Looking for a great fashion app? Happy Downloading!!
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NY Magazine recently named their favorite fashion-centric apps to see which ones are worth your precious downloading time!? Below are their top ten picks for the iPhone.
ShopStyle: Mobile?
This site?s stylish and intuitive spinoff app aggregates clothing and accessories from more than 100 e-commerce sites (Asos, Bluefly, and Neiman Marcus among them). Poke around indiscriminately or filter by category, keyword, brand, store, price, color, size, and sale. If you fall in love, the site forwards you to an online retailer. The free app is best for those who don?t really know what they want (?a white dress ? maybe sleeveless ? ideally under $200?) and would like to cast a wide net to see what?s out there.?Download it here!
Chicfeed
This bare-bones app pulls photos from some of the Internet?s most respected style blogs, including?the Sartorialist,?Face Hunter, and?Lookbook. The sorting functionality ? or lack thereof ? leaves something to be desired, but if you?re just seeking quick-hit eye candy, there?s no better way to see loads of style snaps all in one spot. The app is available two ways: free with advertising or 99 cents without.?Download it here!
Diane Von Furstenberg
While many designers with apps remain skeptical about mobile commerce, Von Furstenberg told?W, ?We already do so many things from our phones, so shopping is a natural progression.? Accordingly, DVF?s app allows users to shop via a ?Looks We Love? section or by thumbing through the collections ? albeit not 24/7. (Our nighttime request to purchase a one-shoulder floral dress wasn?t addressed until regular business hours.) Still, DVF gets props for rounding out the app with Facebook-sharing capabilities and access to her Twitter feed.?Download it here!
Gap StyleMixer
This innovative brand app allows you to mix and match Gap items with pieces already hanging in your closet. Create outfits using uploaded photos or use the ?Mixer? to browse Gap products and create head-to-toe new looks. Shake your phone and the Mixer will generate a random combination of pieces, including shoes and accessories. The ?Community? function allows you to share your uploaded looks, as well as check out combos other app users are creating. On the downside, if you?re near a Gap location, you can also supposedly ?unlock? a special promotion on your phone; we tried, but were lamely told to ?check back soon for a new offer.??Download it here!
Glamour?Ask a Stylist
Wang or Wu? Jeggings or jorts??Dr. Scholl?s with socks or without? These are the types of pressing sartorial questions one might bounce off a trusted friend ? or one of?Glamour?s on-call app stylists. Here?s how it works: Browse their mini-bios (some are from glamour.com, others from?Craigslist), choose the one most up your aesthetic alley, upload your outfit pic and/or inquiry, and wait. Our selected stylist responded to our day-to-night dilemma fifteen minutes after we fired off our request. And, in true women?s-mag fashion, we were given an extra boost of confidence (?You?ll look awesome wherever you go!?). A solid bet for the indecisive.?Download it here!
iShoes
Scroll through more than 50,000 kicks in the shoe-porn Finder, or search the sea of shoes by style and designer. The app indicates which pairs are on sale and connects you straight to buy-it-now retailers. The app is free, functional, and offers decent-size closeups of each item, though we hope its creators introduce better browsing filters (like color, size, heel height, material, etc.) with the next update.?Download it here!
Lucky?at Your Service
This free app uses GPS, e-commerce, and flesh-and-blood staffers to hunt down editor-approved clothing, shoes, accessories, and beauty products. Once you?ve settled on that to-die-for Nanette Lepore dress, the app will direct you to an online retailer, and in select cases, a store within 50 miles (typing in a Manhattan Zip Code netted results within the five boroughs, as well as White Plains, New Jersey, and Long Island) that stocks it. If you?re game for an in-person pickup, tell the app your desired size and color, and the?Lucky??concierge team? will call the store to see if it?s available (regular business hours apply). If it is, they?ll even ask the store to set it aside for same-day pickup. The app was super-buggy when it first debuted and is still slow, but it?s the closest us proletarians may ever get to having a personal assistant.?Download it here!
Lustr Fashion Finder
Get off the G train in a new ?hood and want to kill time at a men?s business accessories trunk show within walking distance of where you are? This impressive sales and promo finder shows you exactly what?s happening in real time near you, and draws up a list of upcoming events and promotions searchable by distance, neighborhood, and time remaining before sale end. Navigate sales based on your location and specify down to the type of product you?re looking for (accessories, beauty products, shoes, etc.), the occasion for which you?re shopping (working out, getting married, etc.), or the style you?re going for (edgy, preppy, etc.). You can even create an itinerary and score exclusive-to-Lustr deals.?Download it here!
Style.com
Instead of downloading a bunch of individual designer apps, peruse this hub of major ready-to-wear and couture collections (including menswear), dating back several years. The free app features runway videos beamed to your iPhone hours after the collections debut, as well as show reviews and photos of every look. Supplemental features include international party-scene coverage and access to the site?s?Style File?blog. The app occasionally stalls and crashes, but it?s thoroughly comprehensive and easy to use.?Download it here!
Stylebook?
Like most wardrobe-organizing apps, Stylebook ($3.99) lets you upload photos from your closet, tag and categorize everything you own, plan out what you?ll wear in the coming month, and track how many times you?ve worn each piece. But?unlike?the others, it allows you to move, assemble, and resize pieces from your wardrobe right on the screen, layering outfits to see exactly how they might look. The biggest drawback was the app?s inability to edit out the background from uploaded photos ? your best bet is to use the ?manual erase? function, or just Photoshop it out yourself before uploading. All in all, Cher Horowitz would be pleased.?Download it here!
Here are Refinery29?s Connie Wang?s top picks from:?8 Mobile Fashion Apps Worth Downloading
Stylebook?, $3.99
Like a hand-held version of the closet from Clueless, Stylebook lets you take photos of your own clothing, organize it by categories, and then help you build outfits, make packing lists, and build custom Polyvore-like collages.
Love It or Lose It?, $1.99
Ever go shopping without your network of yay-and-naysayers? Pick up Love It or Lose It, which allows you to upload a photo to dispatch out to your friends and a community of users who?ll weigh in on your potential purchase.
Style.com?, Free
It?s Fashion Week, and you don?t have time to stick around in front of your computer all day to wait for images from the latest runway shows. What to do? Download Style.com?s iPhone app and get images just hours later. Stay on top of things with the Style File blogs, show reviews, and video feeds.
Lucky At Your Service Digital Concierge?, Free
With an entire magazine devoted to shopping, you?d expect that?Lucky?would have the best shopping application around. Their digital concierge lets you highlight their featured products, track them down, check for availability, and even place things on hold for same-day pickup.
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Gucci, Free
Gucci?s app lets you view exclusive videos, fashion shows, latest collections, news, events, and store listings, but what?s really got us clicking is their Gucci Beats feature, which lets you mix your own music with samples compiled by Mark Ronson. Where to show your stuff off? Flip through their Little Black Book for listings of the nearest Gucci-approved restaurants, clubs, and bars in more than 20 international cities.
Chictopia, Free
We know how addictive Chictopia can be, so be careful before you download this app onto your iPhone because you might never learn to function without it. Browse photos from their Style Gallery and read up on blog entries handpicked by the Chictopia editors. We hope to see that them adding uploading functionalities soon so we can upload our own outfits as well as browse others!
DVF, Free
You already love DVF?s twitter, but getting the entire brand experience is super easy. Get up-to-the-minute news from the DVF team as well as shop the collection, browse latest runway shows, watch backstage videos, and locate the nearest stores. What?s more, there?s a bright-pink iPhone cover slapped with those iconic red lips so your entire phone can get in on the DVF game.
Evernote, Free
Though it?s not a fashion application, we?ve been using Evernote to catalog all the style inspiration we spot on the Internet or in real life. Save, organize, and annotate your images and links for perusal later. Your inner obsessive compulsive will be thrilled you downloaded it!
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Still want more? Check out this link below. ?What are your favorite fashion apps?
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Source: http://blog.scad.edu/fashion/2012/02/03/fashion-obsessed-theres-an-app-for-that/
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