TECH POP-UPS

If your're reading my posts, you probably own a smart feature phone or a smartphone. This could be an Android, Blackberry, Windows phone or an iOS-based smartphone that has made your life easier-or in some cases difficult. The constant on-to-go and easy-to-connect ability of smartphones might not be everyone's cup of tea, but for those who are tech savvy, this is something they enjoy and look forward to. Coco channel once famously said, "Fashion changes, but style endures.". So what if you apply the same rule to our lives via smartphones and the ever changing glamour world? What can you do if you're a busy fashionista, or someone who lives and adores fashion, but finds it hard to keep up? How can you stay updated with the latest trends, organised your closets, arrange your outfits and keep track of what's in and what's not? Worry not, there's an app for that! In fact, there are several apps to cater your fashion needs. Here are a few Android and iOS apps:

Fashion giants such as Gucci, Dior, Louis, Vuitton and others are still figuring out what they really want out of their apps. Some use their app as a marketing tool, while others include easy-to-shop items and build a magazine-like structure to sell their stuff. Here are some of the best apps from big fashion brands:

Platform: iOS

Gucci Style is a "shoppable magazine" that takes you behind the scenes with Gucci, the Italian fashion and leather goods brand, You can shop for not just apparel/goods, but also follow the app as it is updated weekly to take you through the art of luxury living. The Gucci Style app also streams live runway shows.

Platform: iOS, Anroid

Dior, too, is a magazine style app which offers an insight into its brands, You can check out exclusive previews, interviews, backstage stories and unseen films from here. 

Platform: iOS, Anroid

 Amble with Louis Vuitton is one of the more exciting apps available for those who want to keep up with their favourite brand, Louis Vuitton. People who download this app can create an augmented reality-based digital booklet, It allows them to share and capture their travel memories with their friends. Apart from the ability to capture their memories, Amble can be used to share notes, videos and sounds and helps users create their own unique tour.  Amble with Louis Vuitton is "Everything you need to create an unforgettable journey".

Platform: iOS,

Chanel Fashion is a simple app that provides information about its boutiques using a store locator, and image gallery. Fashionistas can look at images, check out their latest videos and locate a store to shop from their favourite brand.

Platform: iOS, Anroid

Tory Daily gives you a dail ydose of style, culture, travel entertainment, shopping, music and other things from around the world. It presents a gorgeous look of life through the eyes of Tory Burch, former model, and designer. YOu can look for exclusive products, buy them and get the latest into on the best places to travel, where to stay, shop and eat as well as to find Tory Burch stores.

Besides these, there are a lot of other apps for fashion conscious people. However, it is difficult to sort out which of them are more useful, easy to use and cooler than others. From the Pinterest app that lets you pin and make your own boards to Instagaram, here are a few that will keep you in style!

Platform: iOS

Cloth is fabulous. It helps you catalogue your wardrobe and outfits on the basis of occasions. And guess what? You can do all of that by keeping the weather forecast in check! This app is the simplest way to save, organize, and share your favourite outfits. In mere seconds. Not only can your take a photo of your outfit and ass a description., but also tag it category-wise. This makes it very to remember what you wore at an event-its like your virtual close!

Platform: iOS, Anroid

The one great thing about the ShopStyle app is its ability to bring everything together in one place. This little app is like window shopping online. It searches through keywords and brings products from more than 300 retailers; both high street and designer labels. But that's not all; the products are filtered according to their price, colour and whether or not they are on discount. With ShopStyle , you can even ask for sale alerts on your faourite pieces and buy them directly from the app!

Platform: iOS, Anroid

Chic Feed is my kind of app, It brings together photos from the web's top stylist and fashion blogs like the Sartoialist, LookBook and Jack And Jill Blog among many others. and puts them on one single website. Chic Feed also gives you the ability to share stuff on social media platforms like Pinterest and Twitter.

There's a plethora of apps to suit your needs.While the apps above which provide e-shopping are mostly available for international users, all of them can be used brush up your fashion sense!