Tag: Fashion
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Jaanuu Lands $75 Million Investment to Make Stylish Medical Scrubs
Jaanuu, an El Segundo-based startup that designs and produces scrubs and medical apparel for health care professionals, has landed a $75 million investment from French private equity firm Eurazeo. Eurazeo’s minority investment in Jaanuu brings the sta…
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Ambercycle’s CEO on Why Traditional Recycling Won’t Work, and What His Technology Does Instead
Few industries are as tangled with buzzwords as the fashion industry. Clothing brands, rightly concerned about their tremendous effects on the environment, are eager to call their collections “green” or “sustainable.” But making tangible changes in …
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New Printing Technology Controls the Catwalk at Kornit’s LA Fashion Week
The scene at ExchangeLA looked like a typical fashion show. Models sashayed across the stage in vibrant and flowy garments on Wednesday. A crowd cheered and snapped photos on their phones. But the Kornit Fashion Week event wasn’t a typical fashion sho…
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Tradesy Is Leading Shoppers Away from Fast Fashion, and Investors Are Buying Into It
Tracy DiNunzio wants to kill fast fashion. Founder and CEO of Santa Monica-based Tradesy, DiNunzio said over the last decade consumers are recognizing the harmful effects of low-priced, rapidly-produced fast fashion on the global climate. She argues t…
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Tradesy Gets $67M For Secondhand Fashion
Los Angeles-based secondhand, luxury fashion goods marketplace Tradesy has raised $67M more in a Series D funding round, according to the company. The funding was led by Foris Ventures, the family office of venture capitalist John Doerr. Tradesy is led…
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Behind Her Empire: Fashion Icon Jenna Lyons Opens Up About Her J.Crew Exit
On this episode of Behind Her Empire, Jenna Lyons talks about struggling to find her passion to becoming a fashion icon and co-founder of the beauty brand, LoveSeen. Lyons started her career as intern at Donna Karan then went on to join the desig…
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Can This Kids’ Clothing Startup Help Tackle Fashion’s Sustainability Crisis?
Rent-a-Romper, a kids clothing startup that launched to make “life easier for parents while reducing the burden of clothing on the planet,” just made its first acquisition and raised a $150,000 angel round. The L.A.-based company plans to raise as muc…
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Bitmoji Gets an Upgrade as Snapchat Doubles Down on Fashion
Bitmojis are getting an upgrade on Snapchat with a new 3-D design that rolls out Monday.Snap Inc. is decking out its avatars with more than 1,200 combinations of poses, gestures and backgrounds like cow prints and beach locations. The new avatars are…
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DressX’s Snapchat-like Filters Lets Users Dress in Couture Fashion
Daria Shapovalova and Natalia Modenova want to sell you clothes, but not the type that hangs in your closet. Their virtual outfits can be cropped into your next Instagram post to make followers think you paid thousands of dollars for a dress designed …
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Plus-Size Retailer Torrid Rises In Wall Street Debut
While the fashion industry reckons with female body image positivity, investors embraced plus-size retailer Torrid in its Wall Street debut Thursday.Torrid, an apparel company for women who wear sizes 10 to 30, shares rose 15% closing at $24.15. The C…