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Trendabl is the Fashionable Instagram, Customize Online Videos for Adidas, Jackthreads Launches iPad App, Doodle3D Prints Your Sketches

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  1. A Photo App for Fashion Fanatics Only? Prepare to Get Obsessed with Trendabl
    This app focuses on fashion pictures only and allows the user to search items by colors and brands, making it easier to find the perfect garments.
  2. Adidas Lets Shoppers Customize Video Ads as They Are Happening
    Adidas and Yohji Yamamoto are celebrating their ten years of collaboration and promoting the new Spring/Summer 2013 collection by letting users create their own videos online.
  3. With Nearly Half of all Jackhreads Orders Coming Through Mobile, the Company Launches a New iPad App 
    Most of the sales for the men’s clothes company were coming from their mobile app so now they have launches an iPad app which alerts the users whenever there are sales.
  4. 3D Print Your Sketches with Doodle3D
    By simply syncing the Doodle3D device with an iPad and connecting it with a 3D printer, anyone can now have their sketches come to life.

Givenchy Places QR Codes, Mobile Lures Customers to Stores, The Hunt Helps Users Shop, Sensoria Socks Prevent Injuries

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  1. Givenchy Ups Mobile Traffic Via Product QR Code 
    Givenchy has placed a QR code on the packaging of its Le Rouge lipstick in order to connect consumers to its mobile-optimized site.
  2. Use Mobile to Lure Customers to Store, Keep Them There: Google
    According to a new Google study, mobile can be used to get consumers into the store and keep them there .
  3. Why People Won’t Buy Without Consulting Their Network
    The Hunt, a shopping site that helps users located fashion pieces they didn’t know they could find online by leveraging a passionate community of fellow shoppers.
  4. Sensoria Socks Technology Aims to Prevent Injury Before it Happens
    Created by Heapsylon, these socks rely on sensor-equipped textile materials and they not only track fitness but they also avoid injuries.

Target Introduces Cartwheel, How 3D Printing Changed Society, Smuggler Blocks Electromagnetic Waves, MIKA Debuts New Fashion Shopping Site

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  1. Target Looks to Facebook to Attract Shoppers with Cartwheel
    Targets is aiming to attract customers through social media by adding a new program into Facebook called Cartwheel.
  2. How 3D Printing Has Changed Society Forever
    From jewelry, to garments, to guns, 3D printers can pretty much fabricate any item. And now, we can do this at home by simply purchasing an at-home 3D printer. Learn how this is affecting our lives.
  3. Suit Blocks Potentially Harmful Waves from Cell Phones
    Smuggler, a French luxury tailored suits brand, has created its latest innovation; a suit that blocks electromagnetic waves.
  4. Backed by $1.7 M in Funding, MIKA Debuts a New Fashion Shopping Site Featuring Top Designers, Daily Looks & Exclusives
    A new fashion startup, MIKA, showcases complete outfits including contemporary apparel as well as high-end designs.

Tech Accessories are the New Fragrance, J.C. Penney’s Newest Ad, Fab Launches First Retail Store, Skinny Jeans Designed for Smartphones

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  1. In Fashion, Tech Accessories are the New Fragrance
    It has come to the point were wearable technology is not only chosen by its functions but mainly by its looks.
  2. J.C. Penney Releases Apology Ad Begging Consumers to Come Back
    After the disturbance with ex-CEO Ron Johnson, J.C Penney has released an ad which “apologizes” to the consumers pleads for their return.
  3. Fab Launches its First Retail Store, Design-Your-Own Furniture
    Fab.com is a company that has showed its growth throughout the years, this time, by allowing customers to customize their own furniture which will not only be offered online but also, through their newest brick and mortar locations.
  4. Smartphone Skinny Jeans Created with Today’s Tech in Mind
    These skinny jeans created by I/O Denim facilitate its consumers the process of reaching their phone (especially if they are in a rush).

3-D Printers Bring New Edge to Fashion, Jawbone and Wearable Technology, The Shirt You Don’t Have to Wash, OpenSky Relaunches an Online Marketplace

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  1. 3-D Printers Bring New Edge to Fashion
    3-D have and will continue to take over most of the things that surround us. From shoes, to clothing, to jewelry, there is no doubt 3-D printed items are the latest trend. 
  2. Jawbone Takes a Bigger Bite of “Wearable Technology” Market
    Another trend this year is wearable technology. Jawbone is the latest invention; a technology company now has its focus on a new product – a wristband that tracks the wearer’s movement.
  3. The Shirt You Don’t Have to Wash – and Other Clothes that Rarely Get Too Dirty
    The “Better Button Down” shirt created by clothing Company Wool & Prince promises to not smell after 100 days of being worn.
  4. Social-Shopping Website OpenSky Relaunches a Full-Fledged Online Marketplace
    The e-commerce site, OpenSky, has recently launched a marketplace for small businesses in which merchants can open their own store online.

1-Personalized 3D Shoes 2-Continuum Offers 3D Printed Clothing 3-iSenze Tracks Mall Shoppers 4-Kiton Connects Print Ads with QR Code

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  1. Instant 3D Printed Shoes Could Offer Personalized Style to Measure
    Designer Pavla Podsednikova wants to bring her customers the possibility of having custom-made 3D printed shoes.
  2. Continuum’s 3D Printed Clothing Offers a Glimpse into the Future of Fashion
    The startup, Continuum, lets its consumers create personalized garments and manufacture them through 3D printers.
  3. Mall App Tracks Shoppers with Ultrasonic Device
    iSenze is a mall app that will connect with shoppers and offer them rewards, coupons and discounts.
  4. Kiton Bridges Print, Mobile Via QR Code Experience
    Kiton, the italian based apparel brand, has reinvented print ads by offering a code scanning option in order to find stores, look at collections and get more information on a specific garment.

 

1-Foursquare Update 2-Insta-Swatch 3-Chick-Sourcing with Puddding 4-StylSavvy App

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1. Hands on with the New Foursquare
Foursquare will now not only help you check into places, it will also aid its users to find locations such as restaurants, coffee shops, bars, etc.

2. Custom Instagram Swatch
Swatch has created a new line of customizable watches. Simply chose a picture and a color band to create your own personal Swatch.

3. New Website Puddding Uses the Power of “Chick Sourcing” to Help You Find the Perfect Pair of Jeans
Puddding is a fashion startup that aims to help women find the perfect pair of jeans by searching similar styles on similar body types.

4. An Organized Wardrobe is a Good Wardrobe with StylSavvy
This new app will help you control your “shopping urges” by organizing the stores’ items, making the entire shopping process easier and smarter.

New Mobile Platform, Visual Fashion Finder, TopShop Digital Wallpaper & Engaging Digital Fashion

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1. Lightbank Invests $650,000 in Walk.by, a New Platform Connecting Local Merchants with Online Shoppers by Way of Smartphones
TechCrunch reports that startup Walk.by makes local merchants more accessible to shoppers by including them on an m-commerce platform.

2. Cortexica Debuts Mobile Visual Solution for Fashion Sector
Cortexica presents the Visual Fashion Finder, a mobile technology using pictures of a fashion items to automatically locate similar items in an inventory database.

3. Topshop Collection Based on Digitised Pub Wallpaper
British designer Topshop’s AW collection 2013 are inspired by english pubs in the 90s and were designed together with Google.

4. Shortlist Media to Launch Digital Women’s Fashion Brand
Never Underdressed is the newest talked about site which will be launching in May, 2013. The site’s team includes Miranda Almond, ex-Vogue fashion editor and Carrie Tyler, ex-Elle digital director.

Fashion Project, J.C. Penney’s Controversial CEO, Tips from Ministry of Supply’s Co-Founder & Rachel Roy’s Digital Magazine

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1. Fashion Project, The Site Making Online Shopping A Charitable Act, Raises $1.8 Million In Seed Funding
TechCrunch reports that Fashion Project aims to make “fashion a force for good” by having women donate their designer items, which others buy for a discounted price, and the majority of the sales goes straight to a charity.

2. J.C. Penney Ousts Chief of 17 Months
JC Penney’s controversial CEO Ron Johnson will be leaving the company and is being replaced by the company’s former CEO. Johnson has been there for the past 17 months and his unprofitable results left Myron Ullman III in charge once again. The New York Times has the details.

3. 5 Lessons From Managing Our Startup’s Rapid Growth
Kit Hickey, co-founder of fashion-tech startup Ministry of Supply, gets featured in Forbes with her five steps to success.

4. Rachel Roy’s New Digital Magazine
Rachel Roy gets techie and introduces her own digital hub “The Life,” featuring original content from fashion to food and travel. Read more on WWD.

Manufacture New York, Lucky Magazine’s Fashion & Beauty Blog Conference, Lanvin Enters M-Commerce, and WIRED Turns 20

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Manufacture New York: The Organization That’s Changing The Lives of Fashion Designers Forever
Manufacture New York is a crowdfunded incubator that is empowering emerging designers through collaborative spaces and access to production. Third Wave Fashion gets the inside scoop from founder, Bob Bland.

Lucky Magazine Hosts Annual Fashion and Beauty Blog Conference
Lucky Magazine’s second annual conference discussed the importance of leveraging digital and tapping into social. WWD has the details.

Lanvin drives sales via new mcommerce site
Luxury Daily reports that Lanvin aims to surpass the limitations of time and location by e-introducing their new m-commerce site.

How Wired Magazine Changed the Way We Talk About Technology
Before there was social media and even Google, there was WIRED. AdWeek shares the story behind WIRED’s 20 successful years.