#Rohan Talbot

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From the 1993 Discworld series novel Men at Arms by Terry Pratchett.

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anyway

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a tweet by Rohan Talbot (@/rohantalbot) that says, "No economist will ever come up with a better description of why being poor is so expensive than Terry Pratchett. Such a great quote." attached is an image of a page that reads:

"Take boots, for example. He earned thirty-eight dollars a month plus allowances. A really good pair of leather boots cost fifty dollars. But an affordable pair of boots, which were sort of OK for a season or two and then leaked like hell when the cardboard gave out, cost about ten dollars.

Those were the kind of boots Vimes always bought, and wore until the soles were so thin that he could tell where he was in Ankh-Morpork on a foggy night by the feel of the cobbles.

But the thing was that good boots lasted for years and years. A man who could afford fifty dollars had a pair of boots that'd still be keeping his feet dry in ten years' time, while a poor man who could only afford cheap boots would have spent a hundred dollars on boots in the same time and would still have wet feet.

This was the Captain Samuel Vimes 'Boots' theory of socio-economic unfairness."

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More than 700 people were killed in the Gaza Strip in just 24 hours, the Health Ministry in the besieged territory said Sunday, as Israeli bombings escalated following a brief pause and wider evacuation orders stoke fears of wider displacement and carnage.

According to an Al-Jazeera dispatch:

Overnight and into Sunday, intense bombing was reported in Khan Younis, Rafah, and some northern parts targeted by Israel's air and ground attacks. "Everywhere you turn to, there are children with third-degree burns, shrapnel wounds, brain injuries and broken bones," James Elder, UNICEF's global spokesperson, told Al Jazeera from Gaza. "Mothers crying over children who look like they are hours away from death. It seems like a death zone right now."

The Israel Defense Force (IDF) has been dropping evacuation leaflets across the south of Gaza in cities that include Khan Younis, Rafah, and others neighborhoods where many had been told to flee by Israel prior to the recent week-long pause.

The IDF is now using a wholly invented "grid system" to tell Palestinians in Gaza which sectors might be safe and which ones will not, leading to reports of widespread confusion on the ground for those trying to keep themselves and their families safe from the indiscriminate bombing.

"What Israel is doing in Gaza right now is one of the most cruel tactics of war I've ever seen," said Rohan Talbot, director of advocacy and campaigns for the U.K.-based Medical Aid Palestine, on Sunday. "This grid system effectively means people are being chased from square to square, in constant mortal fear. Bombing happens both inside and outside 'unsafe' areas. It's terrorism."

"And they say it's about protecting civilians! People in Gaza are saying they hope to die just to be free from the fear!" Talbot declared. "I use the word terrorism in its specific sense: using violence to intimidate civilians for political aims. Israeli leaders don't hide that this is what they are doing."

In a statement on Sunday, U.N. Human Rights Chief Volker Türk called for an end of the new wave of bombardents and a return to the talks that saw Israeli and Palestinian hostages freed and an increase in humanitarian aid allowed into Gaza.

"Silence the guns and return to dialogue—the suffering inflicted on civilians is too much to bear. More violence is not the answer. It will bring neither peace nor security," Türk said.

"As a result of Israel's conduct of hostilities and its orders for people to leave the north and parts of the south, hundreds of thousands are being confined into ever smaller areas in southern Gaza without proper sanitation, access to sufficient food, water and health supplies, even as bombs rain down around them,” he added "There is no safe place in Gaza."

Last week, it was reported that the Israeli military is using artificial intelligence to help generate bombing targets, a situation described as "dystopian" and the "first AI-facilitated genocide in history."

Horrifying scenes were evident across Gaza over the weekend as witnesses shared footage of children killed by the bombings along with the heartbreak and cries of survivors:

In the north, the Jabilia refugee camp, the largest in the Gaza Strip, was bombed again on Saturday.

"More than 100 Palestinians were killed Saturday in a new massacre committed by Israeli occupation forces in the Jabalia refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip," the official Palestinian news agency Wafa reported.

The agency said an Israeli missile hit a residential building belonging to the "Obaid family in Jabalia camp" and that "dozens were injured, and many others are still missing under the rubble," in that strike alone.

Meanwhile, Medicin Sans Frontier/MSF doctors reported their rescue vehicles, despite being clearly marked, were targeted by Israeli tanks.

Jason Lee, the Palestine country director for Save the Children, who was in Rafah on Friday, told the Guardian newspaper that what's being witnessed is a fresh population transfer in a country where 1.7 million people—out of an approximate total of 2.3 million—have already been displaced, with most now frantically trying to find safety in the south.

"How is it possible for people to move again? For many, this is not their first evacuation. The scale and scope of this is unprecedented," he said.

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BASICS.

𝐍𝐀𝐌𝐄. Rohan Ibrahim Abbasi, PhD 𝐍𝐈𝐂𝐊𝐍𝐀𝐌𝐄𝐒. Ro 𝐅𝐀𝐂𝐄 𝐂𝐋𝐀𝐈𝐌. Riz Ahmed

𝐃𝐈𝐒𝐓𝐈𝐍𝐆𝐔𝐈𝐒𝐇𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐅𝐄𝐀𝐓𝐔𝐑𝐄𝐒. medium height, lean build; cropped hair; short, trimmed beard; casual posture, typically leaning against counters, walls, or doorways with arms crossed; kind eyes. 𝐓𝐀𝐓𝐓𝐎𝐎𝐒 / 𝐏𝐈𝐄𝐑𝐂𝐈𝐍𝐆𝐒. none.

𝐀𝐆𝐄 / 𝐃.𝐎.𝐁. 38 / 30 Sept. 1985 𝐙𝐎𝐃𝐈𝐀𝐂. Libra

𝐇𝐎𝐌𝐄𝐓𝐎𝐖𝐍. Mississauga, ON, Canada 𝐅𝐀𝐌𝐈𝐋𝐘. • Muhammad Erhan Abbasi. Father, b. 1949 • Mariyam Abbasi. Mother, b. 1953 • Samaya Hijazi. Sister, b. 1981. Married, two children (17f, 12m). • Naima Abbasi Ito . Sister, b. 1982. Married, three children. (11f, 5m, 5f) • Hanif Muhammad Abbasi. Brother, b. 1987. Married, one child (2m).

𝐆𝐄𝐍𝐃𝐄𝐑 / 𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐍𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐒. trans man / he & him 𝐒𝐄𝐗𝐔𝐀𝐋𝐈𝐓𝐘. bisexual 𝐌𝐀𝐑𝐈𝐓𝐀𝐋 𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐓𝐔𝐒. single, formerly engaged

𝐏𝐎𝐒𝐈𝐓𝐈𝐕𝐄 𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐈𝐓𝐒. charismatic, focused, creative, enthusiastic, tenacious 𝐍𝐄𝐆𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐕𝐄 𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐈𝐓𝐒. stubborn, arrogant, dismissive, self-righteous, overzealous 𝐇𝐀𝐁𝐈𝐓𝐒. nail & cuticle biting; interrupting; leaving personal projects unfinished; double texting 𝐇𝐎𝐁𝐁𝐈𝐄𝐒. long distance running; a moderator on r/askbiology and frequent contributor to r/askscience; occasional tutoring high school students & undergrads

𝐏𝐄𝐓𝐒 (𝐋𝐄𝐅𝐓 𝐀𝐓 𝐇𝐎𝐌𝐄). none.

THE FOUNDATION.

𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐅𝐅 𝐓𝐈𝐓𝐋𝐄. Staff Researcher

𝐏𝐑𝐄𝐕𝐈𝐎𝐔𝐒 𝐏𝐎𝐒𝐈𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍(𝐒). • May 2018 – Dec 2018. Research Assistant at Site-17, Talbot Lab • Jan 2018 – Apr 2020. Postdoctoral Researcher at Site-17, Talbot Lab • Apr 2020 – Nov 2021. Postdoctoral Researcher at Site-17, Keir Research Group

𝐋𝐀𝐒𝐓 𝐀𝐒𝐒𝐈𝐆𝐍𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐓. (November 2021 – Present) Site-169 Anomalous Entity Engagement Division, Schaffer Research Group. Investigating class-B amnestic-facilitated disruption of the hive mind. Tested on colonies with lineages from samples of SCP-1166, SCP-4589, and SCP-171. Experiment ended in failure, requiring fumigation of lab vivariums.

𝐒𝐊𝐈𝐋𝐋𝐒 / 𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐅𝐈𝐂𝐈𝐄𝐍𝐂𝐈𝐄𝐒

academic. BSc in Biochemistry with a minor in Physiology (following a drop from the pre-med track) from McGill, MSc in Pharmacology from McGill, PhD in Neuroscience from University of Toronto extracurricular. tbd

EXTRAS.

𝐁𝐈𝐎𝐆𝐑𝐀𝐏𝐇𝐘.

Dr. Rohan Abbasi first came to the Foundation’s attention shortly following the defense and subsequent publication of his master’s thesis, entitled “Correlation between the potency of hallucinogens in the mouse head-twitch response assay and their behavioral and subjective effects in other species.” (Neuropharmacology 2014). An auspicious start for someone who was, of his own admission, little more than a glorified lab grunt prior to the manuscript’s completion. The Foundation’s growing interest in Dr. Abbasi swiftly followed with his continuing doctoral research into the treatment of complex-PTSD and psychopathies with medical-grade psychedelics and hallucinogens.  Records indicate this culmination of Dr. Abbasi’s academic focus to be some combination of chance — with a Research Assistantship in Professor Szymanski’s research group at the University of Toronto open, and Rohan Abbasi in need of additional funding — and a longer trend of interest in and unorthodox approaches to pharmacology and medicine. It was with this in mind that a small but robustly funded lab at site-17 solicited a freshly minted Dr. Abbasi to interview for an opening postdoctoral research position within the group.  In the seven years since his tenure at the Foundation began, Dr. Rohan Abbasi’s reputation and portfolio tell vastly different stories of the same man. Colleagues and close personal acquaintances of Dr. Abbasi consistently praise the discipline, energy, and creativity he brings to research settings. Indeed, much of Dr. Abbasi’s early career at the Foundation is categorized by a nearly unending stream of proposals submitted, findings published, journal clubs established, and special interest committees formed. It became, however, the concern of his hiring supervisor that such enthusiasm and, frankly, naivete would outstrip the professional demands of this particular role. Following agreement from all parties, Dr. Abbasi’s fellowship continued under the supervision of the Keir group.  Thus, a pattern began to emerge. Dr. Abbasi filled his new position with what former colleagues would now consider characteristic effusiveness and vigor. Rohan himself jumped between several projects, submitting additional proposals for each with or without final approval from his new supervisor, nearly all of which were, unsurprisingly, summarily rejected. This had seemingly little effect on Dr. Abbasi’s commitment to proposing outlandish, unorthodox, unrealistic, and in more than a few cases downright insulting avenues of research or applications of novel (often as-yet-unreplicated) findings.   Neither Dr. Abbasi nor his new team were under any illusions, then, on the circumstances and stakes surrounding the assumption of his third post, now in the Anomalous Entity Engagement Division. Indeed, it seems he has finally understood the precarious situation he has continuously engaged in, and has pivoted to bolstering his professional reputation alongside his personal. It’s with this mutual agreement that Dr. Abbasi has been encouraged to continue his work on class B amnestics.

𝐖𝐀𝐍𝐓𝐄𝐃 𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐍𝐄𝐂𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐒. dm for skeleton-specific details.

𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐑𝐀𝐂𝐓𝐄𝐑 / 𝐍𝐀𝐑𝐑𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐕𝐄 𝐓𝐑𝐎𝐏𝐄𝐒. tbd.

𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐑𝐀𝐂𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝐈𝐍𝐒𝐏𝐈𝐑𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐒. Palamades Sextus ( The Locked Tomb ); The Biologist ( Annihilation ); Cosima Niehaus ( Orphan Black ); Dr. Allison Cameron ( House ); Rose Franklin ( The Themis Files ); Hank McCoy/Beast ( X-Men ); definitely others

𝐌𝐄𝐌𝐄𝐒. tbd.

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currently playing:

⫸ romance club

• 7 brothers

• [ astrea’s broken heart — mikael ; david ]

• [ chasing you 2 s1 — alexander ; ezra? ]

• [ dracula: a love story s4 — leo ]

• [ elite tag s3 — ari ; daniel ]

• [ garden of eden s2 — castiel ]

• [ heaven’s secret requiem — cain ]

• [ hell and high water s2 — chand ]

• [ kali: flame of samsara s1 — ram ]

• [ love, sin & evil v1 — tony ]

• love from outer space s2

• [ path of the valkyrie s3 — ullr ; andvari ]

• [ psi s3 — ivo ; jonas ]

• [ song of the crimson nile s2— amen ; livius ]

• [ soulless s1 — threxio ; vincent ]

• [ the desert rose s3 — adil ; mustafa ]

• [ the one v2 — joel ]

• [ w: time catcher s1 — onyx ; shen ]

⫸ choices

• [ along came treble ]

• guarded

• immortal desires 2 — cas

• [ the ghost of us ]

⫸ league of dreamers

• [ law the of beast 2 — niall / adam ]

• tablet of isis — atsu / seth

• [ vampyrus novus ]

• wandering spirit — quanah

⫸ visual novels

• andromeda six — damon ;

• it lives within

• [ last legacy — sage ; felix ]

• [ litg: tempting fate — jin ]

• [ touchstarved — ais ; leander ]

⫸ neo story

• by moonlight — siward

⫸ interactive fiction (text-based)

• [ a comedy of manors — tony ]

• [ a tale of crowns — xelef ]

• [ apt 502 — levi ; atlas ]

• arcadie: second born — cyril ; wilfred

• attollo — deadlock sysba

• bad ritual — siruud

• buried love — eli ; alex

• citadel

• [ college tennis: original story — guillaume ; & felix ]

• crème de la crème — max & karson & blaise

• crown of ashes and flames

• crown of exile — irus

• cure the cursed

• disenchanted

• divine intervention

• exiled from court — val

• fallen lights — florian

• fields of asphodel — hades ; charon

• [ golden — kaidan ]

• honor bound — fiore & savarel

• [ infamous — orion ]

• inner demons — ciaran

• insight — averill

• into the shadows — kylian ; damien

• magicians voyage — rem

• manor hill — valerian

• [ memento mori — zero & vincent ; xa’veed ]

• [ merry crisis — qui & shay ]

• mind blind — kent

• [ mirror mine — grayson & alex ]

• nevermoore

• next in line — constantine

• ofna: birds of a feather — simon

• project hadea — nash ; rohan

• scout: an apocalypse story — oliver

• sentinel — levi ; shaw

• shepherds of haven — blade ; chase

• [ speaker — sebastian & liam ]

• spellbound: a ghost story

• superstition — rahim

• the exile — ventha ; nikke

• the fernweh saga — james

• the goodfellows — avery

• [ the lightning thief — adrién & vincenzo ]

• the moonless — rainn

• the nameless — magesmith

• the night market — gabriel

• the northern passage — lea

• the porthecrawl witness — talbot

• the rosy ones — river ; chai

• the shadow society — quaiel

• the son of satan: the mortal coil — leochlan & ramiel

• the soul stone war — morkai

• [ the wayhaven chronicles — adam ; mason ]

• throne of ashes — ruben

• to the whistling winds — ernest

• [ vespertines — ash ]

• villains promise — yoshiaki ; zenon ; lucian

• water to blood — arlo

• wayfarer — melchior ; ren?

• we all bleed red — chengyi

• when life gives you lemons — everyone eli & shane

• [ when twilight strikes — kian ; rylan ]

• whiskey-four — driver?

• [ within your eyes — lyth ]

• [ zorlok ]

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U.S. State Department Matthew Miller faced calls to resign Thursday after he accused a United Nations special rapporteur of engaging in antisemitism—an attack that came days after the human rights expert presented a report concluding that Israel's assault on Gaza has met the threshold of genocide.

Asked about the report during a press briefing on Wednesday, Miller said the U.S. has "for a longstanding period of time opposed the mandate of this special rapporteur, which we believe is not productive."

"And when it comes to the individual who holds that position, I can't help but note a history of antisemitic comments that she has made that have been reported," Miller added, pointing to comments that Francesca Albanese—the U.N. special rapporteur on the human rights situation in the occupied Palestinian territories—"made in December that appeared to justify the attacks of October 7."

...

Miller's attack on Albanese Wednesday—which echoed earlier attacks on the special rapporteur by U.S. officials and lawmakers—sparked immediate backlash and calls for his resignation.

"Matthew Miller should be forced to resign for trying to endanger the life of a U.N. official with falsehoods," Ashish Prashar, a spokesperson for Gaza Voices, said in a statement. Albanese said earlier this week that she has faced threats following the publication of her report accusing Israel of committing genocide in the Gaza Strip.

Rohan Talbot, director of advocacy and campaigns at Medical Aid for Palestinians, called the State Department spokesman's remarks a "truly despicable, Trumpian smearing of a principled human rights expert."

"Note the lack of substantive rebuttals of her careful analysis, and the resort to ad hominem attacks," Talbot wrote on social media. "Not the sign of a confident administration."

[quakerjoe]

No economist will ever come up with a better description of why being poor is so expensive than Terry Pratchett. Such a great quote.

The whole section (from Men at Arms)

Since this tweet is doing numbers, & in Terry's memory, it's only right I suggest you all join me in making a donation to

@TrussellTrust (helping people living in poverty in the UK):

https://trusselltrust.org/make-a-donation/

& @AlzResearchUK (a charity he was a patron of): 

https://donate.alzheimersresearchuk.org/publicnew/

via  Rohan Talbot @rohantalbot

[rohan-rowe]

Rohan was sitting in Talbot’s for some breakfast, not wanting to eat pop tarts for breakfast once again. She scrolled down her Facebook feed as she waited with a cup of tea in front of her, sipping slowly. When she tired of seeing yet another selfie by the same man on her feed, she set her phone down with a sigh. That was when she spotted her. A baby seated a little ways away, babbling away and smacking her hands happily on the table. She was, to say the least, utterly adorable. Rohan absolutely loved babies. While she didn’t quite know anyone with any, she loved getting them to smile and laugh whenever she saw them and they seemed to love her right back for it.

Her eyes broke away when the server came and put her plate down, telling her to enjoy. After saying her thanks, she watched them walk away before turning her attention to the plate. Waffles with a side of bacon and 2 cute strawberries sitting in dollops of whipped cream atop the top waffle. It was beautiful, or at least her now growling stomach claimed so. Pouring a drizzle of blueberry syrup, she carefully started cutting the waffle apart. After a few bites, her attention turned back to the baby. If this was a cartoon, a little light bulb would have blinked into existence above her head, shocking everyone with its brilliance and impossibility.

It took barely any time for the baby to catch her eye. With an excited smile, she waved and said a soft hello too low for the baby or the parents, who were oblivious to everything anyway, to hear. She put the bacon strips in front of her lips like a walrus’s tusks and tilted her head side to side, pulling silly faces. She watched with bright eyes, unable to hold a smile back anymore as the baby cackled out laughter, face turning a soft, rosy colour with it. Putting one strip down, she chomped theatrically at the other, making the laughter draw out longer before stopping. That’s when her heart stopped.

Freezing, she met the eyes of someone watching her. Rohan swallowed the bacon harshly, her eyes wide, a blush quickly spreading across her cheeks. Oh, no. Did they see all of that? She certainly hoped not.

[frankpodmore]

♲ Rohan Talbot (rohantalbot@twitter.com)2020-08-16 10:30:51:

No economist will ever come up with a better description of why being poor is so expensive than Terry Pratchett. Such a great quote.

[raffisweb]

VW - The Passenger from Alexander Brown on Vimeo.

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50cm:Cycling Australia announce UniSA squad for Tour Down Under

Cycling Australia have announced six of the seven riders who will represent Team UniSA-Australia at the 2019 Tour Down Under in January.

Jason Lea, Dylan Sutherland, Ayden Toovey, Neil Van der Ploeg, Nick White and Oceania road race champion Chris Harper will ride for the team, with a seventh rider to be named following the Australian national championships in early January.

Last week, Cycling Australia announced the UniSA-Australia line-up for the 2019 Santos Women's Tour Down Under, naming Lauren Kitchen, Anya Louw, Rachel Neylan, Emily Roper, Josie Talbot and Rebecca Wiasak, and will now eagerly await the team rosters for the other teams that they'll be up against at the women's event – January 10-13 – and the men's race, which runs from January 15-20, with the Down Under Classic on January 13.

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UniSA – the University of South Australia, in Adelaide – has sponsored a men's team at the Tour Down Under since 2001, which was the third edition of the event, and has been part of the race ever since, even taking the overall title in 2004 through Patrick Jonker.

As of 2006, the Team UniSA-Australia squad has been the official Australian national team at the event, which over the years has provided young, up-and-coming Australian riders with the opportunity to compete against the world's best at the Tour Down Under, with many past team members going on to ride for WorldTour teams, including Richie Porte, Michael Matthews, Rohan Dennis, Alex Edmondson and Jack Haig.

The 2018 season saw the first women's UniSA-Australia team at the Tour Down Under, providing young Australians with the chance to compete on the world stage, as well as an opportunity for Australian riders whose pro teams aren't part of the event's line-up to compete at their home race.

You can read more at Cyclingnews.com

[listiqueblog]

Top 18 Ecommerce Fashion Websites to Watch in 2018

U.S. retail ecommerce sales of apparel and accessories is expected to surpass $103 billion in 2018.

That comprises nearly 20% of total retail ecommerce sales this year and makes apparel and accessories the largest single product category in the ecommerce industry.

The next few years look even better for apparel and accessories ecommerce retailers, as sales are projected to top $170 billion by 2022.

If you want your share of the massive profits in this category, your ecommerce site is going to have to be best-in-class because the competition is fierce.

The following fashion brands have built exceptional ecommerce sites around giving customers the best shopping experience possible.

Follow their lead and you’ll be well on your way to ecommerce success.

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Best Fashion Ecommerce Sites

Fashion brands face stiff competition online.

From large, established brands like Louis Vuitton to smaller brands like Verge Girl, fashion ecommerce sites are all vying for shoppers’ attention.

Regardless of their size or niche, the best fashion brands have a few things in common.

They:

Are good at visually communicating with their customers

Use product descriptions to give character to their products

Tell an appealing story with their About page

Avoid selling on their homepage

Regularly introduce new products

Sell a specific look

Make it easy for shoppers to buy the right size and fitting

Invite customers to be part of their community

Leverage user-generated content (customer reviews) to help sell their products

We’ve selected the following 18 brands to show how some of the best fashion ecommerce sites use these tactics to engage their customers:

Tabitha Simmons.

Verge Girl.

Réalisation Par.

Tucker Blair.

Rollie Nation.

Natori.

TYLER’S.

Olive Clothing.

Bohemian Traders.

Revelry.

Yala Designs.

Cutter & Buck.

The Mountain.

TRUE Linkswear.

Fortress of Inca.

The Pink Lily Boutique.

Stormy Kromer.

Seriously Silly Socks.

Let’s take a closer look at these fashion ecommerce sites to see exactly how they do it.

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1. Tabitha Simmons.

Tabitha Simmons sells fashionable women’s footwear made from the finest materials.

Its homepage stands out for its big, beautiful banners featuring premium photography. Product pages display high-quality images of Tabitha Simmons’ elegant shoes.

Shoppers can view size and fit information for each shoe, as well as use the site’s visualization tools to view shoes in different colors.

2. Verge Girl.

Verge Girl is an online women’s fashion store with a sassy and irreverent style and attitude. The ecommerce site sells dresses, jeans, jackets, and accessories from Australian and international designers.

Each product page displays:

Multiple high-quality images featuring a model wearing the product in various poses

A product description

Size guide

An Afterpay option that allows you to pay for your purchase in several installments.

Shoppers can also read articles on the ecommerce site’s fashion blog.

3. Réalisation Par.

Réalisation Par is a clothing label founded by Alexandra Spencer & Teale Talbot.

The ecommerce site specializes in dresses, skirts, and tops and features multiple views of each product, “the story” of each piece of clothing, and a sizing chart.

The site is also geared towards Instagram, with “dream girl” customers showing off their purchases in photos posted on the site.

4. Tucker Blair.

Tucker Blair is an online retailer of handmade needlepoint accessories featuring classic American styles.

From belts and sunglass straps to beach totes and hats, shoppers can zoom in on the intricacies of the products’ needlepoint work, read customer reviews, and view related products.

“Our site allows us to be everywhere for a lot of people,” said Matthew Tara, CEO of Tucker Blair.

“The biggest challenge of being a really good online brand is to have continuity and make your site feel like it’s not just a transaction — that there’s an experience.”

Tucker Blair improved online conversions by 75%.

Learn how they grew sales while also saving time on BigCommerce Enterprise.

5. Rollie Nation.

Rollie Nation designs and sells shoes online.

The company’s homepage includes images of unusual and compelling dioramas like the one above that feature Rollie Nation’s shoes.

Product pages feature multiple high-quality images of each shoe as well as a short video with a model walking in them.

Shoppers can also view details about each shoe, read customer reviews, and see related products.

“I chose BigCommerce because I felt the platform offered the best combination of ease-of-use and flexibility,” said Vince Lebon, founder of Rollie Nation.

“BigCommerce is a serious platform for online stores. The extensive built-in features, coupled with great complementary integrations and apps, is an excellent fit for fast-growth businesses like ours.”

Rollie Nation grows revenue 200% year-over-year.

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6. Natori.

Natori’s ecommerce site is as elegant and beautiful as the fashionable apparel it sells.

The site gives customers an excellent shopping experience by providing:

Faceted search to quickly sort products

Multiple product views with the ability to zoom

Detailed product descriptions with customer reviews

Recommended product accessories

A size guide

Live chat for quick and easy support.

“Our old platform was just too limiting,” said Heidi Maughan, Director of Ecommerce at Natori.

“We’re set up for success now that we’ve moved over to BigCommerce.”

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7. TYLER’S.

TYLER’S sells a wide selection of athletic and lifestyle apparel, footwear, and accessories from nine retail locations in Texas.

The company’s extensive but easy-to-navigate ecommerce site provides:

Advanced search capabilities

Detailed product descriptions with multiple images

Customer reviews to boost shopper confidence.

“BigCommerce has made it a lot more efficient for us to update product information, images, add and remove items on the website, and adjust items for sale prices,” said Ken Ward, Director of Ecommerce at TYLER’S.

“BigCommerce has helped our small team to get a lot more work done in the most efficient way.”

  8. Olive Clothing.

Olive Clothing is a British contemporary clothing brand. The company’s ecommerce site offers many different styles that “combine heritage with modernity, simplicity with playfulness, and street style with understated elegance.”

The site’s homepage draws a visitor in with a full screen photograph, and the site features faceted search to more easily navigate the company’s extensive catalog.

Product pages display multiple product images, product descriptions, clothing size and care information, information about delivery and returns, and related products.

“BigCommerce’s API has enabled us to build the kind of integrations necessary to create end-to-end operational workflows that might not otherwise have been possible,” said Rohan Moore, Managing Director at Olive Clothing.

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9. Bohemian Traders.

Bohemian Traders is one of Australia’s most beloved online fashion and apparel brands featuring classic styles for the modern bohemian.

Shoppers can see multiple views of each product, rate products, read reviews, and get styling recommendations.

One of the most unique features of the site is that models appear in different outfits with a product to show shoppers different ways it can be worn.

“With BigCommerce, everything is just very easy to use. It’s intuitive and it’s scalable,” said David Berlach, CEO of Bohemian Traders.

“Since our first year of operation, we have grown 166% YoY and undoubtedly part of that growth can be attributed to the switch to BigCommerce.”

Bohemian Traders drives 309% customer growth.

Bohemian Traders knew BigCommerce’s ability to scale with their brand was beneficial and led to a 166% YoY growth.

10. Revelry.

Revelry produces custom, affordable, trendy, designer-quality bridesmaid dresses while offering an unparalleled online shopping experience.

The company’s ecommerce site offers customers a sample box program that allows them to try on multiple dresses in the comfort of their homes.

When customers decide on a dress, each Revelry garment is made-to-order.

“BigCommerce offers so many integrations that really help us run a smooth operation,” said Michelle DeLoach, owner and founder of Revelry.

“BigCommerce is always adding features and staying on the cutting-edge of ecommerce.”

  11. Yala Designs.

Yala Designs incorporates its love of travel into all of its bamboo, organic, and fair trade clothing.

In addition to the company’s focus on sustainability and responsibility, its ecommerce site stands out for its “feel good” photography.

Shoppers can use the site’s visualization tools to zoom in on clothing products and view them in different colors.

The site also offers product recommendations “to complete the look” and provides a Fabric & Care Guide.

12. Cutter & Buck.

From business attire to casual clothing to sportswear, Cutter & Buck sells high-quality apparel for men and women.

Shoppers can easily browse this well-designed ecommerce site using faceted search, narrowing down their search by type of clothing, size, price, and color.

Once they arrive on a product page, shoppers can read and write reviews, view related products, and use the site’s visualization tools to view products in different colors.

13. The Mountain.

The Mountain sells art apparel from 30 retail locations and is well-known for its popular line of “Big Face” t-shirts.

Although the company has a large product catalog, faceted search makes navigating the site a breeze.

The Mountain’s site boasts high-quality images of its artwear, lets customers zoom in on products, and uses dynamic pricing to automatically update a product’s price when a shopper chooses a different apparel size.

“We chose BigCommerce because we needed a platform that had the capability to grow with us,” said Lindsey Reis, Marketing Manager at The Mountain.

“In just 30 days after launching our redesigned site on BigCommerce, we experienced a 33% MoM increase in conversion rate.”

The Mountain increases month-over-month conversion rate by 33%.

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14. TRUE Linkswear.

TRUE Linkswear is a truly unique online golf shoe and accessories seller with style and attitude.

The company notes that they want their shoes to be your favorite shoes, not just your favorite golf shoes.

A shopper can quickly jump to the exact product they want using faceted search, see each shoe from multiple angles, use visualization tools to see shoes in different colors, read and write reviews, and view shoe care and sizing guides.

“In a 24-hour period, we created a basic BigCommerce theme and got our most important inventory plugins working,” said Jason Moore, VP of Product Development at TRUE Linkswear.

“It was so easy to integrate our logistics solutions and operations into the BigCommerce platform – from inventory management tools to shipping integrations to account solutions, as well as the plug-and-play abilities with all of the third-party apps that we use.”

15. Fortress of Inca.

Fortress of Inca is a Peruvian shoe manufacturer that is focused on fair labor practices and pricing, premium natural materials, and sustainability.

The company’s ecommerce site shows shoppers multiple product images with the ability to zoom, related products, sizing charts, and even a blog to aid their shopping journey.

“Our sales and traffic increased 20% when we moved to BigCommerce,” said Evan Streusand, founder of Fortress of Inca.

“Integrating with other platforms and ecommerce apps is also a huge help. Apps like Stitch Labs and ShipStation, which we use to run our business, all work seamlessly with BigCommerce to help our processes run smoothly.”

Fortress of Inca increased monthly transactions by 43%.

Fortress of Inca utilized the backend functionality and features of BigCommerce to drive 20% more traffic and sales when they switched.

16. The Pink Lily Boutique.

The Pink Lily Boutique is one of the fastest growing online fashion boutiques in the country.

High-quality photography separates this ecommerce site from its competitors, as does its fashion-forward design.

To help navigate a large product catalog, shoppers can use faceted search to sort products by size, price, rating, color, style, material, and more.

Product pages feature multiple product views, detailed product descriptions, related products, and customer reviews.

“All of our business metrics have increased significantly since we switched to BigCommerce,” said Chris Gerbig, cofounder of The Pink Lily Boutique.

“BigCommerce’s integrations with ShipStation and InStockNotify have made it possible for our team to perform functions that would have previously taken days or even weeks in a matter of minutes.”

Pink Lily Boutique achieves 600+ orders per day.

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17. Stormy Kromer.

Stormy Kromer has been selling its iconic winter railroad cap since 1903, and also sells clothing, bags, and accessories from its ecommerce site.

The beautifully designed site features excellent photography and gives visitors an optimal online shopping experience.

Product pages are loaded with features and information, enabling shoppers to view products in different colors, see images of people wearing the product in the “real world,” watch a video to help them determine their cap size, read customer reviews, and jump to related products.

18. Seriously Silly Socks.

Seriously Silly Socks is an online retailer that sells a wide variety of, you guessed it, socks.

The user-friendly site provides shoppers with a broad range of features, such as:

Faceted search so they can quickly sort through the company’s large catalog

Multiple product views, the ability to compare products side by side

A size guide

Customer reviews

The company’s Twitter feed.

“I’ve been with BigCommerce for five years now,” said Andrew Gill, owner of Seriously Silly Socks.

“I’ve looked into Magento and Shopify. When I compare BigCommerce versus either of them, I’m happy with the choice I made and would make the same decision again.”

Seriously Silly Socks reaches a 5.3% conversion rate.

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Executive Summary

The apparel and accessories category is expected to reach $170.52 billion in sales by 2022 after topping $103 billion this year.

To capture their share of sales, leading fashion brands are building ecommerce sites that delight shoppers and turn them into loyal customers.

The 18 ecommerce brands above are dazzling the fashion sector by using some tried and true tactics on their sites:

Displaying images of products at various angles

Using professional photography

Enabling visualization tools so shoppers can zoom in on products and see them in different colors

Providing faceted search

Highlighting customer reviews

Competition in this ecommerce category is fierce, so you have to dress your site for success.

Follow the lead of these fashion brands using ecommerce best practices to provide exceptional online shopping experiences for your customers.

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