by Mo on May 17, 2011
by Mo on December 17, 2009
Around the Site
Hi Darlings, we hope shoppers are making you joyous this holiday season! Apologies if you were affected by a minor blip this week on the site…just a wee bit of technical difficulties. If you were uploading images into your boutique on Tuesday, you may want to take a moment ad make sure they made it in succesfully.
We kicked off the month with a mini Darling shop at the SCOPE Art Show in Miami. Shoppers there and at other Darling events have won almost $1k in e-gift cards to spend at Smashing Darling. We hope they land in your Darling boutique soon!
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how to: Help Your Shoppers W-I-N
Maybe you already know about the indie designer BLOG OFF happening over at WhatDesigners.com. But, have you told all of your fans about it? Spread the word today. If they win, they could use that Smashing Darling e-gift card to shop in your boutique! Bloggers writing about indie designers can comment and link their post for a chance to win up to $250 in e-gift card credit at Smashing Darling. Bloggers have all month, and five winners will be chosen. Click here for all the details!
More fun customer incentives coming soon in 2010!
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Re-charge and Re:new
We hope you get a chance to take a break over the holidays and have some playtime. Maybe download the Smock Shop pattern, hideaway in your studio and make your own one-of-a-kind smock, read more about it here. Re-charge your inspiration!
What do you do with all your leftover textile bits and pieces? If you find yourself cleaning out shop in early 2010, help this organization help others. Re:new teaches refugee women knitting and sewing and relies on fabric donations. Click here to learn more.
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Last bits for 2009
If your holiday break entails a beach (yay!) check out this beachy sample sale, Sara Bella Maui….Have a holiday sale happening that we missed? Send it our way so we can let people know!….Hey Chicago Darlings, support the indie community this weekend, free admission at the Sustainable Style Soiree….and, we have definitely added the Bowery Bazaar onto a list of things to check out in the new year. Anything you want to see happen at Smashing Darling in 2010? Let us know, we want to hear your wishes!
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Happy, Happy Holidays to you all!
cheers ~ the Darlings
by Mo on December 11, 2009
What’s Going On
Tis’ the season Darlings! We are sure you are in a tizzy finishing or starting your holiday lists, shopping, and most of all – celebrating! What better way to be all a-glitter than winning a Darling giveaway! MoDarling is just back from spreading the good Darling word at the SCOPE Art Show in Miami. Shoppers loved hearing about Darling designers, TrishDarling’s DOT shirts were a sell out item and NAIK FUR hats were a total hit! We’re about to pull 5 names out of a smashing hat and award some lucky SCOPE shoppers each a $100 Darling e-gift card. Good things happen to Darling friends!
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What’s New
But wait, there’s more. If you are blogging about all the amazing indie designers out there, this one is for you. Bloggers have all of December to enter a post at WHAT Designers.com in their Independent Design BLOG OFF to win some more great ($) Darling prizes! While you are there, vote for your fave little black dress, lots o’ Darlings to vote for there.
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Darling Holiday Events
Darling designers have events happening all over the country as well as online. Keep an eye on the blog for events near you.
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Smashing Kudos and tidbits
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Holiday cheer to all! ~ the Darlings
by Mo on June 11, 2009
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What’s Going On
Summer is right around the corner – let’s play! If you are in the NYC area, come join us at the Nolcha Retail store one week from tonight, June 18th. Meet and mingle with some lovelies: darling designers, the fabulous Crosby of PR Couture, bloggers who love fashion as much as you….AND 25% off selected Nolcha designers for the evening! We would love to meet you – click here and enter code 412 for all the details!
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LedThread, Barbarian Angel Vest, $88.00
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Anouk, Boy Tank, $35
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What’s New
Change is good. Have you seen our smashing new logo? Head on over to the homepage and check it out – tell us what you think! Notice anything else different? We hope so… both the featured items and newly listed items are scrolling along the bottom now, until you and your cursor slow them to a stop. On the scroll bar now you can also click View All and shop all of the featured items on the site, as well as items just added by Darling designers.
More ways to search are coming soon, so if you have a favorite way to shop online, pop us an email and let us know!
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Why we are here
How did you find Smashing Darling? Are we just another shopping website you stumbled upon? Well, my darlings, we are more than that. Here are a few places you can get to know us better:
Nolcha interview: Why is Smashing Darling important to the fashion world as a whole? Click here.
Shoptalk with Dream Sequins: Tell us a bit about how you started Smashing Darling…Click here.
Darling manifesto: We believe in stories that last, in clothes that communicate identity, and in fashion that shines far beyond this season’s magazines. Click here to read the full manifesto.
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M641, Acquired Domicile Tunic $62
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Misile, Gramercy, $225
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Smashing Kudos and tidbits
Lots of shout-outs for Darlings happening over at Splendicity, take a look!… Design Lookout discovers the Darling world…In nyc? Don’t miss the Avedon exhibit at ICP…Darling tees abound at the last Girls in Tech event if you scored one, send us a pic! Want to check out some New York Fashion Week this Fall? Vote and enter to win over at WWD, click here for more!
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Tell someone they are smashing today!
cheers ~ the Darlings
by Mo on July 17, 2008
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Community News and new darlings
Woweee – things sure have changed around here! Well Darling’s, don’t be shy, what do you think about our new look? If you are having a problems at all, please be sure to give us a heads up. Our heads have been spinning with new boutiques opening around the site. Here is an abbreviated, literally, list of where some of our new designers are from: NYC, MO, MN, PA, CA (SF and LA to be exact), and Chicago, IL. A Darling welcome to all!
Are you in NYC and want to learn more about the mystery world of Fashion bloggers? Meet all of us Darlings -imagine that- next week at the second Fashion 2.0 Meet Up, click here to see the who/what/where/why/when.
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Jump into new organic Laura Dawson
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It’s too hot to get dressed – new Sandmaiden
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how to – SHOUT IT OUT
Our new Event Calendar is live! Now we can all be in the know. Take advantage of spreading the word about events you are having or other indie fashion events in your area. Just click on events on the Darling homepage. It is super quick and easy, and you can load up a pretty little image to go with. Anyone in Miami? Don’t miss the KRELwear sunset garden party this Monday night to debut her new Resort Collection, go to the events page to get all the details!
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Between gas prices, AC, and customers preferring to be lying on a beach this is quite possibly a brutal time for retail. Ugh. Unless, of course, you have a boutique right in the center of Beachtown, USA…or you have a Smashing boutique! Customers can still go to the beach, save on gas, and buy from you! We see Summer Sale signs popping up everywhere…you can create your own summer promotion right in your store, here’s how: Login>Click Your Boutique Name> Click Promote > Click Run A Promo. Go check it out and give your customers a special treat!
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Romantic and retro from Amanda Archer
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Green Peace from Spirited Hands
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Photo Finesse
It’s summertime, are you hanging at the beach, or working hard to take amazing pictures for your Darling store? Maybe you can do both…hey work with us, we’re idealists around here! Grab some friends/models and product, hit the beach for that wonderful light and snap away! Then be a peach and send your store to JulieDarling to critique. It will help you, and all the darling designers, to read a new perspective and get new ideas, then we all feel more comfortable to volunteer too…c’mon take one for the team! 
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Have any questions? Just let us know:
trishandjulie@smashingdarling.com
cheers ~ the Darlings
