DESIGNERS & COLLECTIONS POSTING ETIQUETTE [PART ONE]:
Threads for new collections may not be started until at least 1 clear runway, presentation or lookbook picture becomes available. However, when posting from a set of official runway pictures (ex: vogue.com, nowfashion, etc.) please be sure to wait and post a minimal of 4 pictures from the collection. Our goal is not timeliness, but rather completeness.
This means that the following is not acceptable to start a thread:
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CHOOSING A NEW THREAD TITLE:
Dolce & Gabbana Menswear F/W 2006.07 Milan
If you want to create a thread for Chanel couture:
Chanel Haute Couture S/S 2006 Paris
And to create a thread for a pre-season collection:
Lanvin Pre-Fall 2009 or Lanvin Resort 2010
For any other RTW show it will be:
Donna Karan F/W 2006.07 New York
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GUIDELINES FOR ANY DESIGNERS WISHING TO START A THREAD FOR THEIR LINE:
Threads for new collections may not be started until at least 1 clear runway, presentation or lookbook picture becomes available. However, when posting from a set of official runway pictures (ex: vogue.com, nowfashion, etc.) please be sure to wait and post a minimal of 4 pictures from the collection. Our goal is not timeliness, but rather completeness.
This means that the following is not acceptable to start a thread:
- Blurry pictures that do not clearly show the collection do not suffice to start a new thread. The clothes, or parts of the presentation (such as accessories, pictures of the designer's bow, shoes, or other close-ups) must be clearly visible at all times in the first picture.
- Backstage pictures are also not allowed as the first picture of a thread, unless they show the models fully dressed and made-up for the show.
- Quotes or comments on shows and collections via Twitter or any other source are not enough to start a thread.
twitpic.com/htxnx
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CHOOSING A NEW THREAD TITLE:
- Please use correct titles when you want to make a thread on a show. Which means F/W 2012.13 or for couture S/S 2012. All other variations will be edited to match this guideline.
- When you post a show from the menswear collections, please include this in the title. The correct addition to the titles is 'Menswear'. All other variations will be edited to match this guideline.
- When you post a show from the Haute Couture collections, please include this in the title.
- When posting a show/collection from the pre-season fashion weeks: please make sure that all Resort/Cruise/Pre-Spring collections are all labeled as Resort (or Cruise where applicable), and that the year is listed for next spring. Pre-Fall collections should be labeled that way, and the year should be listed as the current year.
- When you post a show from the womenswear fashion weeks, this does not need to be added to the title.
- Always add the city to the title where the show was held.
Dolce & Gabbana Menswear F/W 2006.07 Milan
If you want to create a thread for Chanel couture:
Chanel Haute Couture S/S 2006 Paris
And to create a thread for a pre-season collection:
Lanvin Pre-Fall 2009 or Lanvin Resort 2010
For any other RTW show it will be:
Donna Karan F/W 2006.07 New York
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GUIDELINES FOR ANY DESIGNERS WISHING TO START A THREAD FOR THEIR LINE:
These are the requirements for designers wishing to have their own topic in Designers and Collections;
Please note, any designer who wishes to have a topic about their work should contact one of the D&C moderators to provide the information we require before starting a thread.
- Your work should be in production.
- Your designs should be sold somewhere other than a website or online store (a boutique, dept. store or your own namesake shop are all acceptable).
- T-Shirt/ Street Wear companies do not qualify.
- Please, post images within the thread for our members to see, because it encourages discussion but do not post any links to your site. You may not invite anyone to view your site and you may not use this thread for promoting your line, your site or your retail store.
The following is not allowed in D&C:
- You may not post links to their own sites in posts, nor try to direct traffic to that site.
- Unless your collection is presented during one of the international fashion weeks every season, please do not create a new topic for each seasonal collection that comes out. Please keep it all organized in one specific thread.
- You may not try to make any sales on tFS.
- You may not have a site logo as an avatar.
- Excessive posts of any type that are clearly for the purpose of self promotion are considered to be spam and will be removed.