lookbible.com
Lookbible is an online community that allows members to collect and share their favourite looks as well as shop styles according to the latest trends.
Launched in 2011, the platform uses an algorithm that finds images and products based on what the user posted, or who s/he followed. Every post is linked to its primary source and open to comments, so that anyone can comment on any image on the website.
Particularly beloved by bloggers, Lookbible already counts as active members Jill Adams of Street Style London, Ella Catliff from La Petite Anglaise and FleurdeForce amongst others.
KODOMO
kodomo.com
Kodomo is the Japanese word for child, but it’s also a website launched in 2013 by Cass Chapman, a freelance writer specialising in food and luxury travel.
The website aims to provide parents with well-written, comprehensive and customised information on hotels, restaurants and everything that you need to know when you book a luxury holiday with kids. Thanks to its highly professional team of international writers and journalists, Komodo gives you plenty of recommendations and it’s structured in a way that allows you to search either by country or by holiday type; whether you’re into ski or beach, or you’re searching for a baby or toddler friendly spa, rest assured this website won’t disappoint you.
URBANOLOGIE
www.urbanologie.net
Founded in 2012 by Hugo Campbell-Davys, a well-connected socialite and former marketing executive, Urbanologie is an invitation-only website that provides its members with a comprehensive lifestyle guide with plenty of information on restaurants, bars and hotels openings, exclusive events, fashion trends and travel destinations through regular newsletters sent to its network, which counts more than 10,000 members. Users pay £100 per year to use the platform and the website, which has now launched in New York, and will soon arrive in Los Angeles and Miami.
PLEASURESEEKER
pleasureseeker.me
Founded by Yvonne Baum, Pleasureseeker is an online lifestyle magazine that covers pretty much everything from sport to travel, music, health and so on. Perfectly synthesised by its motto, “Cultivate Your Curiosity”, the website offers plenty of articles and reviews to keep you up to date with the latest trends and products. In an interview, Yvonne described the concept saying: “We are all 'pleasureseekers' in a way, though. We all enjoy the good things in life and we want to learn from others.” We agree on this one.
FIND ME A GIFT
www.findmeagift.co.uk
We all know how hard it can be sometimes to find the right gift, and now that we’re approaching Christmas we're really feeling the urgency. Thank heavens we have a website like Find Me A Gift, which provides unique and unusual gift ideas at every price. You can browse the site by macro-category, searching for gifts for her or him, birthday presents, personalised gifts and home items amongst the others. Then you have tons of different items, divided by concept such as funny, customised, romantic and so on. Something for even the pickiest amongst us...
7 November 2014