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Tuesday, February 16, 2010

Useful Trend Research Resources...


Useful Trend Research Resources:

WGSN- ‘Worth Global Style Network’
Extensive news and information service covers every facet of the fashion industry. A subscription-based business, it offers its subscribers fast access to all aspects of international style information.

Chanel News
Exclusive online features.

CIFF
Explore the newest trend show, created for the Copenhagen International Fashion Fair.

COLOURlovers
A resource that monitors and influences colour trends.

COSMOWORLDS *
An online publication since 2000, COSMOWORLDS provides access to information for the international trade community. The site includes trade data, international fashion week and trade show dates as well as information on global trends and lifestyle events.

Design*Sponge
A daily website dedicated to home and product design, launched in August 2004.

ELLE
and Elle magazine

FASHIONATION
Hot editorials from the world’s best fashion magazines!

Fashion Forecast Services
Recognised as the leading source for international reports for colour and trend services to the fashion, homewares and associated industries.

TRENDZINE
Subscription-based site, a terrific source for a view of international apparel trends. Reports include catwalk trends and detailed illustrations, pictures and colour charts.

Fashionising
A fashion community and blog, who have their eyes firmly on the future of fashion by always analysing fashion trends.

FASHION SNOOPS
Features store shots from fashion cities in Europe, the U.S. and Japan, complete merchandised collections, denims, fabrics and analysis of runways and fashion-forward trade shows.

Fashion Trendsetter
An online fashion and colour forecasting, trend reporting and news e-zine which serves up-to-date fashion information from the major trade fairs, trend reports and fashion forecasts.

Garance Doré
The girlfriend of blogging guru The Sartorialist shares fashion illustrations, street style and chic musings.

Glamour
and Glamour magazine


Fashion.infomat
Delivers expertise in fashion research and editorial, including trade show listings, new trend reports and proprietary market-specific research.

Jak and Jill
An insight into a model’s life- from fashion shows to off-duty dressing. “Fashion’s fade, style is eternal.”

LOOKBOOK
Upload your own fashion pics and browse others on this addictive site.

PANTONE
Provides colour systems and technology across a variety of industries. Products such as ‘Colour Matching System’ standardises colour in fan format. It is the reference for selecting, specifying, matching and controlling colours in colour-critical industries.

Peclers Paris
A trend forecasting agency offering a line of trend publications which preview consumer expectations for the fashion, interior and industrial design fields.

Print & Pattern
A website that celebrates the world of surface pattern design.

Printsource
Definitive resource for print trends in fashion and interiors.

The Sartorialist
Selected as one of Time Magazine’s Top 100 Design Influencers.


Shopping The Trend


Shoe Me Your Wardrobe
Peek at the cool crowd’s wardrobes, from musicians to designers and all the creatives in-between.

SnapFashun
After 25 years remains one of the world’s leading retail trend analysts, covering the U.S. and European markets. Renowned for their innovative and sharply focused reporting style, SnapFashun supplies fashion trend information to manufacturers and educational institutions.

STREETPEEPER
Browse the chicest dressers all over the world without leaving the house.

Streetstyle London – England – The World
Cute homegrown fashion shoots and snaps of inspirational shop windows are the highlights of this site.

Style
Online home of Vogue features complete fashion show coverage (videos and photos are online right after the shows), trend reports, expert advice and breaking fashion news.

Stylefinder


Stylesightings


Style Signal
Helps people who need to know about trends on time and on budget.


Style Rookie
She’s only 13, but her fresh fashion eye and intelligently witty comments are pure style inspiration.


The Cool Hunter
The world’s most-read culture and design site.


30 Days
The same fashionista is photographed each day for a month.


Trendstop
An exciting, visual online trend information service. Provides fast, accurate fashion forecasts and global trend information.


VOGUE
and Vogue magazine


WHOWHATWEAR
With a girl of the month, inspiration boards and styling tips, this hands-on site has style all sewn up.


You thought we wouldn’t notice...
A site dedicated to pointing out those things that give you the feeling, ‘Haven’t I seen that somewhere before?’. An open blog, anyone can post their thoughts and views.



These are so helpful and a great resource to fashionistas everywhere! :)

L x
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