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Alvanon previews world's first phygital sizing solution for luxury and designer brands

Alvanon, a leading sizing technology company for the fashion industry, has previewed the world's first luxury and designer phygital sizing solution; the Specialty Catwalk Series. Luxury brands, including Armani, attended the spectacular preview show, “The Intelligent Atelier,” hosted by Alvanon in collaboration with D-house Laboratorio Urbano at...

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Truss secures investment from FIGR Ventures

UK-based resale fashion tech start-up Truss, which is looking to revolutionise the fashion industry by powering resale with AI-enabled data infrastructure, has secured 300,000 pounds in investment from FIGR Ventures. In a statement, Truss said with the new 300,000-pound capital it has also secured critical match-funding to activate a 1.1 million...

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Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences appoints new lecturer of fash tech

The Executive Board of Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (HvA) has appointed Troy Nachtigall as the new lecturer of Fashion and Research Technology. Nachtigall will officially begin his professorship on April 1, his work has been widely published in scientific, cultural and professional publications, including ACM Computer Human...

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Foundry IFA Paris and IBM launch the Future Innovation Award

Foundry Powered by IFA Paris, a Paris-based fashion tech innovation lab, and IBM announced the launch of the Future Innovation Award. The two organisations are strengthening their ongoing partnership to pioneer fashion tech in France by offering support to startups and entrepreneurs that demonstrate high potential to disrupt the fashion...

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Fashion tech education is a main trend for 2020

Tech companies are turning to clothing, but not necessarily to fashion. According to a recent article published by fashion tech agency, The Powerhouse, "Technology will eat fashion: Fashion Tech trends you need to focus on in 2020," the time is now for the fashion industry to keep up on new technologies and be able to respond to future demands....

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IFA Paris to launch a fashion tech innovation lab

Foundry, a new dynamic fashion tech lab opening this month is aimed at pioneering fashion tech innovation in Paris. Powered by IFA Paris, it offers students and member entrepreneurs a lab space with cutting edge technology and the chance to collaborate and work alongside a whole host of creatives. The idea is that the general public will also...

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AR fashion startup StyleDotMe raises angel investors’ funding

New York -Indian fashion tech startup StyleDotMe has raised a bridge round of funding led by IAN investors Ambarish Raghuvanshi, Ajay Gupta, Deval Tibrewalla, Hari Balasubramanian, Rajan Anandan, Dr. Saurabh Srivastava and Raman Roy. StyleDotMe explained in a corporate release that they will use the funding to bolster its operations, strengthen...

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SuperNova displays the fashion world of tomorrow

Antwerp - From here on out, the term technology will be synonymous with Antwerp. Last weekend the SuperNova festival took place for the very first time, an event displaying the future of technology, proving that the fashion world, too, is no stranger to the ever-growing wave of digitalization. From flying cars to cocktail-mixing robots, from...

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Fashion Tech: outdoor apparel

App-enabled outerwear, cutting-edge functional fabrics, bio-mimicry and more are part of the growing range of options in outdoor clothing. Here’s a look at some of the latest outdoor products exemplifying new tech trends. 1. Vollebak Solar Charged Jacket Named by WIRED as Sports Gear of the Year in 2017, the Solar Charged Jacket is made from a...