Retail remix – thoughts running through my head
This is just me emptying my head of all the nuggets of retail biz info I’ve picked up lately. (more…)
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Zara embraces tastemakers with social commerce campaign
The latest retailer to tap tastemakers’ own style to showcase its wares is Zara. On its site under ‘Pictures‘ is a Tumblr-style cascade of lovely lifestyle images featuring Yasmin Sewell, Cate Underwood, Caroline De Maigret and Sofia Sanchez Barrenechea. Plus street style shots from Roy Of The Street and Citizen Couture. (more…)
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Quote of the day: Byronesque’s Gill Linton
“The blatant pillaging of vintage archive looks and designers’ ideas is shameful and lazy. We end up going around in a creative circle rather than making progress.”
Interesting thoughts on fast fashion and vintage from Byronesque’s Gill Linton, PSFK
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The fast fashion backlash
Cheap chic, doncha just love it? Well actually, no I don’t. Where once New Look, TopShop and H&M ruled, now it’s Primark, Peacocks and George that high street snobs delight in flaunting to their pals – ‘Look, £5 from Primarni!’ Yet, multiply those £5 tops and £10 dresses by 15 (two tops on payday, a quick lunchtime fix frock, another Friday evening frock to wear at the weekend…you see where this is going don’t you?), and that’s around £100 a month wasted on throwaway tat that you’ll be bored of before you’ve got it home. (more…)
