It was only a matter of time, I suppose, before legal drama arrived in the land of fashion and tech, a place that is more likely to draw attention for pretty new iPhone shopping apps and investments from Ashton Kutcher than courtroom kerfuffles. That said, when you’re in a space that’s responsible for creating innovative [...]
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This recap of Liza Kindred’s State of Fashion Tech talk held last week in New York is really a must-read for anyone interested in the fashion tech space. To quote my son, who is constantly following me around with a battered copy of Goodnight Moon and saying in his dictator-turned-toddler tone, “Got to read it.” [...]
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If you thought fashion tech only happens in New York or San Francisco, think again. Later this week, Texas welcomes its very first fashion hack. During the rewardStyle Hackathon, the Dallas-based platform beloved by high-profile fashion bloggers for turning their linkage into dollars will open its doors to developers, designers and fashion-minded folks with creative [...]
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Next week marks the kickoff of the first Fashion Tech Week in San Francisco. It’s a week-long series of events put on by Owen Geronimo (one of the key forces behind the San Francisco Fashion and Merchants Alliance and Fashion + Tech SF). I’ll be participating in Tuesday night’s She Talks panel alongside Lili Balfour [...]
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Amid all the talk lately about San Francisco’s navel-gazing, self-interested startup culture and its lack of community involvement (a key criticism of the latest tech boom in David Talbot’s widely-read San Francisco magazine article focused squarely on tech entrepreneurs’ lack of philanthropic activity around town) comes a holiday-themed project called Tech Gives Back. My first [...]
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You can think of it like the arrival of etsy 2.0: handcrafted accessories and lovely, well-designed items created by independent artisans, crafters and makers from around the world are at the heart of a slew of new and worth-a-look style startups. Great for hunting down gifts and little treasures you won’t find everywhere else, here [...]
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