In terms of volume online, Macy’s attracts more visitors earning $100,000+ than higher end department stores Nordstrom and Neiman Marcus combined (Anna Wintour’s Fashion’s Night Out appearance at Macy’s last year suddenly makes sense).  Though they probably aren’t the first name you’d associate with designer fashion, there are a massive number of people who match [...]

While some brands are still noticeably absent from the conversations taking place online, the walls surrounding direct communication are slowly coming down at the highest levels.

“The elfin teenager…has amassed an impressive following of 4 million readers with her blog Style Rookie.” – London’s Daily Mail on Tavi
“I have no where near 4 million readers.” – Tavi Gevinson
Despite a straightforward statement to the contrary, wildly inflated numbers about fashion blogs and websites abound. Sometimes the numbers come from the bloggers and [...]

Mango, Barcelona’s sexy answer to H&M, will soon have a new home in the US in the most unlikely of places: JC Penney.
JC Penney Co. has made an agreement with the European retailer to sell exclusive merchandise (under the brand name MNG by Mango) via mini-stores.
The partnership is part of JCP’s attempt to draw in [...]

For years, New York City has been lauded (by mostly New Yorkers, but still) as the fashion capital of the world, but now NYC designers are casting a westward eye toward the more casual City of Angels.
Henri Bendel, for example, has a couple new locations in Beverly Hills — and although NY designers are by [...]

We recently reported on the unfortunate circumstances leading up to the disbandment of the Luella brand, but Luella lovers all over the world have been banding together to help a much-beloved company.
There is already a “Save Luella” group on Facebook (which we have already joined and pimped on Twitter!), but the best way to show [...]

The dour financial climate is still kicking butt and taking names: quirky British label Luella is the latest to lose the economic battle, with founder Luella Bartley officially announcing the permanent shuttering of her eponymous label’s doors.
Lauded by by Queen Anna herself as “a poster child for London cool,” Bartley was forced to close up [...]

International luxury brand Escada is still in hot water after filing for insolvency this August, but ZSL Partners, a consortium backed by the company founder’s son, Sven Ley, has stepped forward to bid on the fashion house in an attempt to save it from going under.
ZSL Partners is comprised of Ley, former head of Gucci [...]

Big-time fashion brands like Chanel and Gucci have already jumped on the iPhone bandwagon and created their own apps in order to stay connected with their more technologically-savvy customers, but few have programmed their apps to go beyond being outlets for mere virtual window-shopping.
Norma Kamali and Elie Tahari, on the other hand, are among the [...]