technology

Square is a device given to anyone who signs up at no charge and provides a service allowing individuals and small businesses to accept credit cards. [...]

Standing out in the fashion industry is often an emerging designers biggest challenge.Designers are trying to find innovative ways to grab the attention of the tech savvy consumers. [...]

It’s creative, it’s interactive, it’s unique. PERCH Interactive could very well be ‘the future of retail’ and it’s definitely going to be changing the way we shop. [...]

Fashion Designer Carrie Parry experiments with fit technology. [...]

Always on the lookout for interesting new start-ups in the fashion world, especially those that are doing something to shake up the industry a bit,  I was looking forward to the opportunity of speaking with Anthony Chan from the new fashion start-up Sketch Street, a brand that is rethinking the fashion cycle around the community. StUF:  How [...]

To continue our coverage of the WWD Magic seminar series, we hit up the one titled Hot Technology: Taking the Fashion World Forward.  Some interesting points were covered, giving us food for thought with minimal amounts of company promotion on the part of the speakers, which can sometimes happen when several companies are represented in [...]

On StartUp FASHION it is our goal to bring you information and resources on every aspect of the fashion industry; from sourcing and manufacturing to marketing and retail. In light of this, when we hear about a promising new designer or an impressive new technology, we share it with you in hopes that it will [...]

I was intrigued by an article I saw on Mashable called “10 Creative Ways for Marketers to Use QR Codes”.  Mashable says that even though QR codes have been around since the ‘90s and that in the past 3 months, 20.1 million users scanned these codes, it’s still not a large number. The article also [...]

The first of my WWD Magic seminars was Fashion Ecommerce- The New Retail, a keynote by Miriam Lahage, the global head of eBay fashion brands. From the onset of her speech, Lahage emphasized the need for eBay to think outside the box because it is, in principle function, a rather ‘outside the box’ concept.  Come [...]

Ever wanted to launch your own online store? Well, guess what designers,Goodsie can help you make that happen. This easy-to-use site allows anyone to customize his or her own online storefront in a straight forward and affordable manner. The site was launched this past May by a talented and experienced team of designers whom are [...]

   While we know this call for submissions isn’t fashion specific, we are confident that a lot of you design your own prints for your garments.We  heard about this fabric design contest at the meltenBIREY GALLERY in Philadelphia and thought we’d share.  How cool would it be to hang one of your creations in an [...]

As we all know, a major part of success is networking.  This is of course true in every industry but there sees to be a special emphasis when it comes to fashion.  Who you know is half the battle.  But that’s not all that comes out of networking. Having a community of like minded individuals [...]