Gilt Group and Costello Tagliapietra

Thanks to the partnership of Gilt Group and Costello Tagliapietra, fashionistas everywhere will now be able to purchase clothing straight from the runway in a New York minute!

Gilt, the invitation-only sample sale website will support the designers in their Spring 2009 show next week, and will then offer the designers clothing on Gilt.com shortly thereafter.

"Fashion shows are critical in extending a designers reach with buyers and editors yet the cost to produce can be prohibitive," Steven Kolb, executive director of the CFDA told Fashion Week Daily. "Gilt Group's extension in supporting the CFDA Business ServiceNetwork with sponsorship of designers' shows is an additional resource that compliments its on line sales for our members and demonstrates Gilt Group's true efforts to strengthen our industry."

Jeffrey Costello and Robert Tagliapietra are excited to begin their new venture with Gilt, "Gilt has created an environment online where our customers from all over the nation can enjoy the same privileges as those who have easy access to the sample sales in New York."
-Katherine Mingey