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Reclaiming History: Will Leather Goods Offer Vintage Appeal

09/22/2011 – 5:05 AM | 1,018 views
Reclaiming History: Will Leather Goods Offer Vintage Appeal

During MAGIC, we found a beautiful brand nestled in PROJECT’s Workroom section that we could not get enough of and that is Will Leather Goods. Founded in 1981, Will Leather …

Singapore Brand For All Walks Of Life

07/25/2011 – 5:00 AM | 1,254 views
Singapore Brand For All Walks Of Life

A.W.O.L. (not to be confused with AWOL, “absent without leave”) is an independent fashion label based in Singapore. Owned by designer Alfie Leong, A.W.O.L. stands for “all walks of life.”  …

Ethical Apparel Line Attracts UK ‘It Girls’

07/04/2011 – 5:00 AM | 1,286 views
Ethical Apparel Line Attracts UK ‘It Girls’

Guest Post by Taisa Veras
While most designers are designing collections with celebrity ‘it girls’ in mind, Beulah London’s designers, Natasha Rufus Isaacs and Lavinia Brennan, are designing with …

The Indie Fashion Driven Velvet Brigade

06/13/2011 – 1:30 PM | 1,465 views
The Indie Fashion Driven Velvet Brigade

In our quest to support the indie fashion community, we’re always happy to find a great crowdsourcing site. We recently discovered Velvet Brigade and really liked what we found.
Velvet …

IOU Project Launch Aims To Change The Way We Shop

06/09/2011 – 6:00 AM | 2,367 views
IOU Project Launch Aims To Change The Way We Shop

In April, we told you about IOU Project, an innovative initiative that brings together the art of fashion design with the skill of the supply chain in a new and …

Mercedes-Benz Canada & IMG Incubate Emerging, Independent Designers

06/03/2011 – 7:06 PM | 1,318 views
Mercedes-Benz Canada & IMG Incubate Emerging, Independent Designers

Mercedes-Benz Canada and IMG have launched Mercedes-Benz Start UP, a national platform aimed at discovering and incubating up-and-coming Canadian fashion designers. The program targets designers who have been …

Nicola Formichetti Pops Up In Manhattan

05/31/2011 – 4:50 AM | One Comment | 1,649 views
Nicola Formichetti Pops Up In Manhattan

Stylist for Lady Gaga and creative director for Thierry Mugler — Nicola Formichetti — is going to hit the fashion scene in TriBeCa, New York this September.  The well known …

UK Designers: Embrace Technology Or Close Your Doors?

05/05/2011 – 5:15 AM | 2 Comments | 1,256 views
UK Designers: Embrace Technology Or Close Your Doors?

Should young designers make digital technology a priority when creating and marketing a collection? Also, is the increased focus on technology within the fashion industry making it overexposed and less …

Local Oregon Designers Kickstarting Their Own Fashion Show

04/24/2011 – 5:31 AM | 639 views

What can we say, the girls of FashionablyMarketing.Me have a soft spot for indie fashion and vintage couture. We don’t know what we’re obsessed with most. While browsing through Kickstarter, …

Designer Discovery: Sedgwick Handbags Inspired by Southwestern Deserts

04/15/2011 – 11:24 AM | 722 views
Designer Discovery: Sedgwick Handbags Inspired by Southwestern Deserts

The girls of FashionablyMarketing.Me all agree, no place inspires us more than the Southwest, in particular New Mexico. Have you ever sat on the hood of your car and watched …

We Heartsy Etsy

04/12/2011 – 5:00 AM | 2 Comments | 1,088 views
We Heartsy Etsy

We heart Etsy for creating Heartsy, a website offering daily deals from independent designers and shopkeepers on Etsy.  TechCrunch compares Hertsy to Groupon, which we agree with.  While customers don’t …

Heavenly Handbags: Q & A with Designer Kasia Dietz

04/09/2011 – 4:50 AM | One Comment | 1,048 views
Heavenly Handbags: Q & A with Designer Kasia Dietz

Kasia Dietz Handbags specializes in unique + reversible handbags, totes and clutches — made {with love} in Paris.  Recently featured in Marie Claire and Huffington Post Style, the woman-owned brand …