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Cyber cute: Marc by Marc Jacobs launches their S/S 2010 live over the web

Cyber cute: Marc by Marc Jacobs launches their S/S 2010 live over the web

American brand taps Japanese celebrities MEGUMI and Mao Inoue to model their latest styles -- live, in front of the entire internet
Marc by Marc Jacobs JapanKiko Mizuhara from "ViVi" poses in Marc by Marc Jacobs Spring Summer 2010.

Fashion voyeurism just got a little sweeter. At last night's Marc by Marc Jacobs S/S 2010 preview party held at the Harajuku store (Jingumae 4-25-18, Shibuya-ku), video cameras nearly outnumbered guests as the brand encouraged both established media and cyberspace reporters to beam images of the flirty clothes as well as the invited celebrities directly to their respective websites.

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Model MEGUMI poses with a copy of the new Marc by Marc Jacobs mook from Takarajima.
Computers and Sony's new handheld Bloggie camera were on hand so guests could blog at their whim, and popular street snap site Dropsnap streamed video live during the entire party.

"Utilizing these tools has been done in other instances before so it's not completely innovative, but I think we are the first to do it in Japan," said Martin Webb,  marketing & communications director for Marc Jacobs Japan, who is a blogger himself. 


Of course, the idea only works if people have something to blog about, and that fodder was provided by a trio of "it"-girl models who kicked off the preview by parading a few key looks for the season. "ViVi" model Kiko Mizuhara, TV personality MEGUMI, and "Hana Yori Dango" star Mao Inoue held the rapt attention of all -- until the champagne kicked in. And if any subsequent dirt went down, it will have been recorded at #marc2010 faster than one could say #donteventhinkaboutwitteringthat.

More pictures from the event can be seen at Mai Sassy Girl and Ena's Glam Blog.

Misha Janette is a fashion reporter, stylist and translator who runs the fashion commentary site, Frivolite. She is a graduate of Tokyo's Bunka Fashion College.
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