This means that we’ve been selected from over 1,500 applicants to take part in a one week event where we’ll have access to  “400 mentors from a top-tier network of company builders; including seed investors, serial entrepreneurs, product experts, HR and PR specialists, marketers, lawyers, recruiters, journalists and venture capitalists.”

What does this mean for our users? It means that we’ll be brainstorming how to improve our service to you with some of the most brilliant business people in Europe. We’ll also be learning from the experiences of other promising startups.

All this will help us achieve our main goal: to better solve the problems you face in running your fashion business. We have big plans for the future, and Seedcamp is one of the best stepping stones imaginable to realising those plans.

And, as always, if you have ideas (no matter how far-fetched) for how technology could make your life in fashion easier, let us know!

Established fashion labels for instance, are marketing themselves on social networks such as Facebook, Twitter and Myspace, according to an article posted on the Business of Fashion blog. But while these sites might prove to be useful, their popularity with the public may lead to a loss of exclusivity.

A good alternative is provided by more focused social media such as fashionbusinessclub.net where you can link with industry professionals and promote your business. You may also find useful contacts in myfdb.com which claims to have “built the largest credited fashion database on the web”. It is, at this point, still in closed beta but you can request an invitation on the site. We’re still waiting for our invitation!

Iqons.com, a social network with a magazine, helps promising fashion designers get the exposure they need by featuring members on the website and publishing their works and accomplishments. Nineteen74.com is also very useful in this respect, in particular due to their powerful events and announcements functions. Members in the network updated with events, projects and job opportunities.

Alternatively, if you’re looking for more specific information about emerging fashion labels, want to develop your career, are recruiting simply want to build your network without having to put time into creating profiles on social networks, fashionunited.co.uk (international), fashioncapital.co.uk, and manchesterfashion.com are the places to join the discussion and connect with other people and companies.

These fashion focused social networks are invaluable when seeking to establish yourself as a new talent, whether you’re building up your own business or looking to work for someone else. The world is at your fingertips. All you need is tech savvy.