Walmart has acquired online lingerie retailer Bare Necessities one week after its purchase of ELOQUII.
View More Walmart continues M&A spree with acquisition of lingerie retailer Bare NecessitiesCategory: Clothing
With $50M in fresh funding, Allbirds will open new stores in the US, UK and Asia
Allbirds’ wool runners have been a VC favorite since the beginning. Now, the company is worth $1.4 billion.
View More With $50M in fresh funding, Allbirds will open new stores in the US, UK and AsiaThe Casio Rangeman GPR-B1000 is a big watch for big adventures
The Casio Rangeman GPR-B1000 is comically large. That’s the first thing you notice about it. Based on the G-Shock design, this massive watch is 20.2mm thick and about 60mm in diameter, a true dinner plate of a watch. Inside the heavy case is a dense collection of features that will make your next outdoor adventure […]
View More The Casio Rangeman GPR-B1000 is a big watch for big adventuresGender-fluid clothing is revolutionary – if only it were more affordable.
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A shopping trip to a mainstream clothing store is usually a fun and relaxing way to spend a day out. But for people like Tatyana Bellamy-Walker, who is gender fluid, a “normal” shopping spree can turn into a total nightmare.
“Sometimes it feels like you’re put in a dangerous position,” Walker said. “It feels like everyone is judging you if you’re in a section you don’t look like you’re supposed to be in.”
Thankfully, shopping opportunities for non-binary people — or really anyone with a genderqueer presentation — have grown over the years. If only more people could afford it.
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Lively raises $6.5M to bring its comfortable and inclusive lingerie to brick-and-mortar stores
Roy Raymond opened a little store called Victoria’s Secret, now one of the most popular lingerie businesses in the world, because he was embarrassed to buy lingerie for his wife in department stores. The brand was founded on the premise that men needed a safe space to buy lingerie for women and women needed a […]
View More Lively raises $6.5M to bring its comfortable and inclusive lingerie to brick-and-mortar storesBehind the turnaround that netted Vinted €50 million
It was May 2016 when Thomas Plantenga got the call. He was living in New York and working on projects with Fabrice Grinda — the co-founder of classified juggernaut OLX and the founder of FJ Labs. Plantenga had worked with Grinda on expanding OLX and was ready for the next challenge — which came in […]
View More Behind the turnaround that netted Vinted €50 millionMovado Group acquires watch startup MVMT
The Movado Group, which sells multiple brands, including Lacoste, Tommy Hilfiger and Hugo Boss, has purchased MVMT, a small watch company founded by Jacob Kassan and Kramer LaPlante in 2013. The company, which advertised heavily on Facebook, logged $71 million in revenue in 2017. Movado purchased the company for $100 million. “The acquisition of MVMT […]
View More Movado Group acquires watch startup MVMTSubscription startup Kidbox launches its own clothing lines
Kidbox, a subscription clothing box similar to Stitch Fix – but aimed at parents who dislike kids’ clothes shopping (aka all of us) – is now launching its own private label kids’ brands. At launch, the three clothing brands – Miki B., Kid’s Club, and Baby Basics – will join the startup’s over 130 existing […]
View More Subscription startup Kidbox launches its own clothing linesBody scanning app 3DLOOK raises $1 million to measure your corpus
3D body scanning systems have hit the big time after years of stops and starts. Hot on the heels of Original Stitch’s Bodygram, another 3D scanner, 3DLOOK, has entered into the fray with a $1 million investment to measure bodies around the world. The founders, Vadim Rogovskiy, Ivan Makeev, and Alex Arapovd, created 3DLOOK when […]
View More Body scanning app 3DLOOK raises $1 million to measure your corpusTommy Hilfiger’s big idea for smart clothing is to reward you for wearing it
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This isn’t the smart clothing of the future, but it does complete a feedback loop: Tommy Hilfiger’s new Tommy Jeans Xplore line will reward customers for wearing the product.
The clothing has an embedded Bluetooth smart tag that can connect with the companion iOS app (sorry Android users) for tracking. The smart tag is encrypted and collects product usage, location, and time — essentially what piece of clothing you’re wearing and the given location you’re wearing it. Consumers have to opt into the app and turn on the tag to get the full experience.
Mashable has reached out to both Awear Solutions, the company behind the tech, and Tommy Hilfiger to learn more about what the tag is explicitly tracking. Read more…
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View More Tommy Hilfiger’s big idea for smart clothing is to reward you for wearing itThis robot can sew an entire t-shirt without human help
Sewbo is a garment-sewing robot that wants to help the fashion industry. The company hopes this robot will allow manufacturers to create higher-quality clothing at lower costs. Read more…More about Fashion, Mashable Video, Robot, Clothing, and Clot…
View More This robot can sew an entire t-shirt without human helpOriginal Stitch’s new Bodygram will measure your body
After years of teasing, Original Stitch has officially launched their Bodygram service and will be rolling it out this summer. The system can scan your body based on front and side photos and will create custom shirts with your own precise measurements. “Bodygram gives you full body measurements as accurate as taken by professional tailors […]
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