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A pick of the best fashion films for holiday 2012

7 Dec

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: Georg Jensen, Macy’s, Muji, Sanctuary Spa, Marc Jacobs, Pinterest

21 Nov

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

  • Holition and Georg Jensen create 3D augmented reality app (as pictured) [Retail Jeweller]
  • Macy’s Twitter and Facebook pages overrun with anti-Trump comments [Mashable]
  • Muji to push knitwear via e-paper tallies of Facebook likes [Nikkei]
  • Marc Jacobs launches new luxury, e-commerce experience [InsideFMM]
  • Pinterest launches business pages to get cozy with brands [AdAge]
  • Deciphering the devices: tablets versus smartphones [WWD]
  • Most e-commerce froth since 2000 stirs up investor doubts: tech [Boomberg]

Digital snippets: Louis Vuitton, Project Runway, Westfield, Nike, Macy’s, Ikea

23 Jul

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

 

  • Louis Vuitton’s Yayoi Kusama app turns pics into polka dot art prints (as above) [PSFK]
  • Virtual Heidi Klum rates outfits of visitors to New York’s High Line via interactive Project Runway billboard [AdWeek]
  • Westfield pits East against West in social media Olympics campaign [Campaign]
  • Nike to run real-time Olympics Twitter ads [The Drum]
  • Macy’s rolls out Shopkick mobile rewards app nationwide [AllThingsD]
  • Retail brands can benefit from greater reach on Facebook by targeting their fans’ friends [Media Week]
  • B2B fashion sites on the rise [WWD]
  • Spoonflower lets users design and sell own custom fabric [TechCrunch]

Digital snippets: in-store tech, Nike #makeitcount, Sephora, Reebok, Christian Louboutin

15 Apr

It’s been an interesting week of stories – lots of focus on the impact consumer behaviour online and technology itself is having on stores. The usual selection of brand digital activations too…

 

  • Macy’s CEO sees stores borrowing ideas from online [Reuters]
  • Digital tools boost in-store service [WWD]
  • Why brick-and-mortar players and fledgling e-commerce sites need each other [NY Times]
  • Gilt Groupe founders discuss the future of commerce [AdWeek]
  • Nike’s #makeitcount video (as above): the best branded story ever told? [Mashable]
  • Sephora’s smart social and digital makeover [Forbes]

Digital snippets: Burberry, Nike, ShoeDazzle, Macy’s, Elle, Trendabl

2 Apr

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

 

  • Burberry releases sneak preview of its forthcoming eyewear campaign (as above) [YouTube]
  • Nike continues tech offensive, launches e-commerce football app [The Next Web]
  • ShoeDazzle scraps monthly subscription model, adds lingerie and dress lines [Fast Company]
  • Macy’s looks to capitalise on tech-savvy generation [Brand Channel]
  • Elle UK boosts magazine subscriptions following live stream of Kristen Stewart cover shoot on Twitter [Media Week]
  • My-Wardrobe co-founder launches LoveHats.com, incorporates virtual try-on service [WGSN Tumblr]

Christmas 2011: the best fashion videos

24 Dec

From Bergdorf’s pups, to Harvey Nichols’ walk of shame, here are my top ads from across the fashion space for the festive season…

Bergdorf Goodman’s Unleashed – a tale of true doggy heaven, and perhaps the cutest take on Christmas ever:

Kate Spade’s Give Colorfully – a fun spot based on gift wrapping all shapes and size:

Tommy Hilfiger’s House Par-tay – festive fun at home with The Hilfigers, which despite being on repeat play in the back of every New York taxi cab for the past month, is still enjoyable to watch:

Harvey Nichols’ Turn a Walk of Shame into a Stride of Pride – an amusing twist on Britain’s booze culture:

Tiffany & Co’s Some Holidays Are Unforgettable – a celebration of true love featuring Nat King Cole’s The Very Thought of You:

And finally, I couldn’t help but add in Apple’s festive spot for the iPhone 4S, featuring Santa and his new pal Siri:

Be sure to also check out the ones from John Lewis, Loewe, Harrods and Macy’s.

Merry Christmas all!

Digital snippets: Christmas 2011 special

23 Dec

The fashion industry has been celebrating the festive season with all manner of digital initiatives. Here’s a look at some of the things they’ve been doing:

  • Ralph Lauren transforms online catalog into holiday greeting cards (as pictured) [Mashable]
  • Coach launches New York-themed gift tags campaign featuring eight animated videos, e-cards and Facebook application [WWD]
  • Marc Jacobs invites fans to upload their family holiday snaps with ‘MarcFam’ campaign [StyleCaster]
  • Calvin Klein partners with Shazam for interactive in-store displays and unique holiday song [L2 Blog]
  • Burberry sends festive cheer with interactive music videos [Burberry]
  • Tiffany & Co unveils digital storybook, ‘The Winter Carousel’, to tie in with store windows [Luxury Daily]
  • Macy’s extends annual Believe campaign with augmented reality app [Macy's]
  • John Lewis launches window display featuring its ‘Top 30 favorite things for Christmas’, allowing shoppers to buy directly via QR codes [PSFK]
  • JC Penney invites consumers to personalise their gifts with ‘Santa Tags’; QR codes that host voice recordings [JC Penney]
  • Alexander Wang compiles 12 days of Christmas gift guide [Global Grind]
  • Uniqlo UK offers shoppers the chance to win their Christmas wishlist [Uniqlo]
  • Esprit partners with Yvan Rodic of FaceHunter as part of Make Your Wish holiday campaign [PR Newswire]
  • Gap gives shoppers head start on holiday shopping with Shop Yourself Social initiative [RIS News]

Related posts:

Video: Merry Lanvin Christmas!

Love magazine unveils ‘saucy’ online advent calendar

Barney’s Gaga Workshop incorporates interactive Twitter windows

Making of: John Lewis 2011 Christmas ad

Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade app

23 Nov

Macy’s has released an official mobile app for the 85th year of its Thanksgiving Day Parade tomorrow.

Launched by MyCityWay and available on both iOS and Android, it features a route map, participant tracker, guide to the city, wifi hotspot finder and weather forecasts.

It also provides information on tonight’s balloon inflation event, not to mention tips on transportation, restrooms and more.

Find out more about it, here.

 

The fashion brands already on Google+

9 Nov

H&M on Google+

So we all know Google+ launched its brand pages this week. And we all know there’s a ton of commentary flying around as to whether companies should actually get involved or not.

But while we’ve been talking about it; others have been doing it, the fashion industry included.

According to Google’s blogpost announcing ‘Pages’ officially, Burberry, H&M and Macy’s were the first fashion partners.

In little over 24 hours however, numerous more have jumped on board. It’s a case of the usual suspects, and many of them don’t have any content on as yet, but here’s a list of some of them so far in anycase:

Be sure to note how dynamic the Burberry and Kate Spade pages look with the animated gifs they’ve added, and check out the pictures below for some of the first posts:

Burberry's Christopher Bailey gave a video introduction to Google+ (click to watch)

ASOS jokes about how quiet things are on Google+

Macy's introduces its new Google+ page

Kate Spade uploads a new profile picture to its Google+ page

Uniqlo welcomes everyone to its new Google+ page

 

Have you found more? Please add them to the comments below…

 

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

30 Oct

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]
  • 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]
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