I've switched. From black to white. From BlackBerry to iPhone.
I still love the functionality of the BlackBerry. iPhone is SO hard to use. But the one thing I love, more than anything, is the ease of the iPhone to let me browse through fashion apps.
So this is me, the fashion wannabe technodungu, sharing on a few of my fav iPhone fashion apps. All of the free ones that is. Cos I'm Asian and we're cheapskate like that.
I'm addicted to the PopSugar iPhone app. More specifically, the FabSugar section.
FabSugar talks about fashion. BellaSugar about beauty.
And the love for fashion > beauty is the main reason why I can never stay true to being a pure beauty blogger. How utterly boring.
PopSugar's ease of sharing of articles on Twitter and Facebook is a huge plus. Not to mention the interesting topics and gorgeous pics.
My rating: 4.5/5
Trend Tracker is an absolutely awesome one stop fashion centre. It shares news, trend spots, and has a list of designers ranges and vids for you to browse through.
My biggest gripe: Unable to post on Twitter or Facebook.
You can only favorite the articles, or email it to someone.
FAIL. Someone on Trend Tracker change this NOW.
My rating: 3.5/5
CHIC.TV Models is another awesome app. The pictures and news clippings are wonderful. But the sharing function is terrible!
It allows you to Facebook and Twitter, but the tag line is "Checking out _______________ on CHIC.TV Model's iPhone app!"
When posted on Twitter, no link is available. Just that stupid tagline above.
When you post the link on FB, it doesn't even link! It just shows the URL, no pic (BOO!), AND you're unable to click on the link.
And what's probably worst than the above, is that they don't even allow you to save the photos onto your iPhone.
Dumb dumb dumb.
My rating: 2.5/5
The other apps that are worth downloading just because they are free:
The Sartorialist - Gorgeous pics, but no content at all. Sharable only on FB.
F Network - Only runway videos that are shown on Fashion TV. Only playable with WiFi available. Non sharing friendly.
D&G - The news feed is mainly their twitter feed. The rest of the content is their range and shows. Only addictive if you're a die hard D&G fan. Also non-sharing friendly, but then again, not like there's anything interesting to share.
Fashion Grub - Now this app is a brilliant concept. If done well, it would trump Trend Tracker anytime. It's supposed to link to Fashion Blogs, Brands, Designers, Magazines, Media, Models etc.
When you click on Blogs for example, it shows the fashion blogs like Fashion Toast, Bryan Boy etc. However, when you click on the blog name, it only shows the first few lines of the blog postings. NO PICTURES. When you click on a posting, it then brings u to the website itself with that particular posting.
I mean really, if we wanted to see the website, we would rather just go straight to the URL and quickly browse through all the content, rather than click on article by article.
If the format was iPhone friendly, where we only need to swipe swipe, then it would be a proper iPhone app.
And of course, its not sharable.
And then of course, there's Rouge and Style.com, both of which are so meh, its not really worth describing in detail.
My fashion app wish: Fashion Toast should have one with all her pics. Like Sartorialist. Then I could drool over her pics all day long.
Do let me know if there are any other download worthy fashion apps!
Note: Pics above are random fashion pics not necessarily in relation to the apps mentioned. Click on pics to see original URL.
