Digital snippets: Tumblr, Versace, Club Monaco, Chanel, Abercrombie, McQueen

A round-up of recent stories from around the web surrounding all things fashion and digital:

• Is a Yahoo-owned Tumblr more attractive to brands? [AdAge]

• Versace transforms Versus line into a ‘digital brand’ (as pictured) [Fmag]

• Club Monaco creates all-blogger look book (and launches it on Tumblr) [DisneyRollerGirl]

• Keira Knightley stars as Coco Chanel for new Karl Lagerfeld film, Once Upon a Time [Fashionologie]

• Video takes aim at Abercrombie & Fitch for “exclusionary” policy, spurs homeless campaign [Hollywood Reporter]

• Alexander McQueen and McQ websites get new look [WWD]

• Why Victoria’s Secret and Burberry win in social media — and other fashion brands fail [Business Insider]

• The seven species of social commerce [Mashable]

• YouTube jumps into retail with shoppable videos for brand channels, first client is Unilever’s Tresemmé [BrandChannel]

• Wearable technology market set to explode, could reach $50 billion, says Credit Suisse [BoF]

Digital snippets: Uniqlo, Abercrombie, Louis Vuitton, Nike, J.Crew, Club Monaco, Tory Burch, adidas

I’m playing a massive round of catch-up post work and leisure travel… more on the former to follow, but in the meantime, here’s a look at some of the biggest stories surrounding all things fashion and digital from the past couple of weeks. Did I miss anything? Let me know in the comments below…

 

• Uniqlo mesmerises Pinterest users with mass pinning for Dry Mesh Project [BrandChannel]

• Abercrombie & Fitch models cover ‘Call me Maybe’, video goes viral (as above) [Abercrombie & Fitch]

• Louis Vuitton’s new interactive site teaches you how to pack [FastCo.Create]

• Nike becomes first UK company to have Twitter campaign banned [The Guardian]

• J.Crew’s latest online venture, Hello World, invites Scott Schuman and Garance Doré to capture five global tastemakers [Refinery29]

• Club Monaco launches Facebook Timeline app [Mashable]

• Tory Burch resets with app, revised blog [WWD]

• adidas athletes #takethestage in its biggest-ever marketing push [Campaign]

• American Eagle launches #LiveYourLife campaign [FashionablyMarketing.me]

• Fashion to embrace ‘social gaming’ [WWD]

• Nasty Gal’s Sophia Amoruso: fashion’s new phenom [Forbes]

• Pinterest has users, Fancy has a business model [AdWeek]

• NYC and Mayor Bloomberg launch Project PopUp, a fashion tech start-up competition [BoF]

• Mobile payments: what’s taking so long, and who’s going to win? [Business Insider (special report)]

• 10 fashion memes that took the internet by storm [Fashionista]

Digital snippets: Steve Jobs, Lagerfeld, Saks, Macy’s, Anya Hindmarch, Club Monaco

It’s been a mega busy couple of weeks in the fashion and digital space, so here’s a (larger than usual) round up of some of the best stories:

• Steve Jobs: fashion inspiration [FT.com]

• Karl Lagerfeld to launch accessible womenswear line exclusively with Net-a-Porter [Reuters]

• Saks Fifth Avenue unveils shoe-themed Tumblr blog based on “floor so big that it has its own zip code” (as pictured), partners with The Man Repeller [Tumblr]

• Macy’s mBlog offers insider access to fashion, beauty, home and lifestyle news and trends [WWD]

• Anya Hindmarch launching bespoke website, allowing customers to personalise leather goods, diaries and handbags [L2 Blog]

• Jonathan Saunders and Richard Nicoll join Twitter [Vogue.com]

• Club Monaco Facebook app creates kick ass fan experience [FashionablyMarketing.me]

• British Vogue and Net-a-Porter team up on dedicated autumn/winter 2011/12 microsite [Vogue.com]

• Italian Vogue releasing its own version of Wikipedia, Vogue Encyclo [The Cut]

• Interview: A Shaded View on Fashion Film Grand Prize winner, Elisha Leverock-Smith [Dazed Digital]

• Start-up Pose raises $3m; launches on Andriod, gives users widgets [FashionablyMarketing.me]

• How trade shows are adapting to the digital age [The Business of Fashion]