Jun 22, 2011

Life in a small town presents the same conundrum over and over again: it can be very boring. The same people doing the same things in the same ways every Friday and Saturday night. After watching people walk into a cafe and try to find space for their advertisements on overly stuffed corkboards, Daniel Carmody thought there had to be a better way for...

Jun 16, 2011

Exploration: it led Columbus to America, and led me to Chicago. Moving was the most enticing part of striking out on my own. When I got there, I looked around and said, “Great I’m here! Now what is there to do that interests me?” A new website called Drawn.to would have been my first defense in getting friends from around the city together. Founded by...

Feb 3, 2011

One of the things that I most dreaded in my five years in the retail industry was inventory. No matter how it’s done, either by the employees themselves or by an outsourced inventory company, it’s always a high stress time. What with inventory company workers yelling, “SKU look-up!” every ten seconds while demolishing piles of freshly folded T-shirts...

Sep 22, 2010

By: Michelle A. Doellman Between episodes of Project Runway and copies of Lucky and Vogue, Christine Elia thought about what could be an easy way for women to share their closets and their styling advice. And Closet Couture was the answer. “I view Closet Couture as fantasy baseball for women,” said Elia. “But it’s a fantasy closet that can actually be...

Sep 16, 2010

Anyone else out there a techie and fashionista all in one? Well have we got the find for you! A company based out of London, England, called Cute Circuit, sells items of clothing fused with some of the newest and innovative technology. Remember the light up dress Katy Perry wore to the Met Costume Institute Gala earlier this year? Yup that was a Cute Circuit...