On Wed, Sep 14, 2011 at 11:07 AM, Fred Bauder <fredb...@fairpoint.net>wrote:
> > > http://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/fashion/students-startup-weaves-a-web-that-keeps-growing-20110914-1k9hi.html > *''If you look at Wikipedia, a lot of the [fashion] designer or brand pages do not have a lot of information on them, and Wikipedia does not really focus on images, so you will not ever find the new collections or [fashion] look books on there,'' she says. ''At the moment, there is no central database for fashion, a location where a girl can find the latest look book for Marc Jacobs or the first collection for Chanel. Either they are not there or they are on a host of different websites, so we want to create all of that in one place.''* * *...uh..it's called Style.com and it's the greatest fashion website, *ever*, and has been for almost ten years. (Always makes me laugh that people in the fashion world forget men are as into fashion as much as women are, too!) > > http://wikifashion.com/wiki/Main_Page > I really like the layout and such of the website. I do think it's kind of interesting, that for a fashion website, they don't have any copyright data for the photographs they are using (most are copyrighted), fair use mentions, etc. After reading a few pages in the Designer category... (and as someone recovering from a career in the fashion industry) it's a mix of preachy bias content about how amazing certain designers are (Yes, Karl Lagerfeld is awesome, I have to admit), small time or no-name designers who write their own articles and upload photos of their designs, etc, or cut and paste unsourced content. The website started in 2008 and most articles have under 8 edits and lack special mark up. It is promotional enough, they also have one paid advert and is not a non-profit org ;) Perhaps this is what people want? ;) I suppose I'm being debbie downer (as usual) but, I tend to look at female dominated Wiki's and see what makes them different, with a critical eye, to see what *we* are doing right and wrong, and vice versa. I do like this though (scroll down to badges), not the portraits..but the round badges. I'd love to see something like this developed for Wikipedia. I'd have them on my tumblr, etc. http://wikifashion.com/wiki/Wikifashion:Contributors_Needed Sarah -- GLAMWIKI Partnership Ambassador for Wikimedia <http://www.glamwiki.org> Wikipedian-in-Residence, Archives of American Art<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:SarahStierch> and Sarah Stierch Consulting *Historical, cultural & artistic research & advising.* ------------------------------------------------------ http://www.sarahstierch.com/
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