What is Fashion Tech? | Third Wave Fashion There’s no doubt about it: the fashion tech space has exploded. It has, by my count, 595 billion google search results, seven dedicated meetup groups with thousands of attendees, a half dozen conferences, and a dedicated startup accelerator. Further, we at Third Wave Fashion, track over 500 fashion tech startups in our own database. This space is big and expanding fast. But what, exactly, does “fashion tech” mean in these contexts? But it’s not quite that simple. Here at Third Wave Fashion, we use a three-legged stool analogy. In 2010, when we came into existence as a company, we still spoke about things like big data and complex algorithms referring to them as cutting edge technologies. It’s important to note that we’re not talking about wearable tech here. Fashion tech startups exist online, but many of them combine offline elements as well. Fashion tech startups are blowing away the traditional relationships between consumers and brands. What is fashion tech? She continues,
Anouk Wipprecht HOW TO GET WHAT YOU WANT Welcome to the KOBAKANT DIY Wearable Technology Documentation Workshops least likely scenario This workshop is part of a course at the Ernst Busch Hochschule in Berlin. Workshops soft sensors for soft bodies FURTHER_READING_WATCHING_LISTENING_ Elektronische Textilien als Material und Werkzeug_ Hannah Perner-Wilson, Irene Posch, 2020 “Welche Fasern leiten Strom? Workshops connecting bubbles This semester, we are sitting in a strange bubble at home. Sensors 6 really wearable sensors The textile sensors on our website are often not designed to be manipulated with your hands. Workshops soft interactive technologies This workshop is a part of a course at the Art Academy Weissensee Berlin. Workshops ETextile Adventures This workshop is part of a course at the Ernst Busch Hochschule in Berlin. Sensors Sole Sensing Rather simple way of making insoles with 3 pressure sensors located at different pressure points of the foot on the ground. Actuators Vibe Modules Workshops from SPACE to SPACE with NO SCREENS? Power
Home KOBAKANT Alex Dodge Seamless | FabTextiles Seamless: Digital Fabrication jacket uses a variety of digital and analog tools. With the use of digital computing and fabrication methods we are able to rapidly prototype and assemble new designs. You can use any 2D or 3D software to create patterns ready for cutting. Recomended Tools & Materials: Sewing Machine, Needle & Thread, Laser Cutter, Fabric (3meters), Pattern Most materials are suitable for this application, and depending on the type of effect you would like to create, a stiffer material, preferably felt, neoprene, firm interlock knit, will stay in place, where a chiffon or silk will have more mobility. Digital Tooling: Find your pattern. Small scale! Rescale your model and fit your pieces within the constraints of the material as well as the laser cut and send your file. Fit and pin your final pieces together and sew! New forms and ideas in neoprene laser cuts are ready for the new collection. Designing a lower clothe and 2 upper and 2 complements. Laser cut
News | Brooke Roberts Sarah Simpson is a lawyer focused on technology at Taylor Vinters, London. It was while presenting at the inaugural FashTech conference in London that we happened to meet this incredible woman. Having taken a great interest in Brooke's presentation, Sarah met Brooke after the event. We met up with Sarah at Tower 42 in London for the shoot and styled Sarah in our Maurits dress. BROOKE ROBERTS: WHAT GOT YOU INTERESTED IN YOUR FIELD OF WORK? BR: WAS YOUR CAREER PATH A STRAIGHT LINE OR MORE OF A WANDERING TRAIL? BR: WHAT DREW YOU TO THE INDUSTRY, AND MORE SPECIFICALLY, WHAT MADE YOU WANT TO BECOME IMMERSED IN TECHNOLOGY? BR: WHAT IS YOUR FAVOURITE ASPECT OF YOUR WORK? BR: WITH THE RECENT TECHNOLOGICAL BOOM, HOW HAS THE LEGAL LANDSCAPE CHANGED? BR: WHAT PIECE OF ADVICE WOULD YOU OFFER TO THOSE LOOKING TO FOLLOW A SIMILAR CAREER PATH? BR: WHAT DEFINING MOMEMT MADE YOU REALISE YOU HAD PICKED THE RIGHT CAREER? BR: WHATS THE BEST PIECE OF PROFESSIONAL ADVICE YOU HAVE EVER BEEN GIVEN?
Metail What We Do — FashTech FashTech® aims to drive creative partnerships between fashion and technology start-ups and provide a platform for the latest innovations to be showcased to leading brands and retailers. Since February 2014, we began revolutionizing the fashion technology world; one event at a time. First London, then spreading to San Francisco, and now our latest project - FashTech NYC which launched this September. We aim to provide a platform for startups and leverage creative partnerships for fashion tech creativity, with our guests at the events ranging from start-ups, investors and of course fashion tech fanatics. Our regular meet-ups in London, New York and San Francisco comprise of networking, startup showcases and industry leading panel discussions resulting in a room buzzing and overflowing with fashion tech creativity. Be part of it... click here
Pauline van Dongen's "Ruff" is a 3D-Printed Collar With a Life of Its Own Ruff is a new 3D printed responsive collar by Pauline van Dongen, who is pushing the forefront of wearables. Working with architect Behnaz Farahi, the two crafted flexible wearables that can move on their own with the help of nitinol and a small electric signal. Inspired by historic fashions of ruffled collars from 16th and 17th centuries, this 3D printed wearable is a look into how fashion can help us interact through movement. Pauline van Dongen has completed a number of intriguing wearable technology projects in recent times including Vigour, a smart cardigan for those advancing in age, and she recently unveiled a chic solar panel shirt to charge your phone. RELATED | Pauline van Dongen’s “Solar Shirt” is a Chic Phone Charger You Wear Ruff is a responsive collar designed by van Dongen and Farahi earlier this year in Las Angeles with the support of 3D Systems’ printing facilities at Will.i.am’s studioCrafting Wearables, USC Cinema School. + Ruff + Pauline van Dongen [Via Popular Science]