are ready to put all their titles in the tablet basket.  But who would have expected them to do so so cooperatively?  Condé Nast, Hearst, Meredith, News Corp., and Time Inc. have come together on Next Issue Media, where readers can subscribe to and [...]

You can use your iPhone to “favorite” looks from a fashion show, so why not be able to do the same thing with your own closet?  Our online retailer of the week, TouchCloset, makes it happen.  Launched late last year, the mobile style app focuses on helping users organize what they already own, rather than [...]

Clothia isn’t just useful, it looks good.  We love the fashion illustrations decorating the site. In the ongoing race to provide online fashion one-stop shops that seamlessly integrate a range of services, Clothia is the emerging pack’s newest standout.  Still in beta, the very pretty site offers a combination of style tools that we haven’t [...]

Retailers across the board have created stylish editorial components to inspire shoppers, but how about a program that independently draws on real-world sartorial inspiration in order to bring about the shopping?  Kaleidoscope, a new app from the tech start-up Inporia, seeks to do just that. A sampling of shoppable street and Fashion Week photography on [...]

For the winter that wasn’t, this week we’ve found great transitional items from all our go-to style curators.  From mid-weight dresses to printed skinny jeans, this selection should take you through the rest of an easy winter and into a pleasant (hopefully!) spring. This River Island dress, trending on social style site Svpply, is suitable [...]

Remember when Dolce & Gabbana’s invitation to tweet during their Winter 2012 show seemed like news? If this Fashion Week proves anything, it’s that viewer commentary is more welcome than ever.  The Fall 2012 shows kick off today, and if your invites are still lost in the mail, don’t fret.  In conjunction with YouTube, Maybelline [...]