Microsoft is a name many associate with easy productive office-based computer software, but with real-time business insight software, Microsoft is making a stamp in the retail sector. 

Viva la Model!!!  They’re back.  They’re on the cover of Vogue.  They are front and center at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. 

The Evans Group is a multi-functioning manufacturing entity that can proudly bear the stamp.. .Made in the USA. 

PayPal started in 1998 as a payments and cryptography company and was acquired by eBay in 2002. It is the faster, safer way to pay and get paid online.

Just as a designer builds a dress from the pattern up with thoughts of form, fit and function so goes the construction of Hewlett Packard’s POS systems and retail support initiatives. 

Can a Fashion Designer really get all the help they need from branding to financials all under one roof? 

International stylist Gabrielle Teare has gone from being on the speed-dial of the affluent in London to styling for the press tour of Confessions of a Shopaholic, the new yet to be named Emily Blunt movie and yes, we said it… Tinkerbell for Disney’s new fashion initiative. 

Fifteen years ago Elizabeth Olsen had an epiphany… she would be the creator of her own animal friendly fashion business.  After years of animal rights activism and a vow towards veganism, her dream became a reality. 

As a former ballerina, model and dance instructor, Sarah Toner has made a living off of her feet.  With the desire to pass her knowledge of how to walk in high heels without killing yourself, she developed a popular class in London where women of all walks of life can come to better their posture, self esteem and aching toes all for the love of stilettos.

Beauty Holding was launched in June of 2008 and has been successfully raising money from 'beauty investors', gaining more and more momentum as the first Golden Beauty was “sponsored” and two more are hot on her heels.

Smashing Darling is a website whose sole focus is the independent fashionista, whether it be consumer or designer, viewers can come to shop or “be” one of the “unbranded” design houses.  Giannina Granata Silverman took a moment with Trish Ginter to find out why SmashingDarling.com is well… a smashing success!

Three steps forward. Two steps back. Up one minute, down the next. The bank account is plentiful today, tomorrow it’s in the red. Promises, let-downs and so many expected and unforeseen challenges. Welcome to the highs and lows of owning a small fashion-design business – any small business, at that.

Finally one rainy, cold Spring day in NYC I was able to get an interview with Thomas Trube, Director of Operations at KESNER, a menswear store located in New York City’s West Village.

“From the Mountains of Italy” emerged a no- nonsense label called Donald J. Pliner.  His shoes are known for comfort and style, yet nary a stiletto.  Can heels still be comfortable?  The answer comes to us via Lisa Pliner.

A Day in the Life: 26 Years of Triumph.  By breaking the rules and knowing their clientele, Felix Cohen and his wife Shayne have devised a winning formula for success.

Eye-catching, seamless, flowing energetic, all words that can describe the talent performing week after week on ABC’s Dancing with the Stars. 

Have you ever heard of a swimwear designer that dresses women from the inside out? Now you have…

Michele Orman, president of Lüp, had the privilege of talking with the renowned costume designer Karen Patch about her work on the hit film Bride Wars, out in theaters now, starring Kate Hudson and Anne Hathaway. 

On a grey day in London Gina Conway Aveda Salon hosted the finale of the Dress the Band Competition. 

On the eve of the launch of New York Fashion Week, artist Skye Nicolas greeted fans at Soho’s Ion Studio.  Unveiling the Mortelle series in collaboration with Marlon Richards,