Intel announced a new "multiyear R&D collaboration" with Luxottica Group on Wednesday. Luxottica is one of the biggest makers of premium sunglasses.…
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Contrarian views on the role of fashion in wearables
Most would say it's a given that the fashion industry will have a big role in wearables. Some smart designers beg to differ.…
Read MoreIntel’s bracelet for fashionistas can receive texts
The new MICA is a connected bracelet that will go on sale at high-end department stores like Barney's and small boutiques. At first glance, it looks less like a gadget and more like a piece of jewelry.…
Read MoreAs fashion retail meets tech, more is more
Fashion is heating up online, but figuring out how to build a fashion brand while taking advantage of technology is tough. Here are some tips that might help.…
Read MoreHeapsylon’s smart socks score a deal with Vivobarefoot
Heapsylon, the company that's making sensor-packed smart clothing, has signed a deal to sell its smart socks alongside Vivobarefoot shoes. This is a good-sized retail opportunity for the startup.…
Read MoreWhy the wearable explosion is driving tech and fashion convergence
Apparel brands and digital platforms are competing to make consumer wearables that weave technology into life.…
Read MoreFashism, an Ashton Kutcher-backed social fashion startup, shuts down
Fashism, a four-year-old New York startup that gave fashion enthusiasts an online community for sharing styles, is closing down at the end of the month.…
Read MoreSocial commerce site Polyvore, now cash flow positive, launches mobile app
Style and social commerce platform Polyvore on Tuesday announced that it had launched a free mobile app for the iPhone that enables users to assemble and share personal style collections, as well as browse and purchase items.…
Read MoreFashion site Stylecaster doubles its size with purchase of Daily Makeover
New York-based fashion community Stylecaster has purchased beauty and virtual makeover site Daily Makeover and raised $2 million in new funding. With the acquisition, the company said it would double revenue and the size of its team, as well as triple its traffic.…
Read MoreGermany’s Otto Group steps up Brazilian invasion
The world's largest mail order company is one of the main investors in the Redpoint e.Ventures fund, which aims to exploit Brazil's continuing shift to e-commerce…
Read MoreSnapette creates a local fashion discovery engine
Snapette, which launched last August with a sort of Pinterest for the real world model, is now becoming more of a resource for local merchants and brands, who can use the mobile app and its new website to alert users to products they might like.…
Read MoreBloglovin, a prettier take on RSS and Tumblr, gets Betaworks investment
New York-based Internet company Betaworks is announcing today that, along with Glam CFO Bruce Jaffe, it is making a “significant” investment in Stockholm-based, visual RSS reader Bloglovin.…
Read MoreThinglink buys Pixboom for ‘tricky’ fashion play
The acq-hire gives image tagging startup ThingLink a solid foothold in the lucrative fashion blogging sector, but the Finnish firm also has another defensive move up its sleeve, according to CEO Ulla Engeström.…
Read MoreShoptime’s $50m heats up Russia’s e-commerce war
With Russia recently becoming Europe's biggest internet market, retailers are fighting over who can dominate proceedings. Now flash sales site KupiVIP is pumping $50m into online shopping rival Shoptime to try and crack the nascent market.…
Read MoreWhere consumer influencers hang out
A key objective of online social media marketing is to reach influential consumers and get them to pass the word. But marketers and advertisers have to find those influencers first.…
Read MoreJust how fashion crazy is Index Ventures?
The decision to back a new $9 million round of fundraising for LA-based fashion website Nasty Gal shows exactly how deep Index Ventures -- one of Europe's most successful VCs -- is invested in the market, and how big they're betting online fashion will be.…
Read MoreStyleOwner lets fashion bloggers be more than a pretty face
Fashion sites have become huge, but what if the people who spend hours curating fashion and style products online could make money from the experience as well? Enter StyleOwner, a new e-commerce platform that lets anyone in the United States create and run an online boutique.…
Read MoreFantasy Shopper wants to make fashion fun
Any seasoned fashionista knows that shopping is serious business, but that doesn't explain why most retail sites are so boring. New service Fantasy Shopper wants to inject more fun into buying online by turning it into a social game. Can it succeed?…
Read MoreRace to Launch Day: The Story of an iPad Case Maker
Every major Apple (s aapl) product launch tends to follow a pattern that many of us have just accepted. Long lines, constrained…
Read MoreGift Guide: 9 Luxurious Apple Accessories
Have you started your holiday shopping yet? If you need ideas for tech gifts, here is a handpicked selection of some of the most luxurious and desirable Apple-related items from across the globe.…
Read MoreWeekly App Store Picks: Aug. 29, 2009
Snow Leopard isn’t the only exciting release this week, as ever there are tons of new additions to the App Store. Here…
Read MoreWeekly App Store Picks: Aug. 22, 2009
As we wave goodbye to the week that was, it’s time to take a look at the latest iPhone recommendations from the…
Read MoreOscars Designer Challenge Puts The Dress Before the Drama
[show=oscargowns size=large]Yesterday, when I confessed to being fond of Heidi Klum, I didn’t mention that it was because I think Project Runway…
Read MoreFashion Your Firefox: Easily Find Add-ons
Today, Mozilla has released Fashion Your Firefox, a new Web application that enables Firefox users to customize their browser based on their…
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