Fashion Forward with Social Media – You too can be a Fashionista

Fashion is not something that exists in dresses only. Fashion is in the sky, in the street, fashion has to do with ideas, the way we live, what is happening. ~ Coco Chanel

As dresses are all the rage this season, so too Social Media is in fashion. Designer Diane Von Furstenberg and fashion editor Suzy Menkes commented on Charlie Rose yesterday, social media is opening up fashion to everyone in a way never before possible. Anyone can be a fashionista, a designer or critic of fashion. Social Media is especially well suited to appeal to the up and coming Millenials, a generation that wants to have a hand in creating its own style.

This year’s New York Fashion Week experienced another social media fashion first, an online-only fashion show, providing select editors and buyers in effect, an exclusive digital backstage pass. I’m wondering what’s in store for us next? Social media has already given the fashion world the ability to connect globally, to spot trends in style, and to merchandise digitally.

So, are you a closet fashionista? How does fashion figure in your daily digital life? Share your thoughts about your favorite fashion trends. And now, along with my fellow fashionistas a special shoutout, “Oscar we’ll be watching for the latest fashion find.”

Vanaja R.

Charlie Rose – New York Fashion Week

Time.com – The Digital Runway: How Social Media Is Changing Fashion

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by nrvana on Thursday, February 16, 2012 • Permalink