Plugging into the 21st Century

摘要

While putting together the home textiles supplier report on the internet and how these folks are using the various social and business media out there (page 1 of this issue), I was dumbfounded about how much the apparel industry has jumped on this bandwagon.rnLast week was Fashion Week in New York and not just the venerable bible of the industry -WWD -was alive with news, but also the New York Times, the New York Post and surprisingly under its new ownership, the Wall Street Journal.rnbut what was the most surprising part ot how each ot these papers played their coverage was the space given to talking about and interviewing bloggers, website mavens and all the Twittering Tweeters who suddenly were almost as persona grata at the runway shows as Vogue doyenne Anna Wintour. In fact, many were seated in the front row at significant designer showings.