This category features new business ideas relating specifically to fashion. With companies providing offerings in the areas of shoes, accessories, apparel and applications for the social fashion-ista’s, these posts are for those looking to find companies helping everyone be more fashion conscious.
French Capturio lets users link their contact information with any favorite t-shirt. Because the service is setup to recognize the wearer’s t-shirt design, no QR code is required…. Read More…
We first covered Poppy Dinsey and her fashion blog back in July. To give you a quick recap, Poppy set up What I Wore Today (WIWT) in January 2010, and it’s where Poppy has been uploading and sharing one photo each day of her in a different outfit…. Read More…
People looking to sell products on the Internet have no shortage of options. There are marketplaces such as eBay and Amazon where launching a page takes a matter of minutes, and dozens of storefront services such as BigCommerce or Shopify if you’re selling for a small business. In April, Goodsie jumped into this already crowded space with a new make-your-own online store product. … Read More…
There’s no denying the power of tryvertising, and we’ve recently seen it put to work online, in retail stores and through the mail. Now, much the way Birchbox delivers beauty samples by curated subscription, so California-based Hiskit is gearing up to put a male-oriented spin on the concept with a subscription service for samples targeting men…. Read More…
Crearmoda allows users to design their own clothing using a 3D simulator, and then offer up those designs for voting and incorporation by others…. Read More…
Have you ever wanted to get a new pair of Adidas but figure out what type of shoe, the style, color and which one to get? The new Adidas Originals app has just launched, to help make finding a new pair of Adidas much easier. … Read More…
As anyone who has worked in the fashion or accessories department of a publication knows, assembling samples for a story or spread can be a major headache, involving a combination of heavy lookbooks, unindexed jpegs and hundreds of back-and-forth emails between editors, designers and their assistants…. Read More…
If the Netflix model works for kids’ video games, toys, adult clothes and cell phones — to name just a few examples — then why not baby clothes as well? That, indeed, is essentially the premise behind Plum, a San Francisco startup that offers baby clothes for rent by the month…. Read More…
Although Playboy is regularly associated with a “less is more” approach to fashion, its former Global Licensing Senior Vice President and Creative Director, Aaron Duncan, has proven otherwise with his virtual marketplace for luxury fashion and accessories, wonderMode…. Read More…
Velvet Brigade is not your average fashion label, staffed by full-time designers, marketers and sellers. Instead, the fledgling label — whose first four dresses are currently on pre-order — is made up of designs submitted by outsiders and voted upon by the community…. Read More…