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...members-only discount sites that offer VIP-style sample sales at outlet prices. But the fashion site making the most waves these days is a new online outlet cleverly named theOutnet.com. Opened to the public on April 16, theOutnet - the latest hot spot created by net-a-porter.com founder Natalie Massenet - had 150,000 visitors register prior to the official launch. "With our fashion-forward approach, edited selection and chic format, we will continue to provide savvy shoppers with something new at a great price," says Stephanie Phair, director of theOutnet.com...
...Massenet, who was born in Los Angeles and lives in London with her French financier husband and their two daughters, was a magazine editor and pregnant with Isabella, now 8, when she came up with the idea of an online store selling the hottest items of the season at the click of a mouse. Six years later and pregnant with Ava, now 19 months, Massenet decided to expand the London-based company Stateside, with a vast distribution center in Long Island City, N.Y., offering same-day delivery to Manhattan and overnight delivery across the U.S. "Pregnancy is a very creative...
...which launched in June 2000 on an investment of just over $1 million, has doubled its turnover each year since then and is now in its fourth year of profitable trading; this while those with far deeper pockets flamed out in the early years of the Internet gold rush. Massenet puts her against-the-odds survival, then success, down to the vision of "merging a magazine with a store," coupled with user-friendly technology. "Don't show me a shoe rotating 360°," she says. "This is a service business. It's about showing the clothes, not showing off the technology...
Astute editing by a buying team directed by Massenet adds offbeat choices such as Brian Atwood heels and Devi Kroell bags to offerings from big guns like Marc Jacobs and Chloé. "Net-a-porter is an environment where a woman can really indulge, browsing through more than 160 brands in our fashion playground," says Massenet. To guide the search, editors' favorites are highlighted, while onscreen Post-it notes offer styling suggestions. Then there's the lush packaging, rapid delivery and, just as crucial, free returns service. Net-a-porter gets more than 1 million visitors a month...
...Massenet, who has inherited the slender frame of her former-Chanel-model mother, says what she gives up is personal indulgence. "I don't work out. I don't get manicures, pedicures. I don't get my hair done as often as I should," she says, "and my social life has taken a beating. I'm sure friends think I'm out somewhere glamorous, but I'll be home reading a story with my kids." Ask her what she wishes were available to buy at the click of a mouse, and she answers, "Sleep! I can't tell...