Springwise: For dieters working to lose weight, maintaining a decent wardrobe of clothes that fit can be an ongoing—and expensive—challenge on the way to a target size. With just that situation in mind, Transitional Sizes rents out name-brand clothing for temporary use while the pounds come off. Maryland-based Transitional Sizes, which just recently launched, offers women’s and maternity clothing in […]

Elmidae is an eco-minded woman-owned clothing company that makes a line of women’s clothing using largely sustainable and organic fabrics, as well as hand printed textiles using strictly non-toxic water based inks. Every stitch on every garment is lovingly produced in the United States by woman-owned factories at honest wages. Celebrating the artistry and intellect of garment making, Elmidae offers […]

Indochino.com sells tailor-made men’s suits over the internet. After successfully seeking out financing and tailoring partners, co-founders Kyle Vucko and Heikal Gani set to work on building Indochino: the world’s first online service for hand-tailored men’s suits. Here’s how the process work: once a customer submits the measurements and order with Indochino.com, the order is received and reviewed with the […]

Springwise: As the weakening economy causes purse strings to tighten, consumers are increasingly looking for new ways to earn a little extra cash. Enter My Gold Party, which facilitates Tupperware-style parties focused on helping guests sell their unused gold. Launched earlier this year, My Gold Party sells all the equipment minipreneurs need to host parties in which guests can sell […]

CoolHunting: Re-Shirt is an Austrian-based company that resells second-hand t-shirts. What sets them apart from other online boutiques is that every shirt comes with a personal story. Owners submit the unique history pertinent to the garment they donate—often the circumstances behind buying it, or a memorable event while wearing it. The Re-Shirt philosophy is rooted in the question, “Do products […]

Luxist: Every woman has at least a few jewelry pieces hanging around from past relationships, and although some of them may be sentimental in value and very special, others are … well … not. But what to do with that ugly diamond necklace when the pawn shop just won’t pay a fair price? Ex-Boyfriend Jewelry offers up a solution with […]

TrendHunter: Shopaholics rejoice! Let us do the dance of joy! On Tuesday Amazon launched TextBuyIt, letting people text the name of a product, description, UPC or ISBN to the numbers “262966” (which is Amazon on the keypad), so we can buy from our cell phones, including from inside stores. The service returns two results at a time, where you can […]

SomethingStore is a fun new website that will send you “something”, an item selected randomly among many things from their inventory, for $10 (free shipping) and you will find out what your something is when you receive it. It may be something you need, something you want or something you desire. A cool gadget, rare book, handmade necklace, reverse clock […]

Inhabitat: It’s still surprising to see how few retail spaces there are dedicated to green products. However, hopefully this is set to change in Britain, with the arrival of Eco Age, a cutting-edge, high-end designer gadgets and interior designs store in the upmarket family district of Chiswick, London. The retail space enables customers to see, touch and smell products before […]

Springwise: BookRenter.com is yet another example of a web start-up leaping into a nightmarish logistics problem to make life easier for its customers. The US venture has amassed a multi-million-volume library of new or near-new textbooks, which it rents out to students at college campuses throughout the country. Rental periods range from one to four months, and the savings for […]