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Introduction
- I Village
- AskMen.com
- Macy’s
- E!: Entertainment Television
- Style
- Gap
- Sephora
- eLuxury
- Banana republic
- Bloomingdale
- Bella Online
- Coldwater Creek
- In Style
- Elle
- Armani Exchange
List & Ranking of 100+ Fashion, Trends & Life Style Websites
Introduction
Looking for shopping portals & magazines for fashion, style, trends & celebrities? Here are answers to all your question of fashion, fashion week, style, jewelry, photography, design, footwear shopping, dresses, secrets, relationships, trends, men & women’s life style.
We have tried to list out fashion & life style portals and ranked on the basis of website’s popularity & traffic. All the portals are ranked on basis of Google page rank measuring popularity & Alexa traffic rank measuring traffic. See here List & Ranking of 100+ Fashion, Trends & Life Style Websites
I Village
iVillage consists of online and offline media-based properties, including iVillage.com and gurl.com, that seek to enrich the lives of women, teenage girls and parents through the offering of unique content, community applications, tools and interactive features. iVillage Inc. (Nasdaq: IVIL) was established in 1995 and is headquartered in New York City . iVillage was acquired by NBC Universal for US$600 million in March of 2006.
Ivillage.com is about the daily destination for women, with horoscopes, health and pregnancy information, message boards and blogs, celebrity gossip, beauty and more.
AskMen.com
- Official Website: www.askmen.com
- Google Rank: 7
- Alexa Traffic Rank: 870
AskMen.com is a Canadian-based, free online men’s portal offering the best advice on dating, secrets of love, celebrity biography, relationships and health and it was founded in August 1999 by Ricardo Poupada, Christopher Bellerose Rovny and Luis Rodrigues. The company secured $500,000 in venture capital in 2000 while its main competitor TheMan.com obtained $17 million in financing from Highland Capital.
In November, 2000, TheMan.com shut down operations, providing an opportunity for AskMen.com to become the largest men's lifestyle website online. By 2001, AskMen.com surpassed the other websites in its category to become the largest men's lifestyle website. As of July 2005, the site claims 6.1 million unique visitors, according to comScore Media Metrix. Today Askmen.com has 40,000+ articles.
Macy’s
- Official Website: www.macys.com
- Google Rank: 7
- Alexa Traffic Rank: 1086
Founded in 1858; Macy is the world's largest department store; an extraordinary assortment from all the best brands in fashion for him and her, everything for home, cosmetics & fragrances and jewelry. Macy's is a chain of American department stores with its flagship store in Herald Square , New York City , which has been billed as the "world's largest store" since completion of the Seventh Avenue addition in 1924. The company also operates two other national flagship stores, at San Francisco 's Union Square and the former Marshall Field's flagship on State Street in the Chicago Loop.
E!: Entertainment Television
E!: Entertainment Television is an American cable television and direct broadcast satellite network. As of November 2006, it is wholly owned by Comcast. In Canada a similar channel, Star!, airs most original E! programming. The network was launched by Rick Kaplan, former President of CNN and MSNBC, in 1987 as Movie Time, a low-budget service that aired movie trailers and interviews. Three years later, in June 1990, Movie Time was renamed E! Entertainment Television to emphasize its widening coverage of the celebrity-industrial complex, contemporary film, television and music, entertainment awards shows, daily Hollywood news and gossip, and fashion. In November 2006, Comcast bought the Walt Disney Company's 39.5% share of E! for $1.23 billion. E! is available to 88 million subscribers in the U.S. and 600 million homes internationally.
Eonline.com is official site of E!.
Style
- Official Website: www.style.com
- Google Rank: 7
- Alexa Traffic Rank: 1650
Style.com is the online home of Vogue and W; Fashion, Fashion Shows, Shopping & More.
Gap
- Official Website: www.gap.com
- Google Rank: 7
- Alexa Traffic Rank: 1989
Gap, Incorporated (NYSE: GPS) is an American clothing and accessories retailer based in San Francisco, California and founded in 1969 by Donald Fisher and Doris Fisher. Gap.com: is the online shop for Men's, Women's, Maternity, Kids and Baby Clothes. Gap.com includes Petites and Tall sizes, kids slim and husky sizes, and baby bedding. Visitors also find your favorite T-shirts, jeans, shirts, outerwear and accessories. Gap has everything you need for the season. The name was derived from the growing differences between children and adults — namely "the generation gap" — which reached its peak with the hippie movement. Some of the original mottos of the company were "Levi's for Guys and Gals", and "Fall Into The Gap".
Banana Republic, formerly a catalog retailer selling safari themed clothing, was purchased by the company in 1983, and eventually was rebranded as an upscale clothing retailer. Old Navy was launched in 1994, as a value chain with a specialty flair. Forth & Towne, the company's fourth traditional retail concept, was launched on August 24, 2005 , in the Palisades Center in West Nyack , New York , featuring apparel targeted toward women 35 and older. On February 26, 2007 , after an 18-month trial period, Forth & Towne was discontinued, and the 19 stores will be closed. Gap Inc. is expected to take a $40 million pre-tax expenses associated with the closing. A fifth brand, the online footwear retailer Piperlime, was created in 2006. On March 5, 2007 Gap Inc, hired Egon Zehnder International to coordinate the search for a new chief executive offficer to replace Paul Pressler. No deadline was given for the search. In 2004, Gap sold all of its German operations to the Swedish H&M, its main competitor in Europe .
Sephora
Sephora is a chain of beauty products stores founded in France in 1969 and acquired by Paris-based LVMH in 1997. Sephora.com is a leading beauty retailer offering the finest in fragrance, cosmetics and facial skin care products in the industry. Sephora is the leading retail beauty chain in Europe . And now that’s in the U.S. The Sephora chain includes 515 stores in 14 countries. It carries over 250 brands that include makeup, skin care, fragrance, bath, and hair products, and beauty accessories, including Sephora's own moderately-priced private label. The chain targets a fairly upscale market of affluent women and men in all age groups.
eLuxury
eLUXURY offers a great selection of luxury items; Designer Handbags, Designer Shoes and the latest Designer Jeans. Also, Designer Clothes by the world's most prestigious labels, and a Louis Vuitton boutique featuring Shoes and Accessory Items.
Launched in June 2000, eLUXURY.com is the premiere online boutique for luxury goods and designer fashion. Offering seasonal must-haves and seasoned classics, eLUXURY.com's array of prestigious brands includes Louis Vuitton, Christian Dior, Tod's, Fendi, Jean Paul Gaultier, Paul Smith, Marc Jacobs, D&G Dolce Gabbana, and many more. From highly sought-after handbags, apparel, and shoes to exquisite jewelry, beauty, and leather goods, eLUXURY's expansive selection caters to the tastes of everyone on your gift list. And, because of its trusted brand relationships, visitor can shop with confidence knowing that authenticity is guaranteed.
Banana republic
Banana Republic offers Modern Apparel, Handbags, Shoes, and Accessories!! A perfectly tailored work suit, refined dress shirts, a premium handbag, the latest shoe styles--BananaRepublic.com is the destination for men's, women's and petites' apparel and accessories for any occasion. Plus, shop online now and enjoy free shipping when you spend $125 or more. Banana Republic is from Gap Inc.
Bloomingdale
Bloomingdale's is a chain of upscale American department stores owned by Federated Department Stores, which is also the parent company of Macy's. Bloomingdale's has 36 stores nationwide, with annual sales of $1.9 billion dollars. It competes on an average price level higher than Lord & Taylor and close to Nordstrom, and slightly below that of Saks Fifth Avenue and Neiman Marcus.
It is online shopping site for Men, Women & kids, Shoes & handbags, beauty products, gifts, jewelry & accessories and bridal registry. Bloomingdale says “Bloomingdale is like no other store in the world”.
Bella Online
Bella Online is a site written by Women, sharing helpful tips from a female point of view! Bell Online has how-to articles, recipes, relationship tips, shopping links, articles, tips, plus community message boards and chat where our visitors are the focal point. Bella Online provides an encouraging, supportive publishing community for women. It provides free training, support and promotion so writers may reach their personal and business goals. Overall, Bella Online aims to provide high-quality, helpful, trustworthy content, at no cost, in a low advertisement environment for our millions of visitors.
Coldwater Creek
Coldwater Creek is unique women's clothing in misses, petites, and plus sizes. It is also accessories, jewelry, shoes, sportswear, art and gifts, store locations and online outlet. It specializes in women's apparel, jewelry, accessories and gifts. Its merchandise is offered through a growing number of retail stores across the country, on web site at www.coldwatercreek.com, and in our direct-mail catalogs. 22 years ago it was begun as a home business with only one phone, an extra-long cord, a closet stuffed with merchandise and a fierce determination to set new standards for mail order service.
Today, Coldwater Creek has about 10,000 employees and the home office has grown to a 20-acre campus surrounded by broad mountain vistas. It’s East Coast Operations Center in Mineral Wells, West Virginia , ships packages to its large base of customers, while also replenishing our stores from coast to coast.
In Style
InStyle is a monthly women’s interest magazine, published by Time Inc., that celebrates the private side of public faces. It’s an insider’s guide to the lives and lifestyles of the world’s most fascinating people, offering a wealth of inspiration and ideas about beauty, fashion, home, entertaining, and charitable endeavors. Launched in 1995, it currently has a circulation of 1.7 million.
The magazine’s companion web site, InStyle.com, is one of the leading online destinations for news and commentary about the hottest trends in fashion, beauty, and celebrity style. In addition to publishing selected content from the magazine, InStyle.com features interactive tools (including the Product Finder, with which visitors can track down items appearing in the pages of In Style); several editor-written blogs; and extensive Web-only coverage of star-studded parties and events. Updated daily, InStyle.com also publishes a number of free email newsletters.
Elle
- Official Website: www.elle.com
- Google Rank: 7
- Alexa Traffic Rank: 13063
ELLE is a worldwide magazine that focuses on women's fashion, beauty, health, and entertainment. It mainly covers fashion show coverage with designer fall styles from New York Fashion Week and beauty trends. It was founded by Pierre Lazareff and his spouse Hélène Gordon in 1945. ELLE is owned by the Lagardère Group of France and it is published in the US by Hachette Filipacchi Media U.S., in Brazil by Grupo Editora Abril, in Argentina by Grupo Clarín, in Singapore by Mediacorp and in Germany by Hubert Burda Media.
ELLE.com is ELLE's service-oriented sibling. The site exists as both complement and counterpart to the magazine, focusing on fashion, beauty, and style - with a brain. While maintaining ELLE's uniquely sophisticated tone, ELLE.com presents a behind-the-scenes, how-to world. The site is the insider's style guide with a global outlook, providing both convenience and high-end inspiration. Satisfying the expectations of the ELLE reader while taking advantage of the Web's immediacy and depth, ELLE.com is the point at which aspiration and acquisition intersect. Elle.com is online home of ELLE. It features complete runway / fashion show coverage, fashion trend reports, beauty trend reports, style essentials, shopping guides, illuminating astrology, and more.
Armani Exchange
Created in 1991, Armani Exchange (often A|X) is a sub-brand of Giorgio Armani. It is geared towards younger customers and features urban style products, especially T-shirts, jeans, polos, and sports coats. Armani Exchange is the most affordable of all the Armani lines and mainly targets the American market. It is geared toward older teens and young adults with fashion-forward style.
The line features 55 retail and 6 outlet stores in the United States and 36 stores internationally, including New York , Boston , San Francisco , Aventura, Atlanta , and Chicago . The United Kingdom 's first store opened in Bluewater.
List & Ranking of 100+ Fashion, Trends & Life Style Websites
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