# fashion tech (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 6 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover fashion tech. Page: Feed: --- ## [Fashion Week Opportunities](https://fashionandfounders.substack.com/p/fashion-week-opportunities) _2026-08-21 · Victoria Smith · Fashion & Founders_ Paid and Volunteer Jobs at Fashion Week! ## [Are AI-enhanced Images Helping or Hurting the Resale Industry?](https://allthingsfashiontech.substack.com/p/are-ai-enhanced-images-helping-or) _2026-08-19 · Emma · All Things Fashion Tech_ Platforms are betting that better images will make secondhand a first choice. Their core buyers disagree. ## [Mishaps & Money Moves](https://allthingsfashiontech.substack.com/p/mishaps-and-money-moves) _2026-08-17 · Mary Korlin-Downs · All Things Fashion Tech_ This week's All Things Fashion Tech Newsroom: Phia's leaked slack massages, Spinnova eyes US IPO and FLORA, a startup growing mass attention, launched a new feature. ## [5 Street Style Trends from Copenhagen Fashion Week](https://fashionandfounders.substack.com/p/5-street-style-trends-from-copenhagen) _2026-08-17 · Victoria Smith · Fashion & Founders_ What the It Girls were Wearing ## [The Money Trail in Fashion Tech](https://fashionandfounders.substack.com/p/the-money-trail-in-fashion-tech) _2026-08-14 · Victoria Smith · Fashion & Founders_ Phia, Bezos, and SF ## [Where Are The Cute Summer Tops? Daydream vs Lyst vs The Mall](https://allthingsfashiontech.substack.com/p/where-are-the-cute-summer-tops-daydream) _2026-08-13 · Rolanda Evelyn · All Things Fashion Tech_ Welcome back to App Diaries, a series where I use, test, push, and interrogate different apps, so you don’t have to. ## [Job Board: August 12th](https://allthingsfashiontech.substack.com/p/job-board-august-12th) _2026-08-12 · Mary Korlin-Downs · All Things Fashion Tech_ Opportunities from Miu Miu, Kitme, H&M, Mercari, OOTD, Rebag & more! ## [What Whatnot's Valuation Says About Generational Spending](https://allthingsfashiontech.substack.com/p/what-whatnots-valuation-says-about) _2026-08-11 · Emma · All Things Fashion Tech_ Back in our 2025 predictions piece, Mary and I called it: live shopping would keep growing in the Western market: ## [OpenAI's Influencer Trip, Vogue World San Francisco and a $300 AI Donut](https://thedigitalrunway.substack.com/p/openais-influencer-trip-vogue-world) _2026-08-11 · Janey Park · The Digital Runway®_ OpenAI's Summer Camp influencer trip sparked backlash over optics, water use and layoffs. Why every AI company has a different brand position, and who creators work with next. ## [One Door Closes, One Door Opens](https://allthingsfashiontech.substack.com/p/one-door-closes-one-door-opens) _2026-08-10 · Mary Korlin-Downs · All Things Fashion Tech_ This week's All Things Fashion Tech Newsroom: Whatnot raised their Series G, Poshmark closes consignment program & acquires something new, while two new startups launch. ## [One Cloud, Every AI Layer (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/t69GW6h0LLPj) _2026-08-10 · **Sponsored**_ Run agents, inference, and infrastructure on one stack — economics improve as you scale. ## [Ganni's Return to Copenhagen Fashion Week](https://fashionandfounders.substack.com/p/gannis-return-to-copenhagen-fashion) _2026-08-10 · Victoria Smith · Fashion & Founders_ Inside the It Girl Brand ## [Could Rewards Be the Key to Brands Finally Cashing In on Resale?](https://allthingsfashiontech.substack.com/p/could-rewards-be-the-key-to-brands) _2026-08-04 · Emma · All Things Fashion Tech_ A Founder Q&A with Relist's Maneesh Karnati ## [Let's Talk Billions](https://allthingsfashiontech.substack.com/p/lets-talk-billions) _2026-08-03 · Mary Korlin-Downs · All Things Fashion Tech_ This week's All Things Fashion Tech Newsroom: eBay officially acquires Depop for $1.4B, Whatnot talks more funding at $20B valuation and Quince surpasses $2B ins sales. ## [Friend's AI Necklace 2.0 Costs $249. It's Still an AirTag on a Lanyard.](https://thedigitalrunway.substack.com/p/friends-ai-friend-ai-necklace-fashion-tech-case-study) _2026-08-02 · Janey Park · The Digital Runway®_ 🪩 Fashion Tech Case Study / Friend AI Necklace spent $1.8M on a domain and made \< $400K. Design, ads, sales, and why taste is the white space in wearable tech. ## [The Fall Fashion Internship Series](https://fashionandfounders.substack.com/p/the-fall-fashion-internship-series) _2026-07-31 · Victoria Smith · Fashion & Founders_ LVMH Fall Internships ## [Job Board: July 29th](https://allthingsfashiontech.substack.com/p/job-board-july-29th) _2026-07-29 · Mary Korlin-Downs · All Things Fashion Tech_ Opportunities from BNTO, Mytheresa, Depop, Wolf & Badger, Net-A-Porter, Grailed & more! ## [Daydream Launches B2B AI-Powered Search and Discovery Solution for Fashion Brands](https://allthingsfashiontech.substack.com/p/daydream-launches-b2b-ai-powered) _2026-07-29 · Mary Korlin-Downs · All Things Fashion Tech_ Press Release: Powered by Daydream expands the company from a consumer shopping destination into a broader technology platform for fashion commerce ## [Can You Really Be A Sustainable Brand If You IPO?](https://allthingsfashiontech.substack.com/p/can-you-really-be-a-sustainable-brand) _2026-07-27 · Mary Korlin-Downs · All Things Fashion Tech_ This week's ATFT Newsroom: Gentle Monster revealed a second pair of smart glasses designs, Youtube is doing affiliate programs, and Reformation set to IPO for $239M. ## [Google and Samsung Have the Tech. Gentle Monster Has the Taste. Warby Parker Has Distribution.](https://thedigitalrunway.substack.com/p/google-android-xr-glasses-gentle-monster-warby-parker) _2026-07-27 · Janey Park · The Digital Runway®_ Runway Report / Google and Samsung showed 4 Android XR AI glasses frames with Gentle Monster and Warby Parker. What's still missing, and the 3 plays I'd run. ## [For the People Ahead of their Time](https://fashionandfounders.substack.com/p/for-the-people-ahead-of-their-time) _2026-07-27 · Victoria Smith · Fashion & Founders_ Fashion, Tech, and Consumer Trend Forecasting with WGSN ## [International money transfers (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/hRddiVcOqA9h) _2026-07-27 · **Sponsored**_ Send money to other countries and manage multi‑currency balances online. ## [Inside Fashion Brands Hiring Right Now](https://fashionandfounders.substack.com/p/inside-fashion-brands-hiring-right) _2026-07-24 · Victoria Smith · Fashion & Founders_ LVMH, Herve Leger, ShopMy and more ## [Over Phia’s Cookiegate? Beni vs Gem](https://allthingsfashiontech.substack.com/p/over-phias-cookiegate-beni-vs-gem) _2026-07-23 · Rolanda Evelyn · All Things Fashion Tech_ Welcome back to App Diaries, a series where we use and test a different fashion tech app, so you don’t have to! ## [Polyester's Villian Era](https://allthingsfashiontech.substack.com/p/polyesters-villian-era) _2026-07-21 · Emma · All Things Fashion Tech_ The Case Against Synthetic Fibers Isn't as Clear-Cut as TikTok Thinks ## [Is OpenAI's merch actually fashion?](https://thedigitalrunway.substack.com/p/chatgpt-basketball-openai-merch) _2026-07-21 · Janey Park · The Digital Runway®_ 🪩 Fashion Tech Case Study / OpenAI dropped ChatGPT basketballs. 3 strategic moves that would have made this tech merch drop a fashion collection ## [Inside LVMH's Luxury Playbook](https://fashionandfounders.substack.com/p/inside-lvmhs-luxury-playbook) _2026-07-20 · Victoria Smith · Fashion & Founders_ How to work in luxury fashion ## [Can Phia come back from this?](https://fashionandfounders.substack.com/p/can-phia-come-back-from-this) _2026-07-17 · Victoria Smith · Fashion & Founders_ + fashion jobs with tech salaries ## [Fashion Tech is sexy but numbers are not. Let’s talk about it…](https://materialtalk.substack.com/p/fashion-tech-is-sexy-but-numbers) _2026-07-16 · Emma Feldner-Busztin · MATERIAL TALK_ Only 6 fashion tech startups raised $50M+ in all of 2026. What's going on? ## [Bandage is Back Baby](https://fashionandfounders.substack.com/p/bandage-is-back-baby) _2026-07-13 · Victoria Smith · Fashion & Founders_ Michelle Ochs Creative Director of Hervé Léger ## [\*Screams Into Her Pillow\* What Just Happened?](https://allthingsfashiontech.substack.com/p/screams-into-her-pillow-what-just) _2026-07-13 · Mary Korlin-Downs · All Things Fashion Tech_ This week's All Things Fashion Tech Newsroom: Phia is in hot water, Fleek raised $25 million and Whering raised $7 million. ## [Phoebe Gates, Phia, and the Price of Proximity](https://thedigitalrunway.substack.com/p/what-the-phia-scandal-reveals) _2026-07-12 · Janey Park · The Digital Runway®_ 🪩 Fashion Tech Case Study / Cookie stuffing made the headline. The real story is proximity, and a funding culture that rewards almost everything except building a business that makes money. ## [profullstack on Ko‑fi (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/aW78syWS4DI4) _2026-07-12 · **Sponsored**_ Open the creator's Ko‑fi page. ## [On Building Something Nobody In Fashion Was Asking For](https://materialtalk.substack.com/p/on-building-something-nobody-in-fashion) _2026-07-11 · Emma Feldner-Busztin · MATERIAL TALK_ 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. ## [How to Build a Fashion Resume (even with ZERO Experience)](https://fashionandfounders.substack.com/p/how-to-build-a-fashion-resume-even-c4a) _2026-07-10 · Victoria Smith · Fashion & Founders_ Things I did that worked ## [Which Digital Closet App is For You? Indyx vs Alta](https://allthingsfashiontech.substack.com/p/which-digital-closet-app-is-for-you) _2026-07-09 · Rolanda Evelyn · All Things Fashion Tech_ Introducing App Diaries, a series where we use and test a different fashion tech app, so you don’t have to! ## [The Clothes We Love Might Be Hiding a Story We Don’t See](https://materialtalk.substack.com/p/the-clothes-we-love-might-be-hiding) _2026-07-09 · Emma Feldner-Busztin · MATERIAL TALK_ 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. ## [Whering Raises $7M, Hits 10 Million Users](https://allthingsfashiontech.substack.com/p/whering-raises-7m-hits-10-million) _2026-07-07 · Mary Korlin-Downs · All Things Fashion Tech_ Whering just made the case that the future of fashion is already in your closet. ## [Hot Couture](https://allthingsfashiontech.substack.com/p/hot-couture) _2026-07-07 · Emma · All Things Fashion Tech_ At Men’s Fashion Week in Paris last month, conversations were dominated not by any one collection, but by the unbearable heatwave. ## [Opportunities across fashion, tech and editorial: 7 July 2026](https://materialtalk.substack.com/p/opportunities-across-fashion-tech-228) _2026-07-07 · Emma Feldner-Busztin · MATERIAL TALK_ Covering EU, UK, US and Middle East. Ellen MacArthur Foundation, CLO Virtual Fashion, Prada & moreeeee ## [Q2 Fashion Tech Recap: AI Glasses Went Luxury, Money Bought Taste](https://thedigitalrunway.substack.com/p/q2-2026-fashion-tech-recap-ai-glasses-nfc-nails) _2026-07-07 · Janey Park · The Digital Runway®_ 📊 Trend Forecast / Q2's 3 trends that ran, 3 posts worth rereading, and 3 calls for Q3 ## [Job Board: July 2nd](https://allthingsfashiontech.substack.com/p/job-board-july-2nd) _2026-07-02 · Mary Korlin-Downs · All Things Fashion Tech_ Opportunities from Versace, Phia, Levi's, Mercari, Poshmark, Raspberry AI & more! ## [What $14K at Vogue Summer School Actually Buys You — Or Doesn't](https://allthingsfashiontech.substack.com/p/what-14k-at-vogue-summer-school-actually) _2026-06-30 · Mary Korlin-Downs · All Things Fashion Tech_ Alternatives to do this summer that’ll move your career forward, with little-to-no investment ## [All Things Fashion Tech Q2 2026 in Review](https://allthingsfashiontech.substack.com/p/all-things-fashion-tech-q2-2026-in) _2026-06-30 · Emma · All Things Fashion Tech_ Fashion tech fundraising and acquisition activity was noticeably quieter in Q2 2026. ## [Is Meta Building a Maison for AI Glasses?](https://thedigitalrunway.substack.com/p/meta-glasses-kylie-jenner) _2026-06-30 · Janey Park · The Digital Runway®_ 🪩 Fashion Tech Case Study / Meta dropped Ray-Ban, added a Kylie Jenner edition, went private label across 26 AI glasses. Wearable Fashion Tech scorecard, ranked. ## [The Real Cost of Fashion's Trend Forecasting Monopoly](https://materialtalk.substack.com/p/the-real-cost-of-fashions-trend-forecasting) _2026-06-30 · Emma Feldner-Busztin · MATERIAL TALK_ Why fashion's data gap in trend forecasting is its biggest untold problem. ## [Cannes Lions, Cross-Border Expansion & Collaborations](https://allthingsfashiontech.substack.com/p/cannes-lions-cross-border-expansion) _2026-06-29 · Mary Korlin-Downs · All Things Fashion Tech_ This week's All Things Fashion Tech Newsroom: Pinterest shares new AI advancements at Cannes Lions, plus collaborations between L'Oreal x OpenAI and Prada x Gentle Monster ## [The Wearable Fashion Tech™️ Guide to Networking](https://thedigitalrunway.substack.com/p/nfc-chip-nails-networking-guide) _2026-06-24 · Janey Park · The Digital Runway®_ 📋 The Playbook / How I turned one NFC Chip Nail into a networking tool. The NFC chip nail networking guide: NFC chip, setup, and my 10 networking rules. ## [Are Fashion Girls Shopping at Best Buy?](https://thedigitalrunway.substack.com/p/best-buy-wearables-fashion-tech-playbook) _2026-06-16 · Janey Park · The Digital Runway®_ Meta, Nothing, and Google are all at Best Buy. Why Best Buy is the channel, fashion is the strategy, and wearable tech launches need both. ## [Will AI Kill the Warehouse Sale?](https://materialtalk.substack.com/p/will-ai-kill-the-warehouse-sale) _2026-06-12 · Emma Feldner-Busztin · MATERIAL TALK_ Sajna Massey of Couth Studios knows that AI wants fashion to be frictionless and she's not sure it's a good thing. ## [Meta's Building an AI Necklace. But Is It Built for the Girls?](https://thedigitalrunway.substack.com/p/meta-ai-pendant-wearable-fashion-tech) _2026-06-09 · Janey Park · The Digital Runway®_ 📰 Runway Report / Meta's building an AI necklace on Limitless. Why wearables are won with fashion, the Prada move, plus Oura Ring 5 and 3 shifts. ## [How I pivoted into the fashion tech industry with no fashion OR tech experience](https://materialtalk.substack.com/p/how-i-pivoted-into-the-fashion-tech) _2026-06-05 · Emma Feldner-Busztin · MATERIAL TALK_ And how you can too. If you have either, bonus points! ## [What to Wear in the Panopticon](https://materialtalk.substack.com/p/what-to-wear-in-the-panopticon) _2026-06-03 · Emma Feldner-Busztin · MATERIAL TALK_ 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.