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In this section you will find fashion news from August 2011. All 13 articles the news section published that month are listed below, grouped by the section they appeared in, with the headline and posting date of every story.
August brought back-to-school and fall selling, the late-summer trade shows, and heavy fashion coverage as the industry prepared for September. The month's coverage here is led by fashion event articles (9 articles), and the full spread is 2 fashion articles, 9 fashion event articles, 1 shopping articles and 1 textile news articles. Stories such as “Lookk Connects Designers with Consumers” and “Playtime Fashion Event Dates 2012 : Playtime Paris, Playtime New York, Playtime Tokyo” give the flavor of the month as the industry lived it.
The monthly archive guides exist so that every article in the news archive stays reachable. August 2011 sits between the month guides in the browser at the bottom of this page, and the same stories also appear in the ten-page Fashion News Article Archive 2011 series, which lists the whole year newest first for readers following a story across months.
- Lookk Connects Designers with ConsumersFashion Article · August 2011 - a story worth starting with from the fashion pages of this part of the archive.
- Playtime Fashion Event Dates 2012 : Playtime Paris, Playtime New York, Playtime TokyoFashion Event Article · August 2011 - a story worth starting with from the events coverage in this part of the archive.
- Cheap Halloween Costumes 2011 : Das CheapShopping Article · August 2011 - a story worth starting with from the shopping pages of this part of the archive.
- Cordura Naturalle fabric Collection Launched by InvistaTextile News Article · August 2011 - a story worth starting with from the textile coverage in this part of the archive.
Fashion Articles
Designer, label and industry stories from the fashion pages - the core of the archive, in the order they were published:
Fashion Event Articles
Trade shows, fashion weeks and industry gatherings, covered as the calendar unfolded:
- Playtime Fashion Event Dates 2012 : Playtime Paris, Playtime New York, Playtime Tokyo
- Charleston Fashion Week Accepting Applications 2012 Designer Competition
- Montreal Fashion and Design Festival - UNESCO City of Design
- 92Y Design, Art, and Fashion Events Fall 2011
- Ledge Skatewear Show September 2011
- Designer Walid Atallah Returns to Couture Fashion Week in NY September 2011
- VintEdge the Vintage Section Launched at Londoncentral
- Luxe The Fashion Showcase Spring 2012 Designer Collections
- Shanghai Mode Lingerie & Interfilière Shanghai 2011
Shopping Articles
Retail and product coverage from the shopping pages - collections, store features and the season's selling stories:
Textile News Articles
Fiber, fabric and materials coverage from the textile pages:
Archive Guides & Year Indexes
The archive's own guides - year pages, month indexes and the other years of the collection - so any part of the archive can be reached from any other:
- Fashion Articles Archive
- 2011 Fashion Articles
- January 2011 Fashion Articles
- February 2011 Fashion News Articles
- March 2011 Fashion Articles
- April 2011 Fashion Articles
- May 2011 Fashion Articles
- June 2011 Fashion Article Archive
- July 2011 Fashion Article Archive
- September 2011 Fashion Articles
- Fashion Articles 2010
- Fashion Articles 2009
- Fashion Articles 2007
- Fashion Articles 2006
- Fashion Articles 2005
- Fashion Articles 2004
More Fashion News Resources
More of the news section and the wider fashion news resources these guides sit alongside:
Additional Fashion Resources
General fashion resources beyond the news section, including the glossary and guide pages linked from this part of the archive:
Browse the 2011 Archive by Month
Every month of 2011 has its own guide. Move to a neighbouring month, or return to the month index for the whole year at a glance:
- January 2011 4 articles
- February 2011 9 articles
- March 2011 24 articles
- April 2011 22 articles
- May 2011 29 articles
- June 2011 16 articles
- July 2011 6 articles
- August 2011 You are here · 13 articles
- September 2011 9 articles
- October 2011 30 articles
- November 2011 12 articles
- December 2011 5 articles
- 2011 by Month - Index Every month of 2011 on one page
About This Month in the Archive
Articles in this archive were written by Apparel Search or provided directly by fashion industry authors, fashion public relations companies, fashion designers and other members of the clothing industry. The August 2011 guide keeps that month's record complete: no story is selected out, every headline stays in its section group with its date, and the group lead-ins above describe what each section of the month's coverage contains.
For researchers, a single month is often the right unit - a season's launch, a trade show edition, a company's announcement all belong to a moment. Read this month straight through for that moment, follow a section group into the neighbouring months for a running story, or use the search box at the top of the page to trace a name through the whole archive.
Common Questions
What is in the August 2011 fashion news archive?
All 13 articles Apparel Search published in August 2011 - 2 fashion articles, 9 fashion event articles, 1 shopping articles and 1 textile news articles - grouped by the section they appeared in, each with its headline and posting date.
How do I find articles from another month of 2011?
Use the month browser at the bottom of this page, which lists every month of 2011, or open the ten-page year series for the full year newest first.
Can I search the whole news archive?
Yes - the search box at the top of this page searches all of Apparel Search, including the full news article archive.