Digital snippets: NYFW, F-commerce, Christian Louboutin, Louis Vuitton, Marni, Nike
Some more great stories from around the web surrounding all things fashion and digital over the past week:
- Jason Wu, Diane von Furstenberg, Marc Jacobs and Michael Kors prove most “talked” about in online space during NYFW [WWD]
- Retailers shut their Facebook stores; is this the end of F-commerce? [Mashable]
- Neiman Marcus launches social media challenge for Christian Louboutin’s 20th anniversary [Luxury Daily]
- Louis Vuitton sets short film series on major cities, starting with Hong Kong (as pictured) [WWD]
- Nike introduces Nike+ basketball sneaker with high-tech sensors [AllThingsD]
- Sølve Sundsbø’s The Ever Changing Face of Beauty installation becomes interactive iPad App [The Business of Fashion]
- Google to start selling glasses that will project information, entertainment and ads onto the lenses [NYTimes]
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