Allbirds’ wool runners have been a VC favorite since the beginning. Now, the company is worth $1.4 billion.
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Walmart to acquire women’s plus-size clothing brand ELOQUII
Walmart is expanding further into apparel with today’s announcement of its plans to acquire the digitally native, women’s plus-size clothing brand ELOQUII for an undisclosed amount. The all-cash deal includes ELOQUII CEO Mariah Chase, her executive team and its 100 employees, who will continue to be based in Long Island City, NY and Columbus, OH. […]
View More Walmart to acquire women’s plus-size clothing brand ELOQUIIGender-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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Meet the bionic model redefining beauty standards in Italy
Chiara Bordi is a 2018 Miss Italia finalist and the first contestant with a prosthesis.
Bordi hopes her bionic leg can challenge beauty stereotypes and encourage other women with limb differences to feel empowered by their bodies. Read more…M…
Silicon Valley’s hottest job is styling helpless tech execs
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The casual uniform of the millennial techie is a running joke by now, but some are starting to swap in their t-shirts and worn jeans for actual adult clothes. Stylist Victoria Hitchcock told Vox what it’s like to overhaul the lives and styles of Silicon Valley’s emerging employees – who literally can’t dress themselves – as they go “from boys to men.”
Hitchcock has been styling members of the tech and business industries for 25 years, convincing them to part with stained tees and ratty jeans and glow up enough to be prominent in the field without embarrassing anyone. Read more…
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View More Silicon Valley’s hottest job is styling helpless tech execsLuxury fashion marketplace Farfetch opens trading on NYSE at $27, a pop of 35 percent
It’s been a strong year for tech IPOs so far, and it looks like today’s debut of Farfetch — a UK-based shopping site for luxury fashion — is on trend, so to speak. The company opened trading today — on NYSE under the ticker FTCH — at $27, making for a decent pop of 35 […]
View More Luxury fashion marketplace Farfetch opens trading on NYSE at $27, a pop of 35 percentAn investigation: Does Harry Styles really dress like Gonzo from ‘The Muppet Show’?
Harry Styles is nothing if not an excellent dresser. He is the prince of prints, a trailblazer in the world of floral printed mens wear.
But has the singer actually been getting his style inspo from The Muppet Show all along?
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This Instagram account’s ode to queer women’s fashion is nostalgia at its gayest
This is Ode To…, a weekly column where we share the stuff we’re really into in hopes that you’ll be really into it, too.
It used to be that lesbians had the worst possible reputation when it came to fashion. Think: oversize flannels, endangered ani…
Rent the Runway opens physical store in San Francisco
Rent the Runway, the fashion startup that began as a rental service for special occasions and has since evolved over the last couple of years into a service for people also looking to spice up their everyday wear, just opened up its fifth physical, standalone location. The new location, in downtown San Francisco, enables Rent the […]
View More Rent the Runway opens physical store in San FranciscoApple Watch Hermès collection gets new color-blocked faces and bands
Apple today introduced a set of new Apple Watch bands to accompany the Apple Watch Series 4, announced this morning at the company’s hardware event in Cupertino. The bands, which will debut this fall with the Series 4 devices, will also fit older generation watches, Apple says. They include new collections designed for Apple Watch […]
View More Apple Watch Hermès collection gets new color-blocked faces and bandsApple Watch Hermès collection gets new color-blocked faces and bands
Apple today introduced a set of new Apple Watch bands to accompany the Apple Watch Series 4, announced this morning at the company’s hardware event in Cupertino. The bands, which will debut this fall with the Series 4 devices, will also fit older generation watches, Apple says. They include new collections designed for Apple Watch […]
View More Apple Watch Hermès collection gets new color-blocked faces and bandsNew Balance used AI to spot trendsetters during Fashion Week — did we make the cut?
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New Balance put together a one-day activation during New York Fashion Week that used “Real Time Exception Spotting” technology to look for people who fashionably stood out from the crowd. If you were considered an “exception” by the AI, New Balance surprised you — on the spot — with a pair of New Balance Fresh Foam Cruz Nubuck shoes. Read more…
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