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All Dress Forms
A comprehensive site for dressmakers’ dress forms and hand displays for jewellery
Apparel News
One of the west coast's leading sources of fashion industry
information, from the publishers of California Apparel
News. This site has info on subscribing as well as special
features, classifieds and a bookstore
Apparel Trade Promotion Network
Providing apparel and textile information from India, this
site is geared toward the fashion trade and offers useful
resources. There is also a forum
at which professionals can discuss apparel and textile issues
Aryn Jacques
Profiled in Lucire in 2005, Aryn is a model and equestrienne
Beginthier.nl
Beginthier’s comprehensive, hand-edited modelling and
fashion links’ page
Benzanna
A new site with a range of services, from personal shoppers
and entire wardrobe refit plans, to assistance with media
and commercial related events
Blanche Macdonald
Centre
A British Columbia-based school with professional programmes
in fashion design, fashion merchandising, make-up artistry,
æsthetics and nail technology. Slightly fussy Flash-based
site but there’s some groovy music. Worth visiting for
the downloadable PDF folios
and the music alone. Some sections still marked ‘Coming
soon’ at the time of our visit (November 2002)
Brisbane Institute
of TAFE
An Australian provider of quality fashion training in the
state of Queensland
Buoy Hairdressing
One of Wellington, New Zealand’s top hair salons, founded
by multiple award-winner Derek Elvy
Candace Corey
This talented hair and make-up artist has an impressive CV:
Lancôme, the International Mecca of Style in Jamaica,
the Mark & Michael show at South African Fashion Week,
the Travel Channel
Central St Martin's
The London college best known for its fashion course
Cosmoworlds
European style portal with information on fashion, the trade,
modelling and clubbing
Denmark Fashion
Directory of Danish fashion professionals and a supporter
of Fashion Week in København
FabricLink
FabricLink's mission is to provide retailers and consumers
with education on fabrics—something which it does well with
this content-rich site
Factory Artists
West Hollywood agency representing hair, make-up, wardrobe
stylists, art directors and set designers
Fashion Careers of California College
Attractive site providing essential information on admissions
and some examples of designs from student portfolios
Fashion Products
An online B2B directory of fashion and beauty products
Fashion Showroom
Photographs from the latest collections in NYC,
directories and books—this site is full of comprehensive fashion
info
FashioNZ
New Zealand designers’ portal, representing the cream
of the country’s industry. If it's Kiwi, then it's more
than likely it's here
Federico Mastrianni
Fashion Photography
New for ’99, this site features Federico Mastrianni’s
sensual work
Fibre2fashion
A site with the complete solution for the garment and textile
trade, with an online trading forum and a comprehensive directory
Gutermann
From the manufacturers of the sewing thread, a specialist
site on needlecraft and related links
The Hair Gallery
We linked to the Hair Gallery in 1999 as a nice hair boutique
in Esher, Surrey, because one of our team wound up working
there. She’s no longer there, but we’ve little reason
to de-list what we know to be a well respected UK
hair salon
Hammersmith and West
London College
Located in the greater London area, this 8,000-student college
offers you courses in everything from beauty therapy to the
performing arts
Icqurimage
We like the concept behind this site: it’s a directory
of independent actors, dancers, models, musicians, personal
trainers and PAs grouped by
city
Image Takers
A London studio helmed by Anthony Fuller, known for his professionalism
and making a model feel comfortable. Recommended if you need
someone in the UK: great prices,
privacy, and an enthusiastic photographer
Jennifer Downey
A very talented Bay Area illustrator, specializing in health,
lifestyle, fashion and beauty. A tasteful and colourful site
with excellent work
Lazy Student
The UK's most comprehensive
student resource web site. But you don't have to be a student
to enjoy this portal. It's one of the best arranged we've
seen even amongst general interest sites although of course
there are pointers to student-specific web spots. There's
even an online shop
The Learning
Centre
Affiliated with TAFE’s
North Coast Institute, the Learning Centre offers support
services, including training resources, to students
Lotie
One of the most talented illustrators we’ve come across.
Her online portfolio’s in Flash and just as sophisticated
as her work
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Manitoba Fashion
Institute
This association represents the apparel industry in the province
of Manitoba. A basic site with an emphasis on useful and usable
information
Mark Andreani Photography
London-based photographer working in fashion and advertising;
also creates model portfolios
Moda.ru
Russian designers have traditionally been more hands-on, so
when it comes to the web, they often understand balance and
style. This portal, a.k.a. Russian Fashion Net, has news headlines
from Vogue, modelling info and links. In Russian (Cyrillic)
and English
Model Bride
The bride's source for expert beauty advice including make-up,
skin care and bridal hairstyles. Also featuring a collection
of designer bridal accessories such as bridal shoes, jewellery,
headpieces and more
NZ Beauty
One of the top collectives of beauty therapists in New Zealand.
All consultations are handled in a discreet and professional
manner
Paramita Academy of
Make-up
Set up by a Canadian who has returned from London, England,
where she pursued her passion in make-up artistry, this site
is bright and professional. The Academy is based in Toronto
New Zealand
Possum Products
Fur may not be PC, but possum
fur—the only fur in the world endorsed by a major environmental
organization, the World Wide Fund for Nature in New Zealand—is.
Possums breed quickly and destroy much of New Zealand's native
bush and birds, making it environmentally responsible
to purchase possum fur. This site provides information on
possum products, and where to buy them
Portfolio-CPH
Based in København, Portfolio-CPH
represents leading Danish photographers, stylists, hair and
make-up artists, and interior designers. A stunning and simple
Flash site with some of the best photography we've seen online
Professional
Jeweler
For the jewellery trade, the online edition of Professional
Jeweler is filled with the latest articles, details of
collections, a press scan, archives, calendar, an online classified
service, and other useful features. | Content
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Sebastian International
This is an attractive, must-browse site from the hair-care and cosmetics
company. An attractive website with pleasant and soft images—and
trendy at the same time
Seek Shoes
A new search engine developed specifically for the shoe industry
ShowCast Models
Köln-based talent casting website for models and actors
StarNow
StarNow.com is a central online talent casting website that
provides a community for models, actors, musicians, dancers
and other talent to meet and form working relationships with
talent scouts from agencies, television productions houses,
fashion houses, film directors and more. Started by Kiwis
on their OE and with over 500,000
members
Starpulse
One of the web’s leading destinations on celebrity news
and links
Stil Productions
Our friend Stephen Tilley’s photography has always been
impressive. Seems like his Flash talents have been up there,
too, because his site impresses the heck out of us. Check
out the photography and the site design—they more than
speak for themselves
Stylesmart
Shop for wholesale apparel and accessories at this colourful
site. Stylesmart also offers media relations programmes for
the style industries
SuperModelScouts.com
An intermediary service between potential models and modelling
companies
Tatjana Jeremic
Illustrator represented in Sweden and Germany, producing fashion
and lifestyle images
Thailand Fashion
Dot Net
The web portal of the Thai government’s Bangkok Fashion
City project, featuring Thai fashion professionals
University
of Central England (UCE)
In Birmingham, the UCE offers
undergraduate degree fashion and textiles’ courses as
well as postgraduate qualifications. Related courses include
jewellery and silversmithing and clothing studies. Graduates
have met with success, including showings at the Prince's
Trust-sponsored Graduate Fashion Week
Us Trendy
Fashion community and blog: fans vote on work produced by
designers, who in turn make the most popular items, and promote
them on the site
Vintage Fashion
Guild
Founded by several vintage fashion retailers, this site seeks
to educate—and show that vintage isn’t just for
Hollywood stars who stumble upon it
Von Thomas
New York-based photographer, with an excellent portfolio of
fashion work. He shoots some excellent digital portraits of
fashion week, though we are equally enamoured, if not more
so, with his studio work. Judge for yourself
Whaleys
(Bradford) Ltd.
Founded in 1869, Whaleys manufactures fabrics, curtains and
bags from its base in Bradford, including natural fabrics
for the English National Ballet. The company also offers an
online shopping service for fabrics
The Wing Gang Photography
Studio
Browse this well-designed site from a leading photographer
based in Taiwan: professional work and great style abound
Yucatan Productions
Production and location services for Yucatan, Mexico, specializing
in helping photographers. The company can organize accommodation,
permits and even deal with customs
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