It was a rainy, gray day in NYC yesterday but I think it made the giant sunglasses and sun graffiti on the sidewalk all the more appealing at Bloomingdales. Instead of the usual, high-styled, ultra-glam windows that feel a little unattainable they had a very interactive display around sunglasses.
You could stand on one of the suns, and it would take your picture on the street. By clicking buttons below the gorgeously lit physical glasses you could virtually try them on.
Some great brands have done this online (hello Warby Parker!) but something about the live/physical nature combined with capturing my image on a very NYC street scene—felt chic, fun and shareable.
Posted By: leesawytock

It was a rainy, gray day in NYC yesterday but I think it made the giant sunglasses and sun graffiti on the sidewalk all the more appealing at Bloomingdales. Instead of the usual, high-styled, ultra-glam windows that feel a little unattainable they had a very interactive display around sunglasses.

You could stand on one of the suns, and it would take your picture on the street. By clicking buttons below the gorgeously lit physical glasses you could virtually try them on.

Some great brands have done this online (hello Warby Parker!) but something about the live/physical nature combined with capturing my image on a very NYC street scene—felt chic, fun and shareable.


 


Warby Parker’s very quiet, very cool fashion show

Another cool experience from Warby Parker: thanks to my colleague Patty for telling me about this guerilla fashion event, pulled off in the main reading room of the New York Public Library during New York’s Fashion Week. Models quietly entered, sat down, and simultaneously revealed the branding behind their books; normally voluble fashion editors silently mingled amidst befuddled readers and unsuspecting literary types.

Read about it on the Warby Parker blog: http://blog.warbyparker.com/post/9956515144/we-kicked-off-nyfw-yesterday-with-a-guerilla

(I looked over the cubicle today and saw my colleague Bruna sporting her new Warby Parker specs.)

Posted By: lizbigham

 


Television Impacts Fashion

Walking past Banana Republic’s storefront today I noticed their new line of clothing based on AMC’s hit show, Mad Men. This is a powerful transition for the Mad Men brand. Banana is also sponsoring a contest on Mad Men’s homepage. It’s a brand match made on Madison Ave. 

In addition to the partnership with Banana, Mad Men’s website does a great job of creating an engaging experience with the fashion flipbook, cocktail guide, interview game, Mad Men Yourself avitar creator and more.  

It will be interesting to see if the throwback of shows coming this fall, such as Pan Am and the Playboy Club, will continue to inspire retro threads as well. 

Posted By: abbytrexler

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