By Mark La Monica
OK, now this may just be the coolest thing ever. I heard about it while watching an interview with Nanette Lepore.
It's called the virtual mirror and Lepore plans to debut it soon, either in New York or Tokyo. She wasn't sure where yet. It was a big hit at a national retailers convention last month.
Given its geographical home base for fashion, and living in a New York state of mind, Talk of the Tents votes for a New York debut. I wish she brought it to the tents for us to play with, but alas the fashion world will not bend to my every whim. Could you imagine that photo gallery?
Essentially, a shopper tries something on in front of a screen and it transmits the images to computers, cell phones, etc., of friends and families and editors and buyers and anyone else who wants to plug in to your personal fashion show. Holla at some MySpace!
Thinking in societal stereotypes for just a moment here, the ladies are going to love this.
Thinking in societal stereotypes for just one more moment here, their boyfriends are going to love it even more. Soon, fellas won't even have to get up off the couch before they say, "No, sweetie, you don't look fat in that."
Pretty cool, huh?