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Cloth: Instagram-Type App For Clothes & Outfits [iOS]

Israel Nicolas — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 01:01:29 +0000

Here is an app for the fashionistas. Cloth for iOS provides a simple way for users to save and share their favorite outfits. Much like Instagram for the fashion-conscious, Cloth lets you shoot and save clothes, and organize them by tags and categories. You can then share your outfits or find out what your friends are wearing.

You can check out your friends’ post by reading the feeds, where you can also add notes, tag it, or love it. Your wardrobe can be divided by purpose such as for work, evening wear, vacation, or everyday wear.

Cloth also allows you to collect points for sharing and saving outfits. Likewise you can upload your outfits to Clothapp.com to be considered as the best pick of the blog. This app is available for $0.99.

Features:

App for iOS for sharing outfits and wardrobe.
Categorize outfits by purpose.
Share outfit to collect points.
Check friends’ outfit feed.

Check out Cloth for iOS @ http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/cloth/id464306737?mt=8

Svpply: Discover & Track Cool New Products

abhijeet — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 21:01:33 +0000

Svpply is a site that lets you share cool new products that you’ve discovered while browsing online stores with friends, and also find out what they’ve discovered. The products can be from diverse categories like apparel, tech, accessories, art, etc. You can create a personal feed or a wishlist of a particular product you’d like to purchase in the future, and track their prices and other information related to it in the meantime. The site basically creates a community around new and interesting products.

The site provides tools like “Buy later” bookmarklets to add products you come across while browsing the web, to your profile. If you are browsing the site, you may filter the products by categories and prices to find exactly what you need.

Features

Discover and track new products from across the web.
Add all kinds of products to your collection.
Filter by categories and prices.

Check out Svpply @ www.svpply.com (By Abhijeet from GT Mobiles)

Styleowner: Get 10% Commission For Helping To Sell Fashion Items Online

MOin — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 17:01:35 +0000

Fashion bloggers, friends, and relatives all give out fashion advice. Often you end up buying what was recommended to you by a friend or the fashion blogger you follow. But if you are the one giving out these suggestions, should you not also get a part of the sale? This is exactly what a web app called Styleowner feels.

Styleowner is a web service that helps you create online fashion stores. In your fashion store you can include material from 75 brands and even big retailers such as Saks and Nordstorm. From the sales that are made through your stores, you get a 10% commission, after deducting other costs such as taxes and shipping.

The website is going to be an excellent tool for fashion bloggers who can include the stores on their blogs to make it more accessible for their readers. Stay-at-home moms and college students are other groups that will also find this web service extremely helpful.

Features:

A user-friendly web service.
Lets you create an online fashion store.
Stores can include items from 75 brands.
You get 10% commission of sales.
Similar tools: ECwid and MobiCart.
Also read related article: How To Add A Successful Amazon Store To Your Blog.

Check out Styleowner @ www.styleowner.com (by MOin from Thumb Press)

UnitedStyles: Create Your Own Fashion Designs & Order Them

Hammad — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 17:01:47 +0000

Have you ever wondered what it is like to be an A-star fashion designer? If yes, UnitedStyles might help you feel like a fashion designer, where you create your very own designs, share with friends and the best part – get the design shipped to your address.

UnitedStyles allows a person to design and sketch a mockup design first, after which you can convert your design to a 3D preview to see what the design looks like. If you like it, you may wish to share it and even sell it if you want.

To design your own, just click on “Design Now” button, and you will be given some options to choose from. Choose the style of clothing and a few more modifications to it, and then select the colors you wish to apply to your design.

Once you are done, just choose the option that converts your design into a 3D preview to see what the design will look like. If you like it, you can “Add To Cart” and get it shipped to your home address, or anywhere you wish!

Features:

Free service.
Allows you to customize, and color your own design.
Preview designs in 3D.
Share designs online.
Similar tools: NextStyler, Looklet, Polyvore, GoTryItOn, Boutiques and RestyleMe.
Also read related articles:

Check out UnitedStyles @ www.unitedstyles.com (via TechCrunch) (By Hammad from TechnicallyDigital)

NextStyler: Get Feedback & Votes On Your Beautiful Fashion Designs

Umar — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 17:01:41 +0000

Are you wondering if the clothes you designed were good? One way would be to ask others. That is what a site called NextStyler lets fashion designers do.

NextStyler is a website that lets fashion designers share their design sketches online. Visitors to the site can create an account to vote on these sketches. Votes indicate how popular certain sketches are and tell the designer how their work was received.

The site also holds a competition where the submitted sketches compete against one another based on the number of votes they receive. The winning sketch is manufactured by NextStyler under a special label with the designer’s name on it; the designer also gets revenue from the sold items.

Features:

A user-friendly website.
Helps designers gets feedback on their designs.
Lets you visit the site and view wonderful fashion designs.
Holds competitions and manufactures winning sketches.

Check out NextStyler @ http://www.nextstyler.com (By Umar from AllThatIsApple)

RentTheRunway: Easily Rent Costly Wardrobe

abhijeet — Sat, 14 May 2011 01:01:03 +0000

So you’ve got a close friend’s wedding coming up, and you really want to dress well for the occasion, except you cannot afford the kind of attire you’d want to put on. Rent The Runway is a site that’ll help you get that dream dress for that special day at 90% off retail prices.

Currently a US only service, it offers luxury clothes on rent and lets you choose dresses by price, style and body type. The dresses are dry cleaned, shipped to your place via UPS and you can send them back at no extra cost. Oh, and there are accessories for rent available too.

You also get a backup size of the dress for free so that you don’t panic if the first order doesn’t fit you well. All kinds of designer dresses are available and the user interface is cool and easy to navigate through.

Features

Get designer wear on rent at 90% off the retail price.
Currently US only service.
Choose dress based on style, price and body fit.

Check out RentTheRunway @ www.renttherunway.com (By Abhijeet from GT Mobiles)

MyHabit: Private Fashion Sale Site By Amazon

abhijeet — Mon, 09 May 2011 21:01:17 +0000

If you are a fashion enthusiast and do a lot of your shopping online, you might be aware of the 3-4 day discount model certain popular fashion sale sites follow. MyHabit is a recently launched fashion sale site by Amazon that follows a similar model. The site is private and can be accessed using your Amazon login credentials. It offers up to 60% discount on designer and boutique brands with the sale typically lasting for 72 hours. U.S. orders get free shipping as well as free returns.

Apparel for men, women and children are available. Their events (or the sale) start each day at 9 AM PST (or 12 PM EST) and continue for the next 72 hours. A number of top designers are in talks with Amazon to have their brands on the site.

Features

A members-only Amazon fashion sale.
Use your Amazon login details to sign in.
Sale lasts for 72 hours.
Shipping free in the US.
Similar tool: Aprizi.

Check out My Habit @ www.myhabit.com (by Abhijeet from GT Mobiles)

Looklet: Create Fashion Looks, Save & Share Them Online

MOin — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 23:01:32 +0000

Fashion is all about putting your creativity to work and inventing new looks. If you would like to experiment with your fashion ideas and visualize your planned looks, check out Looklet. It is an online tool that lets you dress models. Everything is customizable: from the model to the picture’s background, from the shirt and top to the underwear and shoes ““ you can customize everything. Your options are available in categories in the right pane. The categories include tops, shirts, pants, shoes, underwear, accessories, and almost anything you will need to create a new look.

When you are done creating the look you can save it in your Looklet account and revisit it anytime you want.

Features:

A user friendly web service.
Lets you customize the clothes on a mode.
Lets you create new fashion looks.
Offers a wide array of clothing options.
Similar tools: Polyvore, GoTryItOn, Boutiques and RestyleMe.
Also read related articles:

Check out Looklet @ www.gb.looklet.com/create (by MOin from ThumbPress)

Aprizi: Search & Browse Independent Fashion Brands

TehseenBaweja — Wed, 12 Jan 2011 21:01:28 +0000

If you are tired of big brands and think independent fashion artists are hard to find on the web, check out Aprizi. Aprizi is like “Pandora for shopping” with a focus on high-quality independent fashion brands that are otherwise hidden deep in search engines. You can search for particular items and brands or browse through the catalog.

Start by selecting the gender you are shopping for and the category of products you seek. Once done, Aprizi will show you cool products that you can get more information on, thumbs up or thumbs down or share on Facebook and Twitter. If you like something, a single click will take you directly to the website where you can purchase it. You can install the Aprizi bookmarklet and mark products that you find elsewhere on the web, saving them to your Aprizi account.

Features:

Find independent fashion designers and brands on the web.
Browse by gender and category.
Thumbs up or down a product or share with friends.
Save products from around the web.

Visit Aprizi @ www.aprizi.com

MakeUpAlley: Beauty & Makeup Social Network

TehseenBaweja — Fri, 07 Jan 2011 01:01:04 +0000

MakeUpAlley is a makeup social network dedicated to beauty consumers throughout the world. Not only can members interact with each other, they can also read thousands of reviews for beauty products and contribute their own. The site has a message board where you can ask questions or share tips, and a cool feature called “shopping diaries” where members can tell what they have just bought.

Most importantly, MakeUpAlley allows you to swap your undesired beauty products with another member for free. Just browse through the listings of hundreds of items up for swap or add your own. Once you reach an agreement you can exchange items via mail. The network also has hundreds of photo pages covering everything from make up, hair care, fragrance, fashion and food.

Features:

Makeup and beauty social network
Interact with other beauty consumers.
Share photos, tips and ask questions.
Exchange/barter beauty products for free.
Write make up diaries and create photo pages.
Similar sites: OPI iPhone App, Shmotter, SkinDeep and DailyMakeover.

Visit MakeUpAlley @ www.makeupalley.com