Tag Archives: Fashion

Consumers fashion Twitter updates to T-shirts

by Katie Elfering WHAT’S HAPPENING Consumers can wear their status on their sleeves … er, chests, as two companies put Facebook and Twitter updates on T-shirts. Status King is a Facebook application that lets consumers order T-shirts with their favorite status updates (Mashable.com 2.6.09). There’s no Facebook branding on the shirt, since it isn’t sponsored […]

Best of 2008: Monogamous retail relationships are so out

by Nissa Hanna WHAT’S HAPPENING Department stores once enjoyed a committed relationship with designers, but that’s now on the rocks as labels create cheap-chic collections for discount stores or defect to the arms of high-paying competitors (New York Times 3.8.08). The exclusive partnerships of yore have given way to a market that resembles an exercise in speed-dating. Fashionistas with retail […]

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