I recently discovered an online social networking website that facilitates offline group meetings with common interests in various locations worldwide. I saw a #meetuplyvore in New York City upon exploring this site. I am always game to motor to the Big Apple for fun, exploration, and seeing my daughter.
Social media sites are funny. I seem to have outgrown my fascination with locating childhood friends on Facebook. However, I am still engaged with Pinterest, another online community where users can save images and categorize them on different boards. I am always ready to organize anything, so Pinterest allows you to keep ideas, projects, travel, or whatever you deem essential organized.
Polyvore is my primary social community and has held my attention for the last nine months. Polyvore, funny name, huh? Poly means different, and vore means people. Polyvore is the web’s most prominent fashion community site, where users are empowered to discover their style and set trends worldwide. I might note that Polyvore is the 7th largest e-commerce site, and companies advertise and sell products. So, one month ago, I decided to meet up with other Polyvore members for a day in New York City as organized by one member.
To get an idea of how big the Polyvore is, note the following:
- Polyvore’s global community has created over 44 million sets that are shared across the web
- There are active Polyvore communities around fashion, interior design, and artistic expression
- As of August 2012, Polyvore has over 17 million monthly unique visitors.
- Polyvore was launched on February 1, 2007
It was great meeting others with similar interests. I loved learning everyone’s story of using social media opportunities to utilize their creativity and invent new ways of making income.
After my daughter made sure that I made it to the correct meeting place, though the ladies at the meet-meetup I was dropping off my daughter, it was a pleasure to see women of a certain age and younger women.
Our day went a little something like this:
10:45 AM: Meet Polyvore Meetup Meetupzer and other “Pollies” attending Meetup
MeetupAM: Meet Handbag designer Monica Botkier at her showroom
Monica Bokier is a former fashion photographer who has been a handbag designer since 2007. She is known for the classic Trigger bag, which became a cult classic for the brand. Monica was recognized for her contributions to the accessories industry by being recognized as a member of the Council of Fashion Designers of America.
1:00 PM: Lunch at Bryant Park
It was a perfect day for lunch at Bryant Park; my only recollection of Bryant Park is from Good Morning America’s Friday concerts. The Meetup Meetupd for up close and personal experience.
2:00 PM: South Brooklyn to meet milliner Tracy Watts
Tracy Watts is an artist and mold maker for handmade hats. She studied at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York and has been designing, manufacturing, and distributing a full contemporary line of women’s and men’s designer hats from her studio and showroom in the Gowanus neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York, since 1993. It’s great that Tracy’s products are made right here in the USA.
“All of our hats are designed, steam-molded over vintage blocks, and made by hand in our Brooklyn studio,” Tracy Watts said.
6:00 PM Dinner with Polyvore Meetup Meetuprk organizer and another “Pollie.”
It was a wonderful day to share Polyvore experiences. I was so inspired by the Polyvore Meetup Meetup York City that I am planning a Meetup Meetup King of Prussia Mall on Friday, September 19th, so stay tuned!
