Week 7 (Get Visual) - similar sites

First I searched under “creative clothing”, “creative accessories” and came up with very few sites that were even remotely similar to mine.  Then I searched under “one of a kind” clothing and/or accessories and found a few similar sites – though most seem to use recycled vintage clothing and not new materials.  Further discussion (before this search) we discussed also using recycled clothing (e.g. purchased from thrift stores – which we have done for theatre costuming purposes).

Creative Clothing by Roxane - http://www.creativeclothingbyroxane.com/; she only has the website with photos of costumes and other articles of clothing that she has made

One of a Kind Clothing Store - http://www.pinterest.com/sexigelrox/one-of-a-kind-clothing-store/ ; shows pictures from a number of different places for ideas and how-to in order to create the type of articles we plan to do.  I have bookmarked this Pinterest site. 

TheSunnySideBiz - http://www.artfire.com/ext/shop/studio/thesunnysidebiz/0/0/12054 ; you can find this shop on Facebook, twitter, her website or her blog and you can share this shop via Twitter, Google +, Facebook and StumbleUpon; she sells one of a kind clothing & accessories, bags/purses, pillows and covers, aprons, pot holders/hot pads, hanging dish towels, eye glass cases, jewelry.  I have never heard of StumbleUpon. 

Chic Stitch - http://chicstitch.com/Accessories.php ; besides its webpage, you can find this store on Etsy.com, but I could not find any other way to access the online store; they sell custom dresses, skirts, clothing and accessories; for the clothing, the customer needs to provide the materials and they are located in Ontario, Canada (somewhat hard to visit for fittings from here)

Glamarita Clothing & Accessories - http://www.thumbtack.com/wa/spokane/handmade-jewelry/custom-one-of-a-kind-clothing-accessories-clothing-designer; found on Thumbtack and can also be found/followed on Facebook or twitter (and you can email them); they make one of a king clothing and accessories using recycled and vintage materials.  Thumbtack is another site I have never heard of. 

All of them showed photographs of the articles they made and sewed.  Some had photographs that were professionally done and others were just the type you would create using your own cameras.  For our site, it would definitely need still photographs showing what we have created in order to sell.  I still don’t know if video would work for our business or not.  I would need to do more research to discover exactly which sites would work best for our business.  We would need a webpage, maybe my blog, Pinterest would be good to “advertise” on and etsy to sell our product.  I’m not sure about Twitter, because I am still not sure just how it works, especially in relation to a business.  I follow specific people on Twitter but I don’t post unless it is in response to something someone I follow says.