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Only 6 fashion tech startups raised $50M+ in all of 2026. What's going on?
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On Building Something Nobody In Fashion Was Asking For
If someone had told Natalie de Groot a few years ago that she'd be running an AI fashion studio, she never would have believed them.
The Clothes We Love Might Be Hiding a Story We Don’t See
Natalia Quintana of fashion tech platform Anekho shares her story of how childhood memories, motherhood, and a deep love of nature inspired her to rethink her relationship with fashion.
Opportunities across fashion, tech and editorial: 7 July 2026
Covering EU, UK, US and Middle East. Ellen MacArthur Foundation, CLO Virtual Fashion, Prada & moreeeee
The Real Cost of Fashion's Trend Forecasting Monopoly
Why fashion's data gap in trend forecasting is its biggest untold problem.
Will AI Kill the Warehouse Sale?
Sajna Massey of Couth Studios knows that AI wants fashion to be frictionless and she's not sure it's a good thing.
How I pivoted into the fashion tech industry with no fashion OR tech experience
And how you can too. If you have either, bonus points!
What to Wear in the Panopticon
Biometrics were once the domain of prisons, passports, and hospitals. As smart textiles and wearable technologies enter the mainstream, fashion is becoming an unexpected site of surveillance.
Opportunities across fashion, tech and editorial: 3 June 2026
Chanel, Apple & more!
Why Virtual Try-On May Finally Be Ready for the Mainstream
Trust, accuracy, and adoption have been virtual try-on's hurdles for over a decade. New technology might be the thing may finally be changing that.