Girls, you can applaud the collapse of a sartorial gender barrier today. San Francisco-based apparel startup American Giant has (finally!) launched a collection for women. It’s welcome news that the ladies can now partake in tees, tanks and hoodies from the direct-to-consumer e-commerce label hailed as the source for “the greatest hoodie ever made” by Slate, [...]
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That a company launches gift cards would not be news that I could call serious or noteworthy with a straight face unless, no lie, I had not actually looked to see if Stitch Fix gift cards were available no fewer than three times, only to find out that, no, they weren’t (only to forget and [...]
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Troll Kickstarter or Indiegogo, and you’ll see that most businesses use crowdfunding to help with startup costs. But Everlane, a brand whose cut-out-the-middle-man model has given it a rep for trying to do things a little differently than the rest, announced today that its using the tactic to bolster its expansion plans north. If the [...]
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News to peruse from a digitally stylish universe… New York’s fashion hackathon garnered much buzz. Next up? Possibly London come fall, says Decoded’s Liz B. via Entrepreneur In this story about the popularity of Apple products at London Fashion Week shows is a stat I noted: Topshop claims to have the most popular retail mobile [...]
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Current shopping app intrigue: Lasso, a San Francisco-based fashion startup proposes to help you find exactly what you’re looking for in local boutiques with the help of people who are, like, real living thinking breathing humans that might actually know a thing or two about style. It’s only available in San Francisco at the moment, [...]
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A sale is on through midnight tonight from San Francisco fashion startup True & Co (yeah, I seem to be talking about them a lot lately), and it will net you 50 percent off cozy sleepwear, robes, tights, socks, unders and other goodies from labels such as DKNY, Eberjey, Lee Fee Verte, Kensie and others. [...]
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