Television and The Internet, The New Link to Fashion Trends

Tyra Banks, hosts and produces America's Next Top Model

LIGHTS!!! CAMERAS!!!  ACTION!!!

No you’re not on a movie set. It’s not MGM, Universal, United Artists or Columbia Studios.

It’s your television bringing you the latest fashion news and trends from around the world.

Fashion news has become common place, accepted, enjoyed and found a spot on the most prestigious nightly news channels, talk shows, entertainment and home shopping networks.

A quick click of the remote will bring you into the world of fashion’s top designers, runway shows, backstage interviews with designers, model makeovers, sneak previews and sometimes actual at home interviews with designers!! CBS 2 News is known for it’s fashion snips with Kirsten Cole.   Lara Spencer of Ch2’s The Insider profiles fashion tips for shopping and looking like the stars for less.  Ch 25 NYC’s Full Frontal Fashion program will showcase The New York Mercedes Benz Fashion Week Shows with everything from runway shows, accessories, back stage interviews with the super model Chanel Iman or Veronica Webb to in depth fashion analysis of the trends with a distinguished panel of fashion experts.  Seemingly non stop throughout the evening into the early morning hours!!!

Heidi Klum's Project Runway Reality TV Show

How about Project Runway with Heidi Klum and Tim Gunn for a look at how fashion develops before it hits the runway.  Or Tyra Bank’s Americas’ Next Top Model where you can view the contestants transformation from the girl next door to being The One.  Let’s not forget Oprah Winfrey’s Make Over topics covered in the past.

Not enough for you.  How about FTV?? Established in France 1997, FTV became an international TV channel solely dedicated to broadcasting fashion, models and exciting lifestyles 24 hours a day via 2000 satellites and 31 cable systems reaching the U.S., Japan, Turkey, India, Romania and Latin America. Fashion TV reaches about 500 million households in 192 countries over five continents. Obviously consumers demand it and are willing to pay for it.

Add E! (Entertainment Television on cable-formerly established in 1987) which covers fashion and other topics and reaches an estimated 88 million viewers covering the U.S. and 600 million households internationally. Need I say more.

Vogue Cover Models

Lastly fashion news is literally at your finger tips!!!  Mobile lap tops, cell phones, portable TV, Ipods and Blackberry’s make it possible to get updates on the go.  And lets not forget the Internet keeps you up close and personal to your favorite designers and fashion news!!!!

Let’s face it, fashion is big business.  Retail profits depend on how well fashion is sold to consumers.  Trends have always been reported in the news papers and magazines such as Womens Wear Daily, Vogue, Elle, Essence and countless other periodicals.  But with the advancement of technology and communications we can now have access to “interactive fashion news” via the internet 24 hours a day at lightening speed.  Television has proven to be the best “selling tool” to date for fashion on demand. 

What’s Halle Berry wearing these days?
Did Valentino really retire?
Was Jada Pinkett wearing royal blue or yellow?
When is the next runway show?
Have you seen Jay Z’s new line?

For the answers to these and all your personal fashion needs, just click the remote, pick a channel, switch on your laptop for Fashion News.

For those who’d like to experience fashion news on demand here’s some of our favorites:

• Fashion TV
• Americas Next Top Model
• E! Fashion (cable)
• The insider
• Full Frontal Fashion
• Project Runway
• World Fashion Channel
• Womens Wear Daily
• WWDMens
• Main Floor
• Kirsten Cole Reports