30 January, 2012

Food meets fashion

Fashion-designer-nail-polish hook-ups are so last season. This LFW, former Fashion Fringe winner Corrie Nielsen is hooking up with Scoop gelateria to create a Corrie Nielsen ice cream flavour.

Florida born Nielsen’s gelato is an extra dark chocolate ‘with a hint of orange blossom from Paris’. Available during London Fashion week from Scoop stores in Covent Garden, South Kensington and Soho, the whole thing may sound a wee bit gimmicky but it’s rather fabulous nonetheless. I can’t remember who said food is the new fashion but food-fashion collabs might be start of something big. Now… what would a Disneyrollergirl gelato taste of?

Disneyrollergirl 2 Comments Designers, News, Retail concepts collabs, Corrie Nielsen, London Fashion Week

16 January, 2012

Q&A: Farfetch.com’s Jose Neves on his business beginnings, etail in emerging markets and multi-channel thinking

News just in: Farfetch.com, the curated marketplace for independent boutiques has raised $18 million of further funding to help growth in Brazil, Asia and America. Launched in 2008 by Jose Neves (originally a shoe designer and also the brains behind B Store and Swear), Farfetch works like an upscale high street where boutiques can spread their reach to customers in 100 countries. Jose agreed to answer some of my questions on his business beginnings, the challenges of etail in emerging markets and his multi-channel strategy… (more…)

Disneyrollergirl 0 Comments Business of fashion, Online shopping, Retail concepts, Shopping etail, Farfetch, interviews, Jose Neves

11 January, 2012

Curated fashion and grooming for men: the next big thing?

Before Christmas I wrote about the flurry of new ‘subscription box’ start-ups that are embracing the world of fashion and beauty on my blog for Glamour Magazine. These are essentially clever curation services that deliver monthly ‘care packages’ to subscribers containing handpicked shoes and accessories (Stylistpick), beauty product miniatures (Glossybox) or no-brainer menswear items picked by a woman (Bombfell) to save you the time and bother of shopping or to give you a monthly ‘surprise present’ at a fairly affordable price. (more…)

Disneyrollergirl 2 Comments Beauty, Brands, Menswear, Online shopping, Retail concepts beauty, Bombfell, Glossybox, grooming, Man Packs, menswear, subscription services, underwear

8 January, 2012

Shaun Samson is one of Selfridges’ Bright Young Things

Woo hoo, Shaun Samson menswear, now available at Selfridges… If you’re down Oxford Street way, be sure to check out the Bright Young Things windows, showcasing the work of London’s best up-and-comer talent. To go with his collection, Shaun’s window has a Mexicana theme with rainbow coloured Piñata letters spelling out his name. Sweet!

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