fashion startups
Follow the Money: These Brands Are Ready to Break Out
From Naadam and Mack Weldon to Andie Swim and Oros, The Lead's Foremost 50 list names promising high-growth…
How The Mills Fabrica Nurtures TechStyle Partnership and Innovation
Hong Kong-based fashion tech innovation incubator The Mills Fabrica expands its reach to London.
Alt Tex Raises $1.5M to Scale ‘Waste to Wardrobe’ Fabric
The company's bio-polymer technology re-engineers sugar extracted from food waste into high-performance…
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Pandemic May Have Varying Degrees of Impact on Sustainable Fashion Startups
Investments in sustainable innovations will play an essential part in reinvigorating business post pandemic…
This Material Innovator Has a New Approach to Body-Warming Textiles: On Brand
The fabric of the future may not be driven by complex technologies, but by harnessing the power of natural…
Sustainable Investing Will Reward Fashion’s Problem-Solving Startups in 2020
A fashion industry in need of sustainable solutions is attracting investors with funds purpose-built to help…
Customer Loyalty is Paying $300 in Shipping for $600 Pants
The founder of a two-year-old direct-to-consumer luxury fashion startup shares his experience catering to a…
Eyeing Retail Expansion, Allbirds Takes Flight With $50M Funding
The startup shoemaker completed its third round of funding and said it will use the new capital to expand…
How ThirdLove’s Risk-Taking Now Drives One Third of the Bra Brand’s Business
ThirdLove put data at its core to build a bra company on half-cup sizes, which now account for a third of the…
What Men’s Wear Has That Digitally-Native Brands Want
Fashion and tech savants have picked men's wear as the new battleground in the online surge, fighting with…
Everlane’s Authentic Stretch Denim Could Oust Your Jeggings
Everlane has released a line of authentic stretch denim it says will give jeggings a run for their comfort.
Tech-Driven Children’s Subscription Businesses Woo Busiest Consumers
Parents need quick solutions that work for their hectic lifestyles and kids want fun—Rockets of Awesome and…
Is Local-for-Local or On-Demand Apparel Production Really Happening?
Talk of on-demand apparel production or local-for-local production has ramped up in recent years, but is it…
Frank And Oak Taps Desert Studio and Jeanologia to Make Cleaner Denim
Frank And Oak teamed up with Desert Studio to make its men's and women's denim ranges more environmentally…
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