Added 17 July, 2013
Body bling continues to trend, now with emphasis on nails and lashes that double as art pieces. We've seen lots of cool nail polishes and coverings, including glow-in-the-dark and fuzzy velvet appliqués. Now the New York department store Barney's is selling 24-carat gold eyelashes made by Kre-at Beauty. The lashes are gold-foiled by hand and...
Added 14 July, 2013
Now that facial-recognition software is being used by companies and governments, and music-recognition apps like Shazam are identifying songs, we are seeing clothes-recognition apps that can identify outfits and tell you where they are sold. Snap Fashion is a UK-based app that invites users to take a photo of a clothes they like and learn where to...
Added 8 July, 2013
While most college freshmen are busy buying books and stationery, a growing number of Chinese teens are opting for plastic surgery to get ahead when the new semester starts. Following the end of college entrance exams on June 8th, plastic surgeons reported a staggering rise in the number of youngsters going under the knife, Wuhan based Changjiang...
Added 7 July, 2013
Libberati, a Hong Kong based T-shirt startup has launched an online store/art gallery where each item sold is one-of-a-kind. Here's how it works: Visit the online store, select a shirt and it will be immediately removed from the inventory so no one else can either see or buy the same design. We love it.
Added 5 July, 2013
Followers of WikiTrends know that wearable computing is heating up. The trend is now getting a giant boost from Apple, which announced it is adding Paul Deneve, CEO of fashion giant Yves St Laurent, as a vice president of special projects. "Likely it is to explore the extension of the Apple brand, or its platform technology into clothing and...
Added 26 June, 2013
Has the Metrosexual era finally gone middle-America mainstream? Designer Tom Ford announced the launch later this year of his first men's grooming line. The new grooming collection, Tom Ford for Men, will launch in the fall and features nine skin-care and grooming products, including a face cleanser, moisturizer, eye treatment, purifying mud mask...
Added 24 June, 2013
Pregnant women everywhere are looking to the English princess Kate Middleton to copy her choices of maternity wear. The British retailer Debenhams has seen sales of floaty dresses and pretty styles of maternity wear increase by more than 500% versus this time than last year, growth they attribute to fashions worn by the Duchess. According to the...
Added 18 June, 2013
Gilt, the innovative fashion flash-sale site, is the latest online fashion phenom to open a physical outlet. The pop-up shop, dubbed Designer Outlet, is another attempt by Gilt and similar online operations to skirt flash-sale fatigue. While the concept was built on the idea that users shop during specific windows of time, 30 percent of Gilt's...
Added 14 June, 2013
Regular WikiTrends readers already know that customization is a major social trend. Several shoe manufacturers have already come up s with creative answers to this trend, including Nike (www.NikeID.com), which invites customers to customize their own sneakers online, complete with a personalized ID tag printed on them. Now Bobbi-Toads is taking...
Added 8 June, 2013
eBay is launching four 24-hour interactive storefronts in Manhattan this weekend, enabling shoppers to browse and order merchandise from Kate Spade’s new weekender line on a touchscreen, appearing on the windows of closed retail locations. Shoppers will be able to schedule free one-hour delivery to anywhere in NYC and pay with PayPal Here upon...