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Welcome to#29: Summer is Sweet for Indie Fashion

by Mo on July 16, 2009

What’s Going On?

S-U-M-M-E-R! Finally it’s here! We totally procrastinated buying some fresh new wardrobe items for summer through all that rain in June. You too? Not to fear – Darling designers have you covered! Take a gander at some bits and pieces around Smashing Darling to keep you cool, but looking hot:

– Click here for tanks tops

– Click here for dresses

– Click here for skirts

Serious summer sales too, not to be missed:

– Erika Hendrix

– M641

As You Wish

We know you are out there, virtually window shopping at Smashing Darling….wishing, wanting, drooling, absolutely dreaming about many-a-coveted items. Why not share all those must haves with the rest of us? Send us your favorite links to Darling boutiques or specific items and we will highlight you and the chosen wish list in the Smashing Blog. To play with us email: mo@smashingdarling.com.
Coming Soon

Are you a PayPal fan? Very soon PayPal will be another way you can make a purchase on Smashing Darling.

This is step one in opening up to e-commerce in other countries; working towards making Smashing Darling an international platform for independent/emerging designers.

Smashing Kudos and tidbits

Summer fun, indie fashion events everyhwere! Darlings are out and about in Boston, Miami, San Fran, Austin – check it out in the blog. If there is something happening near you – let us know.
June was super-sweet for us Darlings! We had a fab evening mixing it up at the Nolcha store with Crosby Noricks of PR Couture – read all about it here, and see all the pics from the night here.
Last, and not even close to least…don’t miss the Isabel Toledo exhibit at FIT: Fashion From the Inside Out. Be inspired.
Happy Summer Darlings!

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Say hello to the Chic Boutiques – A new way to put the spotlight on the BEST!

by admin on July 7, 2008

As you hopefully know, we’ve been blogging for some time now about tips to make your photos better and engaging in critiques to help designers improve their photos. The central idea has always been to help people make their photos (and thereby make their products) look as great as they can, and to boost online sales and marketing efforts.

With the brand new site design, we’ve added a new way to show off designers who are really doing innovative things with their fashion, as well as the photography that they produce to promote it: Chic Boutiques. The Chic Boutique designation is a special brand that we’ll be adding to those boutiques that are cutting edge in all respects: hot fashions, stunning images, strong identity, and lots of products to choose from.

Chic Boutique items will be featured prominently on the home page and item category landing pages, and will include a small “CB” graphic on each photo. Shoppers will also have the opportunity to browse through all of the Chic Boutiques as a group by shopping by boutique, so we hope this will be a great way to feature the designers who we really feel are pushing the indie fashion envelope.

As always, our driving idea behind features like the Chic Boutique (as well as the new site design, and the new look of this blog) is to help promote up and coming designers, and bring to light the hottest new ideas in indie fashion. We thank you all for your support as we continue to grow and evolve.

We’d also love to continue the photo critiques. We realize that the idea of an open critique can be scary, but the ones so far haven’t been so bad, were they? So, who’s next? Suggest someone’s store to be critiqued next week (or volunteer your own) to be critiqued by emailing me at:  julie[at]smashingdarling[dot]com.

We promise to always be nice and offer ideas and suggestions that we genuinely think will help take your photography (and hopefully your sales!) to the next level.

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