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Bits & Bytes | Digital-First Vogue Arabia, Styling Algorithms

This week, Condé Nast launches digital-first Vogue Arabia, and a lab in South Korea creates a search engine for fashion items.

Deena Aljuhani Abdulaziz. Source: Courtesy

Helena Pike

01 November 2016

"Vogue Arabia Launches Online First, Indicating Changing Print Landscape" (Luxury Daily)
Media group Condé Nast's Vogue magazine is taking a digital-first strategy as it debuts its first edition in the Middle East.

"You Can Now Get Styled by a Fashion-Savvy Algorithm" (Quartz)
"SK Planet's Machine Intelligence Lab in South Korea has built a search engine for fashion items powered by artificial neural networks."

"YouTube Is Helping to Sell a Lot of Makeup" (Bloomberg)
"Hiring a vlogger to pitch a product on the brand's behalf is more organic than trying to get makeup tutorial lovers to follow a brand's channel."

"How Social Media Is Driving the Plus-Size Fashion Revolution" (Fortune)
"Before shoppers could use platforms like Twitter and Instagram to make their voice heard, 'it was the people with power and money who told the story.'"

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