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  • eBay Showcases Street Style With The Launch Of LookBook

    Leena Rao

    Leena Rao is currently a Senior Editor for TechCrunch. She recently finished graduate school at the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University, where she studied business journalism and videography. From 2004 to 2007, she helped lead Congresswoman Carloyn Maloney’s community outreach and relations efforts in New York City. She graduated from Columbia University in 2003, where she was... → Learn More

    Monday, September 20th, 2010

    eBay has steadily been ramping up its fashion offerings, releasing an iPhone app for the vertical, and launching eBay Fashion, a one-stop-shop for all things fashion on eBay’s marketplace. Plus, eBay got into the the flash sales business with the launch of FashionVault, a site that sells designer clothes at discounted prices. Today, eBay is launching a site that showcases street style of eBay shoppers, called LookBook.

    LookBook is a digital gallery of photos that showcase new, vintage, designer and brand name clothing, shoes and accessories available on eBay’s Marketplace. Users can also share photos of their looks, vote on their favorite looks and directly shop the Marketplace for similar styles and trends.

    eBay is creating a number of marketing initiatives around the launch to attract traffic to the site. For example, the company is partnering with Lucky Magazine to hold public photo shoots in New York and LA to capture looks from eBay Fashion on bystanders. The photos will then be incorporated onto LookBook. The LookBook will also feature a daily giveaway of accessories from eBay Fashion.

    Of course there are a number of startups that are already celebrating street style from women and men, including Fashism, fashion site where you can get instant feedback on your outfits via a website and an iPhone app, and Go Try It On. And Weardrobe, which was acquired by Like.com (which was then acquired by Google) also focuses on showcasing street style.

    Company: eBay
    Website: ebay.com
    Launch Date: September 1, 1995
    IPO: February 10, 1998, NASDAQ:EBAY

    Founded in 1995 in San Jose, CA, eBay connects millions of buyers and sellers globally in the world’s largest online marketplace, utilizing PayPal to ensure secure transactions. The company also operates specialized marketplaces such as StubHub, the world’s largest ticket marketplace, and eBay Classifieds sites, which together have a presence in more than 1,000 cities around the world. eBay items can be sold either via a silent auction, in which users input the maximum price they are willing to...

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