Boston - May 16, 2005

Pulse Monitor

The Fashion Pulse Online Boutique

For years now, Boston’s been holding its own against other international cities.

Fine dining: Radius puts Balthazar to shame. Spas: Kinara’s got nothing on Bella Sante. Sports? Culture? Education? Please, quit your trash talk.

But then there’s fashion. Though local designers and buyers for boutiques have made inroads recently, Bostonians simply don’t have the unfettered access to up-and-comers that they should.

Time for intervention: The Fashion Pulse, a new online boutique scours the planet for emerging designers formerly unavailable online or in department stores, so you have first dibs on accessories, swimwear, handbags, and clothes from fashion’s promising young things.

The site also delivers established names, like Heike Jarick, C Label, Sass & Bide, and Pegah Anvarian. So if you’ve gaps in your wardrobe that you can’t fill locally, let your fingers do the walking.

Now all Boston’s lacking? Late last calls that are actually late.

Available online at fashionpulse.com.