2014 BET Awards fashion: Worst dressed? The barely dressed - The Star-Ledger

The ladies dressing up for the red carpet at the 2014 BET Awards certainly got the memo. And it said, "BOOBS!"

Tatyana Ali wore a pink halter gown that barely constrained her breasts, and Claudia Jordan of "Deal or No Deal" and "Celebrity Apprentice" was only slightly more covered up in a plunging yellow long-sleeved gown. Ashanti wore a tight-fitting white lace dress with a keyhole neckline — no key necessarily — with cutouts at the waist. Faith Evans dispensed with a top altogether, wearing a black lace bra beneath a white tuxedo jacket.

RELATED: Complete list of winners at the 2014 BET Awards

Do you remember Keke Palmer from "Akeelah and the Bee"? Cute, glasses? The 20-year-old singer-actress, up for the YoungStars Award, upped the ante with a gold-trimmed gown cut down to her waist, but with sheer panels revealing the front of her hips and thighs, her baby-making parts barely covered.

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Glastonbury 2014: the celebrity fashion lessons - The Guardian

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Glastonbury 2014: the celebrity fashion lessons The Guardian Possibly less successful if you're staying in a beige tent (although that does sound quite Margiela spring 2015 menswear) but brilliant on Alexa Chung, who leaves festival fashion cliches behind by taking inspiration from her Airstream trailer ...

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Glastonbury 2014: festival fashion – the best looks - The Guardian

Cheshona Hart, 20, majorette, London

All photographs: David Levene for the Guardian

I got the fabric for the skirt from Portobello Road. The top is from New York – I bought it because my boyfriend was born in 1983. The glitter always takes a while to do, but you have to make the effort, don't you?

Dolly or Metallica? Dolly all the way. She's fun and fantastic.

Andy Stone, 34, Stephen Doherty, 30, Sanchia Pickering, 35 and Eimer Nallen, 31, pharmacists, and Debbie Hawker, 30, nurse, all from Manchester

The Where's Wally? idea comes from our friend Emma, who was meant to be here but broke her leg. We've never dressed up before but are loving all the attention. It makes it really easy to stay together too.

Dolly or Metallica? Dolly! Dolly and Wally would make a great couple, wouldn't they?

Elliott Rooney, 29, illustrator, Southsea

This sweatshirt comes from a Japanese brand called Massive. They work a lot with gay porn images, and have done towels in the past. I always wear shorts for the whole of Glastonbury – I've been here for two weeks building the Common stage.

Dolly or Metallica? That's hard. As a gay man I should say Dolly but I'm a rocker at heart. Tally-Dolly?

Kyle Clarkson, 27, gas engineer, Newcastle

I look a bit weird by myself but I'm part of a gang dressed in 70s disco gear. Last year we were wrestlers. I had platforms on this morning but took them off because of the mud. White trousers weren't the best idea either.

Dolly or Metallica? Dolly. It's got to be, hasn't it? I reckon she's got a cool look.

Kimberly Withington, 30, fashion designer, Bristol

I love gold – I wear it all the time. I made this jacket myself after it was really popular with my customers, and I wanted my own. I like the way it contrasts with the mud.

Dolly or Metallica? Dolly. My boyfriend would hate that but Dolly's a legend. Though she'd never get me wearing pink.

Trevor Bletso, 33, computer engineer, Trowbridge

I got this T-shirt five years ago at Download festival. I haven't worn it since and never normally wear a band T-shirt to a festival but it works since they're playing.

Dolly or Metallica? Metallica, obviously. Lars doesn't have the hair but they still have that metal look.

Robyn Rendle, 27, PA, London

I bought a few bits for the festival but then bought this poncho because I was soaking. My friend made the flower headband. She's going to go into business making them, they've been so popular.

Dolly or Metallica? Dolly. I'm not a rocker. I want something I can jam to.

Imogen Billings, 21, catering, London

I packed loads of stuff but I'm not wearing any of it – I'm going back to the tent to change. I have to have my sparkly earrings, otherwise I feel a bit naked. I did the face paint yesterday to get into the mood.

Dolly or Metallica? Metallica, for sure. I wouldn't rock their look but you have to respect it.

Gummi, 29, business management, Woking

I love acid house and techno so this T-shirt appealed to me. I don't actually know where I got the army surplus coat from but the hat is from here. It's pretty cool, right?

Dolly or Metallica? Neither – I like comfortable, casual, simple style.

Octavia Fadil, 34, teacher, London

We had a gold theme but I freestyled it on the day. I had the glasses and face paint on earlier, but then I got cold. The cardigan was a colleague's, she got it from a car boot sale.

Dolly or Metallica? Dolly. I could have been persuaded to do a homage look this year, for sure.

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BET Awards 2014: Last Year's Fashion! - PerezHilton.com

It's BET Awards time again!

This year's event with surely be full of fantastic red carpet moments.

While we're waiting for the fabulous evening, let's remember some the chicest, loudest, and seXXXiest outfits from LAST year.

CLICK HERE to see the gallery, "BET Awards 2014: Last Year's Fashion!"

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2014 BET Awards fashion: Worst dressed? The barely dressed - The Star-Ledger

The ladies dressing up for the red carpet at the 2014 BET Awards certainly got the memo. And it said, "BOOBS!"

Tatyana Ali wore a pink halter gown that barely constrained her breasts, and Claudia Jordan of "Deal or No Deal" and "Celebrity Apprentice" was only slightly more covered up in a plunging yellow long-sleeved gown. Ashanti wore a tight-fitting white lace dress with a keyhole neckline — no key necessarily — with cutouts at the waist. Faith Evans dispensed with a top altogether, wearing a black lace bra beneath a white tuxedo jacket.

RELATED: Complete list of winners at the 2014 BET Awards

Do you remember Keke Palmer from "Akeelah and the Bee"? Cute, glasses? The 20-year-old singer-actress, up for the YoungStars Award, upped the ante with a gold-trimmed gown cut down to her waist, but with sheer panels revealing the front of her hips and thighs, her baby-making parts barely covered.

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The Fashion and Tech Industries' Must-Have? Talent - Wall Street Journal

June 27, 2014 1:03 p.m. ET

Fashion and technology are coming together in a surprising way.

They aren't just sharing ideas. They are actively trying to poach each other's talent.

Google's GOOGL +0.15% Google Inc. Cl A U.S.: Nasdaq ^$586.58 +0.89 +0.15% June 30, 2014 10:48 am Volume (Delayed 15m) : 361,356 P/E Ratio 31.92 Market Cap $392.19 Billion Dividend Yield N/A Rev. per Employee $1,281,680 06/30/14 Supreme Court Won't Hear Googl... 06/30/14 Morning MoneyBeat: Big Rallies... 06/29/14 Furor Erupts Over Facebook Exp... More quote details and news » recent hire of Ivy Ross, a former Gap, GPS +0.32% Gap Inc. U.S.: NYSE ^$41.36 +0.13 +0.32% June 30, 2014 10:48 am Volume (Delayed 15m) : 299,979 P/E Ratio 15.60 Market Cap $18.17 Billion Dividend Yield 2.13% Rev. per Employee $118,197 06/27/14 The Fashion and Tech Industrie... 06/26/14 IKEA to Raise Minimum Wage for... 06/25/14 Japan's Fast Retailing brand U... More quote details and news » Coach and Mattel MAT -0.97% Mattel Inc. U.S.: Nasdaq ^$38.95 -0.38 -0.97% June 30, 2014 10:49 am Volume (Delayed 15m) : 360,282 P/E Ratio 15.73 Market Cap $13.34 Billion Dividend Yield 3.90% Rev. per Employee $221,912 06/25/14 Best Buy Considers Options for... 06/12/14 Mattel and Warner Bros. Extend... 06/12/14 Stocks to Watch: Lululemon, Re... More quote details and news » executive, to head its Glass unit, and Apple's AAPL +0.53% Apple Inc. U.S.: Nasdaq ^$92.47 +0.49 +0.53% June 30, 2014 10:49 am Volume (Delayed 15m) : 11.36M P/E Ratio 15.38 Market Cap $554.61 Billion Dividend Yield 2.03% Rev. per Employee $2,185,850 06/30/14 Morning MoneyBeat: Big Rallies... 06/29/14 Say No to the Distraction-Indu... 06/29/14 HEARD ON THE STREET: NXP's App... More quote details and news » well-publicized hire of former Burberry BRBY.LN +0.54% Burberry Group PLC U.K.: London ^GBp1482.00 +8.00 +0.54% June 30, 2014 3:33 pm Volume (Delayed 15m) : 400,536 P/E Ratio 0.21 Market Cap GBp6.54 Billion Dividend Yield 3.13% Rev. per Employee GBp240,235 06/27/14 The Fashion and Tech Industrie... 06/16/14 Sterling Continues to Strength... 06/13/14 L'Occitane Plans to Open Virtu... More quote details and news » chief Angela Ahrendts to lead its retail business, are two examples.

Nike Inc. NKE -0.37% Nike Inc. Cl B U.S.: NYSE ^$77.39 -0.29 -0.37% June 30, 2014 10:48 am Volume (Delayed 15m) : 865,872 P/E Ratio 25.36 Market Cap $68.21 Billion Dividend Yield 1.24% Rev. per Employee $579,146 06/27/14 U.S. Stocks End Higher 06/27/14 The Fashion and Tech Industrie... 06/27/14 Stocks to Watch: DuPont, Finis... More quote details and news » has grabbed talent from giant tech firms including Facebook, FB +0.15% Facebook Inc. Cl A U.S.: Nasdaq ^$67.70 +0.10 +0.15% June 30, 2014 10:49 am Volume (Delayed 15m) : 8.06M P/E Ratio 88.05 Market Cap $173.49 Billion Dividend Yield N/A Rev. per Employee $1,406,970 06/29/14 Furor Erupts Over Facebook Exp... 06/29/14 Say No to the Distraction-Indu... 06/27/14 The Fashion and Tech Industrie... More quote details and news » Yahoo YHOO +2.23% Yahoo! Inc. U.S.: Nasdaq ^$35.02 +0.77 +2.23% June 30, 2014 10:49 am Volume (Delayed 15m) : 7.09M P/E Ratio 28.03 Market Cap $34.48 Billion Dividend Yield N/A Rev. per Employee $382,952 06/30/14 Morning MoneyBeat: Big Rallies... 06/27/14 The Fashion and Tech Industrie... 06/26/14 A Banker for a Smaller Crowd More quote details and news » and Microsoft. MSFT -0.57% Microsoft Corp. U.S.: Nasdaq ^$42.01 -0.24 -0.57% June 30, 2014 10:49 am Volume (Delayed 15m) : 7.04M P/E Ratio 15.61 Market Cap $349.00 Billion Dividend Yield 2.67% Rev. per Employee $840,333 06/29/14 Say No to the Distraction-Indu... 06/29/14 Delta, Alaska Airlines Go to W... 06/27/14 Foxconn Aims to Fashion Its Ow... More quote details and news »

Wal-Mart Stores Inc., WMT +0.16% Wal-Mart Stores Inc. U.S.: NYSE ^$75.46 +0.12 +0.16% June 30, 2014 10:49 am Volume (Delayed 15m) : 1.38M P/E Ratio 15.52 Market Cap $242.87 Billion Dividend Yield 2.54% Rev. per Employee $216,954 06/29/14 Boards Race to Bolster Cyberse... 06/27/14 Canadian Supreme Court Rules A... 06/27/14 Re-elected Tesco chief gets ch... More quote details and news » for its part, recently bought a localized mobile shopping app Stylr only to shut it down—its true motive for the purchase was to acquire the app's two founders, who are Stanford alumni.

"We are at a critical juncture for fashion, technology and retail," said Karen Harvey, head of Karen Harvey Consulting Group, a retail and fashion executive consulting and recruiting firm. "The war just got bigger for talent. Neither sector is necessarily at a place where you are grooming the right talent to build a sustainable brand for the future."

Many retailers, including Target, American Eagle Outfitters AEO -1.88% American Eagle Outfitters Inc. U.S.: NYSE ^$11.21 -0.21 -1.88% June 30, 2014 10:48 am Volume (Delayed 15m) : 1.44M P/E Ratio 37.23 Market Cap $2.25 Billion Dividend Yield 4.48% Rev. per Employee $81,811.4 06/30/14 American Eagle to Open 3 Store... 06/10/14 Abercrombie Names Next's Angel... 05/29/14 Abercrombie Says It Sees the L... More quote details and news » and Wal-Mart have set up tech offices in Silicon Valley.

"In one year, I spent a good half a year in Silicon Valley to meet a lot of people down there," said Michael Leming, Chief Talent Scout at Beaverton, Ore.-based Nike, in an interview.

Nike has made more than 300 hires in the last year for its digital team, mostly from Silicon Valley. "There's this morphing" between fashion and technology, Mr. Leming said.

The hires are being tapped to develop digital devices to offer athletes more real-time, personalized feedback on their performance, Nike Chief Executive Mark Parker said on a conference call Thursday.

Like other brands, Nike wants to expand its e-commerce business. The company was awarded 540 patents for different innovations in the past year. It recently named eBay Chief Executive John Donahoe to its board.

Recruiter Ms. Harvey, whose executive placements include Lululemon's LULU -2.03% lululemon athletica inc. U.S.: Nasdaq ^$39.60 -0.82 -2.03% June 30, 2014 10:48 am Volume (Delayed 15m) : 713,037 P/E Ratio 22.92 Market Cap $5.88 Billion Dividend Yield N/A Rev. per Employee $213,858 06/27/14 The Fashion and Tech Industrie... 06/25/14 American Apparel CEO Made Cris... 06/23/14 Stocks Break Six-Session Win S... More quote details and news » new CEO Laurent Potdevin and Gap Creative Director Rebekka Bay, said her firm now regularly gets approached by the tech world and startups about hiring fashion talent. Meanwhile, many top fashion executives are seeking her advice on whether they should jump ship to become "tech entrepreneurs," because they are being wooed by that world.

Ms. Harvey made the comments Wednesday at the inaugural "Fashion Tech Forum," an event she founded and that brought together more than 400 attendees and presenters, including fashion retailers and brands such as Nike, Nordstrom, Coach and Gap, at Pier59 Studios in New York City.

Nancy Tilbury, a fashion scientist, founder and creative director of Studio XO, which created performer Lady Gaga's 3-D printed white dress that makes bubbles, joined a panel to discuss the future of clothing and how outfits in science fiction are no longer a figment of the imagination.

A contest featuring three tech startups was judged by a panel including Coach's Executive Chairman and former CEO Lew Frankfort ; Gap's Bay; and angel investor David Tisch, a managing director at BoxGroup, which has invested in such brands as Vine and Warby Parker.

Rank & Style, which uses an algorithm to create top-10 lists in various beauty and fashion categories, won the "Founders of the Future Award" challenge, garnering a $50,000 prize and a six-week "intense" mentorship.

Write to Andria Cheng at acheng@marketwatch.com

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Glastonbury 2014: festival fashion – the best looks - The Guardian

Cheshona Hart, 20, majorette, London

All photographs: David Levene for the Guardian

I got the fabric for the skirt from Portobello Road. The top is from New York – I bought it because my boyfriend was born in 1983. The glitter always takes a while to do, but you have to make the effort, don't you?

Dolly or Metallica? Dolly all the way. She's fun and fantastic.

Andy Stone, 34, Stephen Doherty, 30, Sanchia Pickering, 35 and Eimer Nallen, 31, pharmacists, and Debbie Hawker, 30, nurse, all from Manchester

The Where's Wally? idea comes from our friend Emma, who was meant to be here but broke her leg. We've never dressed up before but are loving all the attention. It makes it really easy to stay together too.

Dolly or Metallica? Dolly! Dolly and Wally would make a great couple, wouldn't they?

Elliott Rooney, 29, illustrator, Southsea

This sweatshirt comes from a Japanese brand called Massive. They work a lot with gay porn images, and have done towels in the past. I always wear shorts for the whole of Glastonbury – I've been here for two weeks building the Common stage.

Dolly or Metallica? That's hard. As a gay man I should say Dolly but I'm a rocker at heart. Tally-Dolly?

Kyle Clarkson, 27, gas engineer, Newcastle

I look a bit weird by myself but I'm part of a gang dressed in 70s disco gear. Last year we were wrestlers. I had platforms on this morning but took them off because of the mud. White trousers weren't the best idea either.

Dolly or Metallica? Dolly. It's got to be, hasn't it? I reckon she's got a cool look.

Kimberly Withington, 30, fashion designer, Bristol

I love gold – I wear it all the time. I made this jacket myself after it was really popular with my customers, and I wanted my own. I like the way it contrasts with the mud.

Dolly or Metallica? Dolly. My boyfriend would hate that but Dolly's a legend. Though she'd never get me wearing pink.

Trevor Bletso, 33, computer engineer, Trowbridge

I got this T-shirt five years ago at Download festival. I haven't worn it since and never normally wear a band T-shirt to a festival but it works since they're playing.

Dolly or Metallica? Metallica, obviously. Lars doesn't have the hair but they still have that metal look.

Robyn Rendle, 27, PA, London

I bought a few bits for the festival but then bought this poncho because I was soaking. My friend made the flower headband. She's going to go into business making them, they've been so popular.

Dolly or Metallica? Dolly. I'm not a rocker. I want something I can jam to.

Imogen Billings, 21, catering, London

I packed loads of stuff but I'm not wearing any of it – I'm going back to the tent to change. I have to have my sparkly earrings, otherwise I feel a bit naked. I did the face paint yesterday to get into the mood.

Dolly or Metallica? Metallica, for sure. I wouldn't rock their look but you have to respect it.

Gummi, 29, business management, Woking

I love acid house and techno so this T-shirt appealed to me. I don't actually know where I got the army surplus coat from but the hat is from here. It's pretty cool, right?

Dolly or Metallica? Neither – I like comfortable, casual, simple style.

Octavia Fadil, 34, teacher, London

We had a gold theme but I freestyled it on the day. I had the glasses and face paint on earlier, but then I got cold. The cardigan was a colleague's, she got it from a car boot sale.

Dolly or Metallica? Dolly. I could have been persuaded to do a homage look this year, for sure.

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BET Awards 2014: Last Year's Fashion! - PerezHilton.com

It's BET Awards time again!

This year's event with surely be full of fantastic red carpet moments.

While we're waiting for the fabulous evening, let's remember some the chicest, loudest, and seXXXiest outfits from LAST year.

CLICK HERE to see the gallery, "BET Awards 2014: Last Year's Fashion!"

CLICK HERE to see the gallery, "BET Awards 2014: Last Year's Fashion!"

CLICK HERE to see the gallery, "BET Awards 2014: Last Year's Fashion!"

CLICK HERE to see the gallery, "BET Awards 2014: Last Year's Fashion!"

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2014 BET Awards fashion: Worst dressed? The barely dressed - The Star-Ledger

The ladies dressing up for the red carpet at the 2014 BET Awards certainly got the memo. And it said, "BOOBS!"

Tatyana Ali wore a pink halter gown that barely constrained her breasts, and Claudia Jordan of "Deal or No Deal" and "Celebrity Apprentice" was only slightly more covered up in a plunging yellow long-sleeved gown. Ashanti wore a tight-fitting white lace dress with a keyhole neckline — no key necessarily — with cutouts at the waist. Faith Evans dispensed with a top altogether, wearing a black lace bra beneath a white tuxedo jacket.

RELATED: Complete list of winners at the 2014 BET Awards

Do you remember Keke Palmer from "Akeelah and the Bee"? Cute, glasses? The 20-year-old singer-actress, up for the YoungStars Award, upped the ante with a gold-trimmed gown cut down to her waist, but with sheer panels revealing the front of her hips and thighs, her baby-making parts barely covered.

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The Fashion and Tech Industries' Must-Have? Talent - Wall Street Journal

June 27, 2014 1:03 p.m. ET

Fashion and technology are coming together in a surprising way.

They aren't just sharing ideas. They are actively trying to poach each other's talent.

Google's GOOGL +0.02% Google Inc. Cl A U.S.: Nasdaq ^$585.83 +0.14 +0.02% June 30, 2014 10:34 am Volume (Delayed 15m) : 301,878 P/E Ratio 31.94 Market Cap $392.19 Billion Dividend Yield N/A Rev. per Employee $1,281,680 06/30/14 Supreme Court Won't Hear Googl... 06/30/14 Morning MoneyBeat: Big Rallies... 06/29/14 Furor Erupts Over Facebook Exp... More quote details and news » recent hire of Ivy Ross, a former Gap, GPS +0.32% Gap Inc. U.S.: NYSE ^$41.36 +0.13 +0.32% June 30, 2014 10:32 am Volume (Delayed 15m) : 250,102 P/E Ratio 15.61 Market Cap $18.17 Billion Dividend Yield 2.13% Rev. per Employee $118,197 06/27/14 The Fashion and Tech Industrie... 06/26/14 IKEA to Raise Minimum Wage for... 06/25/14 Japan's Fast Retailing brand U... More quote details and news » Coach and Mattel MAT -0.81% Mattel Inc. U.S.: Nasdaq ^$39.01 -0.32 -0.81% June 30, 2014 10:32 am Volume (Delayed 15m) : 295,758 P/E Ratio 15.76 Market Cap $13.34 Billion Dividend Yield 3.89% Rev. per Employee $221,912 06/25/14 Best Buy Considers Options for... 06/12/14 Mattel and Warner Bros. Extend... 06/12/14 Stocks to Watch: Lululemon, Re... More quote details and news » executive, to head its Glass unit, and Apple's AAPL +0.54% Apple Inc. U.S.: Nasdaq ^$92.48 +0.50 +0.54% June 30, 2014 10:34 am Volume (Delayed 15m) : 9.61M P/E Ratio 15.41 Market Cap $554.61 Billion Dividend Yield 2.03% Rev. per Employee $2,185,850 06/30/14 Morning MoneyBeat: Big Rallies... 06/29/14 Say No to the Distraction-Indu... 06/29/14 HEARD ON THE STREET: NXP's App... More quote details and news » well-publicized hire of former Burberry BRBY.LN +0.68% Burberry Group PLC U.K.: London ^GBp1484.00 +10.00 +0.68% June 30, 2014 3:18 pm Volume (Delayed 15m) : 392,383 P/E Ratio 0.21 Market Cap GBp6.54 Billion Dividend Yield 3.13% Rev. per Employee GBp240,235 06/27/14 The Fashion and Tech Industrie... 06/16/14 Sterling Continues to Strength... 06/13/14 L'Occitane Plans to Open Virtu... More quote details and news » chief Angela Ahrendts to lead its retail business, are two examples.

Nike Inc. NKE -0.10% Nike Inc. Cl B U.S.: NYSE ^$77.60 -0.08 -0.10% June 30, 2014 10:34 am Volume (Delayed 15m) : 662,430 P/E Ratio 25.39 Market Cap $68.21 Billion Dividend Yield 1.24% Rev. per Employee $579,146 06/27/14 U.S. Stocks End Higher 06/27/14 The Fashion and Tech Industrie... 06/27/14 Stocks to Watch: DuPont, Finis... More quote details and news » has grabbed talent from giant tech firms including Facebook, FB +0.34% Facebook Inc. Cl A U.S.: Nasdaq ^$67.83 +0.23 +0.34% June 30, 2014 10:34 am Volume (Delayed 15m) : 7.02M P/E Ratio 87.94 Market Cap $173.49 Billion Dividend Yield N/A Rev. per Employee $1,406,970 06/29/14 Furor Erupts Over Facebook Exp... 06/29/14 Say No to the Distraction-Indu... 06/27/14 The Fashion and Tech Industrie... More quote details and news » Yahoo YHOO +2.28% Yahoo! Inc. U.S.: Nasdaq ^$35.03 +0.78 +2.28% June 30, 2014 10:34 am Volume (Delayed 15m) : 6.17M P/E Ratio 28.02 Market Cap $34.48 Billion Dividend Yield N/A Rev. per Employee $382,952 06/30/14 Morning MoneyBeat: Big Rallies... 06/27/14 The Fashion and Tech Industrie... 06/26/14 A Banker for a Smaller Crowd More quote details and news » and Microsoft. MSFT -0.61% Microsoft Corp. U.S.: Nasdaq ^$41.99 -0.26 -0.61% June 30, 2014 10:34 am Volume (Delayed 15m) : 5.69M P/E Ratio 15.66 Market Cap $349.00 Billion Dividend Yield 2.66% Rev. per Employee $840,333 06/29/14 Say No to the Distraction-Indu... 06/29/14 Delta, Alaska Airlines Go to W... 06/27/14 Foxconn Aims to Fashion Its Ow... More quote details and news »

Wal-Mart Stores Inc., WMT +0.28% Wal-Mart Stores Inc. U.S.: NYSE ^$75.55 +0.21 +0.28% June 30, 2014 10:34 am Volume (Delayed 15m) : 1.18M P/E Ratio 15.52 Market Cap $242.87 Billion Dividend Yield 2.54% Rev. per Employee $216,954 06/29/14 Boards Race to Bolster Cyberse... 06/27/14 Canadian Supreme Court Rules A... 06/27/14 Re-elected Tesco chief gets ch... More quote details and news » for its part, recently bought a localized mobile shopping app Stylr only to shut it down—its true motive for the purchase was to acquire the app's two founders, who are Stanford alumni.

"We are at a critical juncture for fashion, technology and retail," said Karen Harvey, head of Karen Harvey Consulting Group, a retail and fashion executive consulting and recruiting firm. "The war just got bigger for talent. Neither sector is necessarily at a place where you are grooming the right talent to build a sustainable brand for the future."

Many retailers, including Target, American Eagle Outfitters AEO -2.23% American Eagle Outfitters Inc. U.S.: NYSE ^$11.17 -0.26 -2.23% June 30, 2014 10:34 am Volume (Delayed 15m) : 1.31M P/E Ratio 37.50 Market Cap $2.25 Billion Dividend Yield 4.44% Rev. per Employee $81,811.4 06/30/14 American Eagle to Open 3 Store... 06/10/14 Abercrombie Names Next's Angel... 05/29/14 Abercrombie Says It Sees the L... More quote details and news » and Wal-Mart have set up tech offices in Silicon Valley.

"In one year, I spent a good half a year in Silicon Valley to meet a lot of people down there," said Michael Leming, Chief Talent Scout at Beaverton, Ore.-based Nike, in an interview.

Nike has made more than 300 hires in the last year for its digital team, mostly from Silicon Valley. "There's this morphing" between fashion and technology, Mr. Leming said.

The hires are being tapped to develop digital devices to offer athletes more real-time, personalized feedback on their performance, Nike Chief Executive Mark Parker said on a conference call Thursday.

Like other brands, Nike wants to expand its e-commerce business. The company was awarded 540 patents for different innovations in the past year. It recently named eBay Chief Executive John Donahoe to its board.

Recruiter Ms. Harvey, whose executive placements include Lululemon's LULU -1.88% lululemon athletica inc. U.S.: Nasdaq ^$39.66 -0.76 -1.88% June 30, 2014 10:34 am Volume (Delayed 15m) : 603,771 P/E Ratio 23.02 Market Cap $5.88 Billion Dividend Yield N/A Rev. per Employee $213,858 06/27/14 The Fashion and Tech Industrie... 06/25/14 American Apparel CEO Made Cris... 06/23/14 Stocks Break Six-Session Win S... More quote details and news » new CEO Laurent Potdevin and Gap Creative Director Rebekka Bay, said her firm now regularly gets approached by the tech world and startups about hiring fashion talent. Meanwhile, many top fashion executives are seeking her advice on whether they should jump ship to become "tech entrepreneurs," because they are being wooed by that world.

Ms. Harvey made the comments Wednesday at the inaugural "Fashion Tech Forum," an event she founded and that brought together more than 400 attendees and presenters, including fashion retailers and brands such as Nike, Nordstrom, Coach and Gap, at Pier59 Studios in New York City.

Nancy Tilbury, a fashion scientist, founder and creative director of Studio XO, which created performer Lady Gaga's 3-D printed white dress that makes bubbles, joined a panel to discuss the future of clothing and how outfits in science fiction are no longer a figment of the imagination.

A contest featuring three tech startups was judged by a panel including Coach's Executive Chairman and former CEO Lew Frankfort ; Gap's Bay; and angel investor David Tisch, a managing director at BoxGroup, which has invested in such brands as Vine and Warby Parker.

Rank & Style, which uses an algorithm to create top-10 lists in various beauty and fashion categories, won the "Founders of the Future Award" challenge, garnering a $50,000 prize and a six-week "intense" mentorship.

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Glastonbury 2014: the celebrity fashion lessons - The Guardian

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Glastonbury 2014: festival fashion – the best looks - The Guardian

Cheshona Hart, 20, majorette, London

All photographs: David Levene for the Guardian

I got the fabric for the skirt from Portobello Road. The top is from New York – I bought it because my boyfriend was born in 1983. The glitter always takes a while to do, but you have to make the effort, don't you?

Dolly or Metallica? Dolly all the way. She's fun and fantastic.

Andy Stone, 34, Stephen Doherty, 30, Sanchia Pickering, 35 and Eimer Nallen, 31, pharmacists, and Debbie Hawker, 30, nurse, all from Manchester

The Where's Wally? idea comes from our friend Emma, who was meant to be here but broke her leg. We've never dressed up before but are loving all the attention. It makes it really easy to stay together too.

Dolly or Metallica? Dolly! Dolly and Wally would make a great couple, wouldn't they?

Elliott Rooney, 29, illustrator, Southsea

This sweatshirt comes from a Japanese brand called Massive. They work a lot with gay porn images, and have done towels in the past. I always wear shorts for the whole of Glastonbury – I've been here for two weeks building the Common stage.

Dolly or Metallica? That's hard. As a gay man I should say Dolly but I'm a rocker at heart. Tally-Dolly?

Kyle Clarkson, 27, gas engineer, Newcastle

I look a bit weird by myself but I'm part of a gang dressed in 70s disco gear. Last year we were wrestlers. I had platforms on this morning but took them off because of the mud. White trousers weren't the best idea either.

Dolly or Metallica? Dolly. It's got to be, hasn't it? I reckon she's got a cool look.

Kimberly Withington, 30, fashion designer, Bristol

I love gold – I wear it all the time. I made this jacket myself after it was really popular with my customers, and I wanted my own. I like the way it contrasts with the mud.

Dolly or Metallica? Dolly. My boyfriend would hate that but Dolly's a legend. Though she'd never get me wearing pink.

Trevor Bletso, 33, computer engineer, Trowbridge

I got this T-shirt five years ago at Download festival. I haven't worn it since and never normally wear a band T-shirt to a festival but it works since they're playing.

Dolly or Metallica? Metallica, obviously. Lars doesn't have the hair but they still have that metal look.

Robyn Rendle, 27, PA, London

I bought a few bits for the festival but then bought this poncho because I was soaking. My friend made the flower headband. She's going to go into business making them, they've been so popular.

Dolly or Metallica? Dolly. I'm not a rocker. I want something I can jam to.

Imogen Billings, 21, catering, London

I packed loads of stuff but I'm not wearing any of it – I'm going back to the tent to change. I have to have my sparkly earrings, otherwise I feel a bit naked. I did the face paint yesterday to get into the mood.

Dolly or Metallica? Metallica, for sure. I wouldn't rock their look but you have to respect it.

Gummi, 29, business management, Woking

I love acid house and techno so this T-shirt appealed to me. I don't actually know where I got the army surplus coat from but the hat is from here. It's pretty cool, right?

Dolly or Metallica? Neither – I like comfortable, casual, simple style.

Octavia Fadil, 34, teacher, London

We had a gold theme but I freestyled it on the day. I had the glasses and face paint on earlier, but then I got cold. The cardigan was a colleague's, she got it from a car boot sale.

Dolly or Metallica? Dolly. I could have been persuaded to do a homage look this year, for sure.

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2014 BET Awards fashion: Worst dressed? The barely dressed - The Star-Ledger

The ladies dressing up for the red carpet at the 2014 BET Awards certainly got the memo. And it said, "BOOBS!"

Tatyana Ali wore a pink halter gown that barely constrained her breasts, and Claudia Jordan of "Deal or No Deal" and "Celebrity Apprentice" was only slightly more covered up in a plunging yellow long-sleeved gown. Ashanti wore a tight-fitting white lace dress with a keyhole neckline — no key necessarily — with cutouts at the waist. Faith Evans dispensed with a top altogether, wearing a black lace bra beneath a white tuxedo jacket.

RELATED: Complete list of winners at the 2014 BET Awards

Do you remember Keke Palmer from "Akeelah and the Bee"? Cute, glasses? The 20-year-old singer-actress, up for the YoungStars Award, upped the ante with a gold-trimmed gown cut down to her waist, but with sheer panels revealing the front of her hips and thighs, her baby-making parts barely covered.

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The Fashion and Tech Industries' Must-Have? Talent - Wall Street Journal

June 27, 2014 1:03 p.m. ET

Fashion and technology are coming together in a surprising way.

They aren't just sharing ideas. They are actively trying to poach each other's talent.

Google's GOOGL +0.17% Google Inc. Cl A U.S.: Nasdaq ^$586.66 +0.97 +0.17% June 30, 2014 10:19 am Volume (Delayed 15m) : 244,401 P/E Ratio 31.82 Market Cap $392.19 Billion Dividend Yield N/A Rev. per Employee $1,281,680 06/30/14 Supreme Court Won't Hear Googl... 06/30/14 Morning MoneyBeat: Big Rallies... 06/29/14 Furor Erupts Over Facebook Exp... More quote details and news » recent hire of Ivy Ross, a former Gap, GPS +0.32% Gap Inc. U.S.: NYSE ^$41.36 +0.13 +0.32% June 30, 2014 10:19 am Volume (Delayed 15m) : 191,465 P/E Ratio 15.61 Market Cap $18.17 Billion Dividend Yield 2.13% Rev. per Employee $118,197 06/27/14 The Fashion and Tech Industrie... 06/26/14 IKEA to Raise Minimum Wage for... 06/25/14 Japan's Fast Retailing brand U... More quote details and news » Coach and Mattel MAT -0.65% Mattel Inc. U.S.: Nasdaq ^$39.08 -0.26 -0.65% June 30, 2014 10:19 am Volume (Delayed 15m) : 235,739 P/E Ratio 15.76 Market Cap $13.34 Billion Dividend Yield 3.89% Rev. per Employee $221,912 06/25/14 Best Buy Considers Options for... 06/12/14 Mattel and Warner Bros. Extend... 06/12/14 Stocks to Watch: Lululemon, Re... More quote details and news » executive, to head its Glass unit, and Apple's AAPL +0.78% Apple Inc. U.S.: Nasdaq ^$92.70 +0.72 +0.78% June 30, 2014 10:19 am Volume (Delayed 15m) : 8.47M P/E Ratio 15.41 Market Cap $554.61 Billion Dividend Yield 2.03% Rev. per Employee $2,185,850 06/30/14 Morning MoneyBeat: Big Rallies... 06/29/14 Say No to the Distraction-Indu... 06/29/14 HEARD ON THE STREET: NXP's App... More quote details and news » well-publicized hire of former Burberry BRBY.LN +0.95% Burberry Group PLC U.K.: London ^GBp1488.00 +14.00 +0.95% June 30, 2014 3:03 pm Volume (Delayed 15m) : 369,661 P/E Ratio 0.21 Market Cap GBp6.54 Billion Dividend Yield 3.12% Rev. per Employee GBp240,235 06/27/14 The Fashion and Tech Industrie... 06/16/14 Sterling Continues to Strength... 06/13/14 L'Occitane Plans to Open Virtu... More quote details and news » chief Angela Ahrendts to lead its retail business, are two examples.

Nike Inc. NKE +0.05% Nike Inc. Cl B U.S.: NYSE ^$77.72 +0.04 +0.05% June 30, 2014 10:19 am Volume (Delayed 15m) : 513,780 P/E Ratio 25.27 Market Cap $68.21 Billion Dividend Yield 1.24% Rev. per Employee $579,146 06/27/14 U.S. Stocks End Higher 06/27/14 The Fashion and Tech Industrie... 06/27/14 Stocks to Watch: DuPont, Finis... More quote details and news » has grabbed talent from giant tech firms including Facebook, FB +0.17% Facebook Inc. Cl A U.S.: Nasdaq ^$67.71 +0.11 +0.17% June 30, 2014 10:19 am Volume (Delayed 15m) : 5.67M P/E Ratio 87.74 Market Cap $173.49 Billion Dividend Yield N/A Rev. per Employee $1,406,970 06/29/14 Furor Erupts Over Facebook Exp... 06/29/14 Say No to the Distraction-Indu... 06/27/14 The Fashion and Tech Industrie... More quote details and news » Yahoo YHOO +2.32% Yahoo! Inc. U.S.: Nasdaq ^$35.05 +0.80 +2.32% June 30, 2014 10:19 am Volume (Delayed 15m) : 5.01M P/E Ratio 27.92 Market Cap $34.48 Billion Dividend Yield N/A Rev. per Employee $382,952 06/30/14 Morning MoneyBeat: Big Rallies... 06/27/14 The Fashion and Tech Industrie... 06/26/14 A Banker for a Smaller Crowd More quote details and news » and Microsoft. MSFT -0.32% Microsoft Corp. U.S.: Nasdaq ^$42.12 -0.14 -0.32% June 30, 2014 10:19 am Volume (Delayed 15m) : 4.77M P/E Ratio 15.67 Market Cap $349.00 Billion Dividend Yield 2.66% Rev. per Employee $840,333 06/29/14 Say No to the Distraction-Indu... 06/29/14 Delta, Alaska Airlines Go to W... 06/27/14 Foxconn Aims to Fashion Its Ow... More quote details and news »

Wal-Mart Stores Inc., WMT +0.32% Wal-Mart Stores Inc. U.S.: NYSE ^$75.58 +0.24 +0.32% June 30, 2014 10:19 am Volume (Delayed 15m) : 901,374 P/E Ratio 15.51 Market Cap $242.87 Billion Dividend Yield 2.54% Rev. per Employee $216,954 06/29/14 Boards Race to Bolster Cyberse... 06/27/14 Canadian Supreme Court Rules A... 06/27/14 Re-elected Tesco chief gets ch... More quote details and news » for its part, recently bought a localized mobile shopping app Stylr only to shut it down—its true motive for the purchase was to acquire the app's two founders, who are Stanford alumni.

"We are at a critical juncture for fashion, technology and retail," said Karen Harvey, head of Karen Harvey Consulting Group, a retail and fashion executive consulting and recruiting firm. "The war just got bigger for talent. Neither sector is necessarily at a place where you are grooming the right talent to build a sustainable brand for the future."

Many retailers, including Target, American Eagle Outfitters AEO -1.58% American Eagle Outfitters Inc. U.S.: NYSE ^$11.24 -0.18 -1.58% June 30, 2014 10:19 am Volume (Delayed 15m) : 1.16M P/E Ratio 37.40 Market Cap $2.25 Billion Dividend Yield 4.46% Rev. per Employee $81,811.4 06/30/14 American Eagle to Open 3 Store... 06/10/14 Abercrombie Names Next's Angel... 05/29/14 Abercrombie Says It Sees the L... More quote details and news » and Wal-Mart have set up tech offices in Silicon Valley.

"In one year, I spent a good half a year in Silicon Valley to meet a lot of people down there," said Michael Leming, Chief Talent Scout at Beaverton, Ore.-based Nike, in an interview.

Nike has made more than 300 hires in the last year for its digital team, mostly from Silicon Valley. "There's this morphing" between fashion and technology, Mr. Leming said.

The hires are being tapped to develop digital devices to offer athletes more real-time, personalized feedback on their performance, Nike Chief Executive Mark Parker said on a conference call Thursday.

Like other brands, Nike wants to expand its e-commerce business. The company was awarded 540 patents for different innovations in the past year. It recently named eBay Chief Executive John Donahoe to its board.

Recruiter Ms. Harvey, whose executive placements include Lululemon's LULU -1.48% lululemon athletica inc. U.S.: Nasdaq ^$39.82 -0.60 -1.48% June 30, 2014 10:19 am Volume (Delayed 15m) : 448,615 P/E Ratio 23.02 Market Cap $5.88 Billion Dividend Yield N/A Rev. per Employee $213,858 06/27/14 The Fashion and Tech Industrie... 06/25/14 American Apparel CEO Made Cris... 06/23/14 Stocks Break Six-Session Win S... More quote details and news » new CEO Laurent Potdevin and Gap Creative Director Rebekka Bay, said her firm now regularly gets approached by the tech world and startups about hiring fashion talent. Meanwhile, many top fashion executives are seeking her advice on whether they should jump ship to become "tech entrepreneurs," because they are being wooed by that world.

Ms. Harvey made the comments Wednesday at the inaugural "Fashion Tech Forum," an event she founded and that brought together more than 400 attendees and presenters, including fashion retailers and brands such as Nike, Nordstrom, Coach and Gap, at Pier59 Studios in New York City.

Nancy Tilbury, a fashion scientist, founder and creative director of Studio XO, which created performer Lady Gaga's 3-D printed white dress that makes bubbles, joined a panel to discuss the future of clothing and how outfits in science fiction are no longer a figment of the imagination.

A contest featuring three tech startups was judged by a panel including Coach's Executive Chairman and former CEO Lew Frankfort ; Gap's Bay; and angel investor David Tisch, a managing director at BoxGroup, which has invested in such brands as Vine and Warby Parker.

Rank & Style, which uses an algorithm to create top-10 lists in various beauty and fashion categories, won the "Founders of the Future Award" challenge, garnering a $50,000 prize and a six-week "intense" mentorship.

Write to Andria Cheng at acheng@marketwatch.com

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