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Online Publications & Blogs (consumer and trade)

Aliya
Middle East Women's Portal - Find tips on health, fashion, beauty, hair care, lingerie, pregnancy, diet plan, fitness and women's apparel.
Alloy.com
The most popular of all teen fashion portals. Lots of content, lots of products for sale.
Art-Is-Life
An arts/fashion 'zine with an emphasis on emerging fashion designers who are doing very innovative work. There are feature articles and great images related to the great designers of the past, including the early shoes of Salvatore Ferragamo and the paper costumes of Henri Matisse. The 'zine is free.
Behind the Seams
The officicial online newsletter of the Sewn Products Equipment Suppliers Association
CatwalkFever.com
Created for and by models to show an in-depth, behind the scenes look at the models that strut the runways, those aspiring to get there, and the fashion enthusiast that enjoys the shows. Fashion photographer Steven C. Harvey along with his creative team (based in Dallas) has created this website, which is a fusion of high fashion, artistic photography and creative writing to provide a fresh medium of exposure for models, designers and photographers.
DesignersLA
A Blog for Los Angeles Fashion Designers.
Diva Village
Fashion magazine online: beauty secrets, fashion advice, hottest finds on the Web, entertainment, hair products, fashion trends, shopping tips, celebrity style, daily giveaways, forums, quizzes, e-cards and more!
ERPwire.com
Offers latest and informative articles on ERP including useful resources and tips.
Fashion Biz
All over the map when it comes to the fashion industry. Unsolicited stories and product promotions are encouraged.
Fashion Freak
Fashion web site with reports of local (Frankfurt, Germany), national and international fashion events, contents presented in German and English.
Fashion Icon
Features its "undercover reporter" who gives you the "straight skinny on what's destined to be phat."
Fashion In Japan
A professional web site showing the latest fashion trends in Japan. Over 350 monthly updated pictures (full-screen) of clothing, shoes, bags and accessories, men and ladies, <20 years old, 20 to 30, >30, street fashion, retail news, fashion leaders, short video, special reports, 12 months back numbers... Open your eyes and imagine the future...
Fashion Net
Haughty ad nauseum, where the Grand Illusion of sophistication, taste and beauty has a worthy home featuring a fresh fashion news story or two every day. Very Seventh Avenue.
Fashion Patrol
ZELDA, a quasi-Goth, snotty, self-appointed fashion maven takes you on a well-informed "patrol" of fashion shopping sites online augmented with commentary and seasonal scoops based upon her goofy exploits. "Where fashion and life get confused."
Fashion Worlds
All about fashion designers and influences past, present, famous and up-coming, with original articles and regular news updates.
gURL
A wild hip teen's fashion wonderland featuring the magazine, everything "kewl" and lots of shopping
Hint Fashion Magazine
A hip young fashion world with the emphasis on chic
Hong Kong Trader
The news source for the Hong Kong Trade Development Council. Archived online.
Japanese Streets
Covers new street fashion trends in Japan. As fashion does not exist in empty space JAPANESE STREETS also probes the street culture in Japan from which Japanese street fashion trends are born. An excellent resource for for fashion editors, designers, stylists, trends consultants, manufacturers, buyers, students, and fashion enthusiasts.
Jeans and Accessories
An informative site on blue jeans' history and how to buy jeans that are appropriate for your body type. It sets out to clarify the difference between cut, fit, styles, washes and fashion trends in the designer denim industry, empowering the user to sift through the thousands of jeans available in today's market, and hopefully find the ellusive "best fitting jeans", obviously for his/her body type.
Just-Style
A business and industry global news-oriented service covering textile and apparel
Kristopher Dukes
Yes, she is a girl. And yes, Kristopher is a boy's name. Click for the writer's collection of Los Angeles fashion coverage.
Lucire
One of the world's leading fashion magazines on the web. It covers fashion, beauty, travel and lifestyle, with a global perspective for today's woman. The magazine is targeted at "the woman who truly wants to be herself and is not afraid to be different."
Salon.com
A comprehensive, general interest news, entertainment and lifestyle source
Serafina
A reference blog dedicated to locating and compiling the designers and shops that cater to petite women
Textil Wirtschaft
The primary industry trade publication in Germany and it's just gone online with a great bilingual (German/English) site that has lots to say about all things apparel.
The Look Online
Very New York industry-oriented, insightful and opinionated, featuring always newsy daily stories and lots of good links, some of which are quite critically rated.
Tokyo Fashion Tour
Tokyo Fashion Tour (shopping) is the guided and commented visit of the best shops and areas of Tokyo. Our fashion consultants will show you all the new trends and will advise you during your shopping. Discover quickly the Japanese fashion from the inside.
trendsyndicate
The trendsyndicate market report is an exclusive, subscriber-based site that provides coverage fo the Los Angeles contemporary and young designer market to buyers, stylists, wardrobers and fashion editors.
Trendzine
A somewhat pricey (subscription) international fashion trend prediction service form Britain
WGSN
Offers a comprehensive international, professional fashion industry news service. Based in London, the "Worth Global Style Network" service costs $2,900/ year.
Wholesale Apparel
The web's only blog dedicated to the wholesale apparel industry. We supply our readers with informative and entertaining articles regarding a variety of wholesale clothing-related topics.
Apparel Magic