by Mo on October 16, 2009
Fashion in Flux, Online and Off
We are happy to report that indie fashion topics we have discussed at length over the past few years are surfacing and getting some attention. Don’t miss these stories below:
Save the Garment Center! Website, click here.
Listen to the story on NPR, join us at the rally next week!
WWD: Is Fashion’s Mystique Gone? Click here for full story. Zac Posen brings music to Darling ears:
I think there’s a great divide in fashion right now between the desire of the old school, which valued being hidden and shy, and what is going to bring our industry forward, which is connection, personality and craft.
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Attn: Darling Profile Images
Attention all Darlings! A minor website bug was corrected and voila!, profile pics are back to normal. Oh how we love our programmers! It is necessary however, to reload your picture in order to correct the pixelation. Go now, shoppers want to see your smiling faces!
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Opportunity Knocks
NYC designers! Supima Design Competition OPEN CALL October 21st, details here….and the Arsenal is having a crash course in Social Media/Indie Marketing -only $25 Darlings- this coming Monday. Learn more.
Smashing Fan Page
Facebook Darlings, please check out our Darling Fan page, share events you have approaching as well as press you want to share with the community – support each other!
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Supporting Darling Designers – XCountry
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Happy Fall!
cheers ~ 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
