While spending endless hours surfing the net this weekend, I randomly stumbled upon an intriguing site. Wikifashion.com is a wiki that has been created to encompass any and all fashion related things. The site describes itself as, "a project created for and by the fashion community. It is where you can find and catalogue anything fashion related, such as blogs, style icons, brands and magazines." And according to the web site's 'About' section...
Wikifashion is a way for fashion lovers to catalogue brands, designers, fashion shows and all things fashion in a highly effective and collaborative way. Wikifashion will allow fashion lovers and designers alike to update clothing from season to season and to enable access to the most up-to-date information on fashion.
All members of the fashion community- from fashion lovers to designers are encouraged to contribute and edit content.
I have seen and read a few other wikis before, but I was impressed to find one that dealt solely with fashion. And what you might find most interesting about the site is that they want you to sign up, create an account and help them to contribute and/or edit existing articles. They already have a good start, but one can only imagine how massive and useful this wiki could turn out to be! Most of the information out on the web that pertains to fashion has only to do with designers and their lines. Otherwise, you must personally wade through thousands, even millions of fashion-related sites until you find something - a blog, magazine, writer, stylist, celebrity - that specifically speaks to you. Indexing and compiling fashion information, knowledge and web sites is a brilliant idea in my opinion.
Wikifashion also makes it easy to spread the word about their site. They encourage contributers, and the general public, to help promote the site by making badges that people can post on their own web sites. And at the top of the site they encourage readers to "do their part" and help them to build and expand the site. After doing a little reading, I discovered that Wikifashion is a private venture that is completely volunteer based. And while the site may look a little sparse right now, I think that it has exponential potential. More content coupled with a better, more comprehensible website design would really improve the website. I'm sure that the more contributers and editors they recruit to help out, the better the site will become!
If you think you have anything to contribute to the site or would just like to check it out for yourself, click on one of the badges below.
