New Features

The Good News

We are happy to see more and more designers merging together their workroom and retail into one productive space; we don’t want you to miss stories of these inspiring entrpreneurs in Detroit and Seattle. Do you know designers sharing a workroom/retail space in your community? Please let us know! Or, if you would like to connect with designers in your area, pop us an email and we can see if we can help you make a connection!

Read more about the Workshop Phenomenon…

New Features

We love watching that designer number click up on the homepage (728!) and seeing all of your gorgeous new uploads on the site! Since it makes us so giddy, we have been highlighting new items in the blog – take a peek!

Soon every item page on Smashing Darling will have it’s own Facebook Like button! Anyone shopping on the site will be able to quickly share your item on Facebook.

More new features to come in the new year darlings….and come February we turn 4! Oh, how time flies!

Hand Crochet by Azhand Shokohi, $110

Curated Holiday Shopping

But regardless of who’s selling it, people want to buy something authentic, made by an individual with a great idea. (WSJ)

We hope you are having a successful season in all the places you sell your designs darlings! Thank you for being a part of our community, and for being on the front lines teaching the world to curate their shopping. Send us a heads up about your holiday events so we can shout them out in the Darling blog. Don’t forget people can also buy e-gift cards at Smashing Darling to shop your collections and over 700 others!

Tetra Dress by Laura Dawson, $245

How to: Share your Story

Business of Fashion:

The Fashionable Rise of Tumblr

Tips for Video promotion:

The Most Suitable Fashion Video For Independent Designers

Event Inspiration from PR Couture:

25 Event Themes To Market Your Fashion Brand

Cropped Tee by Erhart Streetwear, $37

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What’s Going On

Craziness and joy abound in the Smashing Darling world – welcome all to version 2, we are reborn! This sweet indie gal to the right is a great image for how we feel, hands and arms raised up in a big cheer! Version 2 makes it so much easier to navigate the Darling world; to clearly see all the different categories of indie fashion that hang within our community. Product images are bigger, you can sort, filter, and scroll. We have hand picked some indie standouts for you in the Chic Boutique, created a collaborative home for indie fashion events nationwide (know a designer in your area having an event? add it in!), and created room on our homepage to keep you easily updated on our latest promotional fun (ie: this month Venuszine!).

Girls: Joy from shop.teddahughes

Women: Create your own, Kate Boggiano

What’s New

We love our new look! Please let us know what you think, and certainly if you have any problems – just let us know! Most issues thus far have been solved with a simple clearing of the cache. Computers have a way of remembering how things used to work. Here is how to clear the cache:

If using a PC, you can clear it out by going to Tools > Internet Options > Temporary Internet Files > Delete Files > Delete all offline content. If you are a MAC user, not to worry – you lucky ducks can check a box that says clear cache every time you shut down the computer.

Coming Soon

If you frequent the Darling blog you’ll notice our lovely new look there as well. Enjoy your Friday coffee, lunchtime, or those last few minutes before you run out the office door perusing the Friday Editors Picks. Sometimes it is the Darlings, sometimes a friendly editor we have smashed up with…you’ll just have to check in and see!

Keep your eye out on the weekend too for a bit of Scavenger Hunt fun. Spend some time exploring and I bet you can win…more info soon!

Boys: Round Botton Baby is super-fly!

Men: Dawson for men, the guys get their own

Smashing Kudos and tidbits

Goodness me, did you know we have over 400 designers?…the Darlings have a new column over at Cause a Scene international fashion mag…the Style Observer hearts indie…our new look gets profiled…and CraftStylish is already addicted!…Darling Evlove made it in to the final round at IdeaBlob, check it out, and we’ll keep you posted for the final round of voting!

Don’t forget, we want to see how you wear your indie!

Send images to trish@smashingdarling.com

cheers ~ the Darling’s

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