Five Favourite Fashion Apps – For Free!

Every fashionista worth her Jimmy Choos knows that this season’s must-have accessory is the iPhone 4 – it’s cheaper than a Kelly bag and unlike the already ubiquitous aviator jacket, rc flying fish you can customise it with your best apps so it’s as original as you. Before you start browsing the App Store like it’s Vogue’s September issue though, here’s a quick guide to the best free fashion apps to get you started on the way to iPhone assisted fashion glory. 1.Style.comWhatever you need to know about the fashion world right now, style.com has it neatly packed into your mobile phone with this fantastic fashion resource. If you need an up-to-date industry look book, this app lets you browse through hundreds of photos from the runway collections in New York, Milan, Paris and London. If you’re more about who’s doing what where, you can also find immediate photos and party coverage of all the key people in fashion. Or if you need some inspiration to perk up your tired look, the style.com app lets you access archives stretching back 10 years and interviews with the best designers in the industry. This app will turn your iPhone 4 into a portable fashion bible and is a must. 2. Seventeen Fashion FinderEven if you’re of a more mature vintage than seventeen, the magazine’s Fashion Finder is still a winner. Whether you’re looking for a style – girly, romantic, rocker – or a particular item – shoes, bags, dresses – the Seventeen Fashion Finder lets you browse the latest high street trends. When you’ve find the item you’ve just got to have, you can enter your size RC Air Swimmers and select the colour and the app will find it for you in a store nearby. In certain stores it will also let you put the item on hold for you to come in and try it S107 helicopter on. 3.ChicfeedChicfeed.com’s app is iPhone functionality at its simplest and best. If you check in daily with FaceHunter, Jak and Jill, LookBook.nu and The Sartorialist this app is a dream, bringing together in one place all the photos from these top style and fashion blogs. Looking for original style inspiration has never been simpler. 4.ShopStyle Shopstyle is another great all-in-one multifunctional fashion source. This app pulls together the latest products – clothes, shoes, accessories and home decor – from your favourite stores and lets you browse them all at once from your iPhone. Equipped with an excellent search engine you can get straight to what you’re looking for without fussing around from store to store. With a save function too, you can keep tabs of your wishlist, making this a practical tool for Christmas and birthday shopping: browse, compare and buy without the hassle. 5.Glamour Ask a StylistThis is another magazine offering that could replace your best friend shopping! Take a photo with your iPhone and send it directly to editors at Glamour magazine with the Glamour Ask A Stylist app. You’ll receive style advice in minutes giving pointers whether your outfit is appropriate or needs a bit of tweaking. If you want to crowd source you can also share your wardrobe dilemma publicly and get advice from all over, as well as scroll through other users’ photos and questions and see how the Glamour team advised them. These are just a few of some of the excellent apps available on the app store for those who’ve got their nose in a Vogue and their head in the clouds. Don’t forget to check out your favourite brands too – from haute to high street lots of brands now have apps that either let you browse and buy their catalogue or give you exclusive access to runway videos and shoots.