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Will buyers be traveling for fashion week?

It is surreal to think the next fashion cycle is but a mere three weeks away. As New York fashion week leads the international calendar on 14 September, the latest update from the Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA) informs some NYFW designers will stage physical shows, albeit limited to audiences of 50 persons. London, Milan and...

25 Aug 2020

Podcast

Podcast: The Digitalisation of Everything, with Barry McGeough from Google

As Director of Strategic Partnerships within Google's Advanced Tech department, Barry McGeough knows what he's talking about when it comes to new technology. We spent some time discussing the myriad of technologies that are coming over the next few years and how this will shape the landscape for retail, footwear, and apparel in the future....

10 Jun 2020

Podcast

Podcast: Digital Materials in 2020, with Chris Hillyer from Deckers Brands

Director of Innovation at Deckers Brands, Chris Hillyer, joins us to catch up on where the fashion world is right now with regards to digital materials. Are more companies adopting this technology as a serious path to a quicker and more efficient product development process? What are the limitations? Do those limitations even need to be overcome...

10 Jun 2020

Fashion

The future is here: The 3D virtual fashion show

On Friday, fashion tech company Bigthinx, will livestream a fully digital 3D virtual fashion show. Together with Fashinnovation, Bigthinx is taking fashion virtual, meaning models and garments are created using 3D digital design techniques, then rendered and animated, all based on actual product designs and correct measurements. Back in May,...

4 Jun 2020

Podcast

Ganesh Srivats: how we’ll all be shopping in 10 years’ time

The newest episode of Wardrobe Icons ‘ICONversations’ features the CEO of Moda Operandi, Ganesh Srivats. From his finance career and how he decided to make the switch to fashion, he tells all about his professional path that started in London. He shares insights on the future of fashion, tech, retail and business that are fascinating. This...

18 Mar 2020

Fashion

Samsung debuts Thom Browne collaboration at NYFW

Samsung’s new Galaxy Z Flip has made its debut at New York Fashion Week after getting a makeover by fashion designer Thom Browne. The limited-edition Galaxy Z Flip Thom Browne Edition phone combines a groundbreaking foldable smartphone design with the fashion brand’s bold, timeless styles and features distinctive Thom Browne signature brand...

13 Feb 2020

Retail

Microsoft's CEO urges retailers to jump into the 'technology intense era'

New York - During his inaugural speech at National Retail Federations’ 2020 Vision conference on Sunday, the CEO of Microsoft urged retailers to embrace the imperative of “tech intensity”. “What I always tell retailers is that you can’t be cool by association, by riding along with somebody else’s technology,” said Nadella, asking the audience to...

14 Jan 2020

Fashion

Natori launches fine jewelry line with high-tech for fast orders

Though Natori has built its brand with quality lingerie products, the label is expanding into fine jewelry—however, instead of taking the traditional approach to fine jewelry, it’s looking to high-tech 3-D printing to create pieces that can be manufactured within one week. Launching a 300-piece collection that ranges from 300 USD to 45,000 USD...

7 Oct 2019

Fashion

At NY Fashion Week, robotic dresses take on a life of their own

Fashion and technology have often gone hand in hand, improving supply chains and bringing the world's runways to the masses, but at this week's shows in New York, robotic designs took center stage. The dresses were conceived with the help of a kit designed by Anina Trepte, a former model and founder of the 360Fashion Network, who wants designers...

12 Sep 2019

Business

Hero secures 10 million US dollars in Series A funding

London-based start-up, Hero, which works with retailers to transform analogue retail space into “smart stores of the future”, has confirmed that it has secured 10 million US dollars in Series A funding to “accelerate” its reinvention of retail. Led by S28 Capital in San Francisco, with participation from Vectr Ventures in Hong Kong and DIP...

6 Aug 2019

Retail

What will retail look like in 2040?

So much has changed in retail in the last twenty years that it may seem almost impossible to predict what the next 20 years have in store. But market research firm Euromonitor did just that. The company just published a white paper exploring how technology can change commerce and consumer behavior over the next two decades. Here are its main...

19 Mar 2019

Business

Amazon launches new grant to support women in technology

Amazon has unveiled a new programme to boost gender diversity and inclusion across its UK business. The new Amazon Amplify programme aims to ramp up the number of women in tech and innovation, improve diversity on interview panels and remove the biggest barriers to career progression cited by women across different sectors. The programme...

7 Mar 2019