A pick of the best fashion films for holiday 2012

In the fast-paced run up to Christmas madness, here’s a little Friday respite with a highlight of 10 of the best festive fashion, retail and luxury films:

1. Topshop: Winter Wonderland

 

2. Barneys: Electric Holiday

 

3. adidas: The Cautionary Tale of Ebenezer Snoop

 

4. Warehouse: Christmas SOS

 

5. Selfridges: Not Your Usual Christmas

 

6. Cartier: Winter Tale

 

7. Debenhams: Christmas Made Fabulous

 

8. Macy’s: Another Miracle on 34th Street

 

9. Gap: Love Comes in Every Shade

 

10. John Lewis: The Journey

 

Digital snippets: Jean Paul Gaultier, Barneys, Neiman Marcus, Cartier

I’ve just arrived at SXSW in Austin, Texas, for a few days, where I’m very excited to see there looks set to be more fashion-related content than ever before. Stay tuned for coverage on that, and please excuse the hiatus otherwise throughout it.

In the meantime, here’s a look at a few more stories surrounding all things fashion and digital over the past week:

 

• Jean Paul Gaultier releases first film of three-part mini series in new role as creative director of Diet Coke (as above) [Fashionista]

• Barneys launches shoppable video for spring CO-OP campaign [The Window]

• Neiman Marcus tests new customer service app [WWD]

• Cartier embarks on multi-channel Odyssey campaign [L2 Think Tank]

• Leading Pinterest user to ‘Live Pin’ for fashion label Calypso St. Barth [Mashable]

• Online fashion outlet Nasty Gal raises $9m from Index Ventures [TechCrunch]

Digital snippets: Google+, Yoox, Victoria Beckham, Cartier, DKNY, M&S, Groupon

Some more great stories from around the web surrounding all things fashion and digital over the past week:

• Google+ launches brand pages, Burberry, Macy’s and H&M first of fashion industry involved [Google Blog]

• Profile: Federico Marchetti, founder of Yoox Group [Financial Review]

• Victoria Beckham partners with Net-a-Porter to launch exclusive capsule dress collection (as pictured) [Vogue.co.uk]

• Cartier gets digital [WWD] 

• DKNY moves “Notes On A City” to Tumblr, expands brand content [FashionablyMarketing.Me]

• M&S adds social component to online video channel to push new Christmas TV ad [New Media Age]

• Groupon valued at nearly $13bn after IPO [Brand Republic]

• Amazon’s Endless.com launch iPhone app [Techcrunch]