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"Now anyone can get a feel for what it's like to be\u00A0Miranda Priestly, the infamous fashion diva from the film The Devil Wears Prada.\nA new crowd-powered fashion website wants to simultaneously give designers a safe place for experimentation and consumers a venue for their opinions.\nSee also: Every Time Barney Stinson Wore a Suit in 'How I Met Your Mother'\nCrowdemand, which launched Tuesday, uses similar methods as Kickstarter to connect designers directly with their customers. Designers will post their work on the site and during a two-week campaign period consumers will pre-order the items they want. \nIf a minimum number of orders are placed, the designs go to production and are shipped to customers in two to four months. All designs will fit into one of three categories: \"Celebrity Spotting,\" \"Backed by Popular Demand\" and\u00A0\"New Demands.\"\n\nImage:  Crowdemand\n\n\n\"It's not just about sharing what you purchased, but sharing for the purpose of getting something made,\" co-CEO Yaniv Reeis told Mashable. \"We're just creating demand in a different kind of way.\"\nFor now, only established designers will be featured on the site, a dynamic designed to minimize the risk of orders not being filled or not being of a high quality.\u00A0Cynthia Rowley\u00A0will be the inaugural designer, followed by\u00A0Whit\u00A0a week later and\u00A0Meskita\u00A0a week after that. So far, approximately 20 designers are scheduled to appear on the site, and Reeis expects that more campaigns will overlap as Crowdemand grows.\nReeis and co-founders Marat Stary and Liat Cohen, who have all known each other since childhood, simply wanted to work together. Eventually, Crowdemand bloomed out of their shared love of design and fashion.\n\nImage:  Crowdemand via Facebook\n\n\nThe site acts as a retailer, but unlike traditional online fashion sites that decide to carry certain designs based on projections and historical performance, Crowdemand allows customers to decide what they want for themselves. The founders of the site believe this on-demand system will cut down on production and inventory issues, resulting in no excess stock or wasted materials.\nIn addition to getting an idea of how customers respond to their pieces, the site also allows designers to see how they respond to cost. Apparel will typically cost between $250-$2,000, but some accessories may be less expensive.\n\"It's all about consumers and their own self expression,\" Reeis said. \"What we're trying to do here is let the market dictate what consumers really want.\"\nHave something to add to this story? Share it in the comments.\n"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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