Renowned London department store Selfridges already offers a “click-and-collect” service that allows customers to reserve items and then pick them up at the store. In 2014 they will also be launching the world’s first department store drive-through, enabling you to collect your purchases without even having to leave your car.
From a members-only site for the Etsy fan to a beauty product store that only intends to carry products that really do what they say, Refinery29 introduces us to six new websites that may change the way we shop online.
“Creative fashion entrepreneurs are rejecting traditional retail models, choosing instead to make a mark on the road with their mobile fashion trucks.” The Genteel interviewed Stacey Steffe and Jeanine Romo of Le Fashion Truck — one of the first mobile stores in Los Angeles.
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SHINE discusses the season’s best leg baring trends. Skirts and shorts always come to mind for Summer, but Lisa had not considered a high slit in a skirt as an option.
Vildy has always wondered how Carine Roitfeld famously carries no handbag, and just discovered one way to pull it off: the Scottevest trench, aka “The Fashionista’s Secret Weapon”.
Watch Already Pretty’s Sally and Kenyatta Jones, fashion designer and star of “House of Curves”, discuss plus size fashion in the context of Full-figured Fashion Week. Angie enjoyed Kenyatta’s candid perspective on designing her plus size clothing line, and on being a plus size person in the fashion world.
Marilyn Vos Savant’s take on first impressions is a reply to a negative question, but MNSara liked the reasoning behind it, and how it affirms why we put thought into choosing our style and dress each day.
Milehighstyle thought this cost per wear article over at Being Geek Chic was helpful and thought-provoking. You have to figure out what price per wear you are comfortable with and how long you imagine you will keep the item. She’ll be coming up with some guidelines for herself based on this method.
