Taigan, a highly edited collection of online shops, continues to create online shopping experiences with the rollout of new interactive style blog TaiganFinds

Nashville, TN – February 14, 2011 –Taigan recently launched the redesign of TaiganFinds.com style, fashion and shopping blog. The latest stages of the revamp include a new homepage and sections such as What’s New, Fashion, Home, Gifts, Heath and Beauty, Food & Drink, Retail Shop Profiles and News and Updates. One of the more popular sections on TaiganFinds is New This Week, a front-page summary highlighting some of the latest arrivals on the specialty retail shopping website. Fashion covers interesting exposés on Investment pieces worth the splurge to How to travel in style from shoes to toiletries.

Known for its hand-picked collection of shops, designers and purveyors offering limited production specialty items in fashion, home, gourmet food, boutique wineries and more, the specialty online marketplace launched in 2009 and now represents more than 80 boutique shops and designers/purveyors in 11 different categories. The TaiganFinds blog is the second editorial blog for Taigan, which also publishes Julia Reed’s Fetch – a magazine-style collection of musings from famed tastemakers, lifestyle mavens and the always thought-provoking Reed.

The TaiganFinds blog new design mirrors the shopping website’s commitment to building community through a fresh interpretation of the fashion, lifestyle, interior design and foodie worlds.

“Providing meaningful editorial content is another way to engage the Taigan community and connect the independent voices of our shoppers, designers, retailers, fashion bloggers and industry elite.Online shopping can be oversaturated with content – we improved TaiganFinds to curate online shopping and celebrate the independent small shop owner, designer and purveyor,” said Taigan VP of Marketing, Gretchen Howell.

Visually, TaiganFinds is a fashion-forward style-sheet blog offeringvivid imagery and is fresh, easy to navigate, and extraordinarily engaging. The content — with tiers of editorial expertise, links, video, call-outs, socialmedia streams— is compelling to every type of online user: the shopper, contributor, and editorial retail world.

Many Taigan shops and their collections cannot be found anywhere else online. Fashion, gourmet food, wine, decor, art, jewelry and beauty- it’s all in one place, Taigan.com.

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Editorially noted in InStyle, Departures, Elle Décor, winner of the Retailer of Excellence Award in the Internet Innovation category and named Technology Start-up of the Year, Taigan is recognized as the online shopping destination for a highly curated collection of boutiques, designers and purveyors.  Showcasing specialty retailers of women and men’s fashion, home décor, art, antiques, jewelry, gourmet food and wine and fine gifts, bringing the best shops to your fingertips. For the shopper, the collector, the epicure…  delivering an extraordinary and ever-expanding collection of shops and purveyors.  Creative Director Julia Reed delivers a collection of Elusive Finds, facts and profiles in Taigan’s fetch, online lifestyle magazine. Shopping is free, guests are asked to provide their email address to use the site’s messaging service with shops.

Columnist, author, reporter and famed hostess Julia Reed Highlights Gourmet Recipes, Backyard Dining Tips and More with Taigan Fine Food and Wine Retailers Blackberry Farm, Wine for All, Delaware Chicken Farm and Seafood Market and St. James Cheese Company.

Nashville, TN – August 11, 2010 – The country’s premier place to find the finest and freshest gourmet foods is online at Taigan.com, according to Vogue alum and Newsweek Food & Drink Columnist Julia Reed. But you don’t have to be a gourmand to shop on Taigan.com, as foodies of all ranks are taking note of the online shopping site’s gourmet retailers like South Florida’s Delaware Chicken Farm and Seafood Market, Blackberry Farm located in the Smoky Mountains of Tennessee, Atlanta-based Star Provisions, St. James Cheese Company in New Orleans and New York-based Wine for All.

“Finding high quality, great tasting food online can be time-consuming and, frankly, a bit dicey,” says Reed, who regularly shares entertaining stories, ideas and recipes on Taigan’s Online Magazine, Fetch. “Fortunately, Taigan has a highly edited collection of specialty shops offering gourmet foods and wines from around the world.”

Check out Julia Reed’s gourmet picks on Taigan.com:

Grill, baby grill with Blackberry Farm’s famous J&S Barbecue Sauce. It’s that end of summer time of the year where everyone breaks out the gourmet barbecue concoction and the men show off their flame broiling skills.

Sommelier Eli Hardof, owner of Taigan’s Wine for All, prefers to help customers choose a wine with food pairings in mind. Hardof recommends a dark and layered wine such as Pertuisane 2004 to pair with lamb, a summer barbecue favorite. Made from 90% Grenache and 10% Carignane, the vines are 40-80 years old and yield fruit of tremendous depth and character.

Delaware Chicken Farm and Seafood Market offers the finest and freshest seafood, meats and poultry available. Coast to coast, from show-stopping Alaskan King Crab Legs to succulent South Florida Lobster Tails, any order from Delaware Chicken Farm and Seafood Market will turn a meal into a gourmet event!

St. James Cheese Company on Taigan strives to offer its customers a wide selection of perfectly ripe cheese that will entice novice and veteran cheese lovers alike. Shop for all kinds of artisanal cheeses like Fleur de Maquis. Also known as Brindamour, this French cheese is made with sheep’s milk from Corsica and coated with rosemary, juniper berries and bird’s eye peppers.

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Taigan’s collection of the best boutiques, designers and specialty shops in the country online bring the best shopping street in the country to your fingertips. From home furnishings and décor, fashion and fine jewelry, women’s, mens and children’s apparel, shoes and accessories gourmet food, like the artisanal chocolate brought to you by New Orleans’ Sucre.

Hollyhock is one of the specialty boutiques featured on Taigan.com. Owner Suzanne Rheinstein has a little bit of everything for her clients including antique, vintage and modern furnishings to decorate the home, and wonderful accessories and books for memorable gifts. Known as a true destination for the country’s top interior designers, for the past 20 years, now shoppers can discover Hollyhock online at Taigan in addition to shopping their West Hollywood showroom.

Hollyhock is known for its collection of 18th and 19th century antiques, accessories, art, architecture books perfect to decorate your coffee table with and a Hollyhock Home Collection of custom upholstery, furniture and lighting. Hollyhock also has a wide collection of hostess or special occasion gifts. On Taigan, you’ll find Hollyhock’s monogrammed napkins, signed books, crystal vases by William Yeoward, Christopher Spitzmiller lamps, Dodie Thayer candleholders, English Ashworth plates and so much more. Suzanne Rheinstein personally chooses the one-of-a-kind decorative pieces for the shop, each a conversation piece, with a unique story.

Hollyhock also services as the ‘it’ venue for cultural events in Southern California. The chic boutique regularly hosts book launch parties, lectures supporting nonprofit organizations and other celebrations. The specialty home furnishings boutique has graced the pages of many magazines and has received its fair amount of press. Hollyhock was featured in Southern Accents (more than once), California Homes, Veranda, California Style, Luxe, Domino, House Beautiful and more. The owner of Hollyhock, Suzanne, has also had her moment in the spotlight, she was featured in Inspired Styles, an anthology of ideas, creative palettes, and selected examples of interior design.

If the Hollyhock online boutique sounds like the place you’d like to shop for one-of-a-kind home items, visit. You’ll also discover the many other hand-picked collection of specialty shops from across the country, featuring women’s, men’s and children’s apparel, gourmet food, shoes, accessories and more.

Taigan is a members-only online shopping experience that brings you exclusive access to interesting and unique stores from around the US. New shops added each month. New merchandise added daily. From apparel to jewelry, children’s to gourmet food, home to health and beauty. Many Taigan shops and their collections cannot be found anywhere else online. Join Today!