Make a Moda purchase, and the implicit aspiration is that you're buying into an exalted fashion-forward lifestyle a sorority of good-taste gals.

WSJ: The Ladies Behind Moda Operandi | WSJ. Magazine May 2013

It was then that he caught the attention of LVMH chairman Bernard Arnault, who throughout the 1990s was creating an empire by buying out distressed family-owned fashion houses that were running out of cash to grow their businesses.

WSJ: The Future of Armani

The aim is to entice customers to allow Burberry to record their buying history, shopping preferences and fashion phobias in a digital profile, which can be accessed by sales staff using hand-held tablets.

ECONOMIST: High-tech fashion