apparel
Amazon turns to AI to help customers find clothes that fit when shopping online
After recently turning to generative AI to enhance its product reviews, e-commerce giant Amazon today shared how it’s now using AI technology to help customers shop for apparel online. The…
‘Infinite recycling’ startup Samsara Eco partners with Lululemon
Samsara Eco, an Australian startup that uses enzyme-based tech to recycle plastics, textiles and other materials countless number of times, has struck a major partnership with Lululemon. The deal means…
Emperia is helping brands like Bloomingdales build shopping experiences in VR
Does the average person want to shop for apparel in virtual reality (VR)? Speaking for myself, it sounds rather cumbersome — having to plop on a headset to browse for,…
Amazon flexes its retail muscle with a brick-and-mortar clothing store
Signaling its ambitions to make a dent in the apparel market, Amazon today opened its first physical clothing store, Amazon Style, in the Greater Los Angeles Area. Offering a twist…
Fashinza, a B2B supply chain marketplace for fashion brands, raises $100M
The pandemic has majorly affected the global supply chain, with 60% of U.S. adults in an August 2021 Gallup survey saying that they’ve been unable to get a product they…
Walmart launches AI-powered virtual clothing try-on technology for online shoppers
Last May, Walmart announced its acquisition of the virtual clothing try-on startup Zeekit, which leveraged a combination of real-time image processing, computer vision, deep learning and other AI technologies to…
While Amazon’s marketplace has proved a boon for businesses trying to get off the ground, many successful companies are now looking beyond the fences, spurred by a desire to compete…
Retail giant Walmart announced this morning it’s acquiring the Tel Aviv-based startup Zeekit, which allows consumers to virtually “try on” clothing when shopping online. The company leverages a combination of…
Rebecca Minkoff has some advice for e-commerce companies right now
When Rebecca Minkoff first moved to New York City, the then-18-year-old was making $4.75 an hour. “I just kept working for this designer and someone was telling me what to…
YC-backed startup Binks can ship custom-made clothing to Indian women in just three days
Binks is a custom clothing startup created after co-founder and CEO Aamna Khan realized how frustrating it is to find well-fitting women’s workwear in Indian cities. Currently participating in Y…
Brooklinen, known for high-quality bed sheets, launches its first line of loungewear
Brooklinen, the direct-to-consumer bed sheet brand backed by investors including FirstMark, is entering the apparel space with its first line of loungewear. The company says its designs, including tops, pants,…
Sustainable clothing startup For Days raises $2.8M for its closed-loop manufacturing process
For Days, a clothing startup that wants to reduce the enormous amount of textile waste created annually, announced today that it has raised $2.8 million in seed funding. The round…
Bonobos and Nike get their own branded shops on Walmart’s Jet.com
Last year, Walmart acquired menswear site Bonobos for $310 million in cash. Now the retailer is adding the brand to a Walmart-owned website. A few days ago, Walmart opened an…
Walmart is expanding further into apparel with today’s announcement of its plans to acquire the digitally native, women’s plus-size clothing brand ELOQUII for an undisclosed amount. The all-cash deal includes…
Gwynnie Bee is bringing subscription clothing rental to traditional retailers with launch of ‘CaaStle’
Gwynnie Bee, a subscription service offering women an “unlimited closet” of clothing for rent, believes its model is one that can be expanded to traditional retailers, too. And today, it’s…
CoEdition raises $4 million from NEA and others for its plus-sized shopping site for women
The average American woman is plus-sized, but only 18 percent of clothing sold in 2016 was size 14 or higher. This disconnect in the world of fashion looked like an…
Online consignment shop thredUp takes on The RealReal with launch of Luxe
Online consignment shop thredUp is taking on The RealReal. The e-commerce site for secondhand items today announced the launch of a new luxury goods storefront, simply called Luxe, which is…
Outdoor Voices and Glossier are cleaning up by making fashion inclusive
The founders of Glossier and Outdoor Voices, Emily Weiss and Tyler Haney, respectively, spoke at TechCrunch Disrupt in New York today about how they’re taking a bite out of the…
CALA’s app fits designer clothing to your body using iPhone photos
A new startup called CALA aims to make it easier for new designers to break into the fashion business by offering everything needed to run their e-commerce operations – from production…
Mizzen+Main racks up $3 million for menswear that feels athletic, looks tailored
Apparel makers Mizzen and Main LLC have closed $3 million in a modest Series B round of venture funding to ramp up inventory and sales of their signature menswear, according…
If you’ve ever worn a wetsuit, you know most suck. They are tight-fitting, expensive, and uncomfortable. They are also one of those items that have seen relatively little innovation over the past few…
Siliconvicts Are The Tech Slogan T-Shirts You’ve Always Talked About Making
Remember all those jokes about Silicon Valley you always said you’d put on t-shirts? Siliconvicts Clothing Co., a shirt company from Malibu, just beat you to it. With slogans ranging…
True Fit Raises $15M To Give Apparel Shoppers Confidence Online
True Fit, a Massachusetts-based startup that helps apparel shoppers online by comparing fit data from brands with the items in the closet, has passed 5 million users with profiles on…
Novelty T-Shirt Maker Print Syndicate Raises $4.25M Series A
Print Syndicate, an e-commerce store that sells printed T-shirts and other fashion and home decor goods, has raised $4.25 million in Series A funding led by Data Point Capital.
SeeMe, Which Lets Members Create T-Shirts With All-Over Designs, Launches Its First App
SeeMe, a design community that claims more than a million members, has launched its first mobile app on iOS, which can be used to take photos and turn them into…
Andreessen Horowitz Invests $20M In Custom Apparel Platform Teespring
Providence, R.I.-based Teespring, a Y Combinator-backed startup that allows anyone to outsource the production and distribution costs involved with selling their own custom T-shirts, has raised $20 million in new funding…
Social Shopping Network BeauCoo Wants To Help Women Find Clothes That Really Fit
Shopping for clothes online is difficult, especially because one brand’s size 10 can be another brand’s size 8. BeauCoo, a Calgary-based startup that is launching out of beta today, combines…
FabKids Launches Subscription-Based Kids Clothing Service, Actress Christina Applegate Partners
San Francisco-based FabKids is the latest startup to try its hand at subscription-based e-commerce, taking on competitors like Wittlebee in the kids’ apparel space, but with a slightly different twist. Instead…
Zappos Founder’s Customer Rewards App RNKD Now On Android
RNKD, the customer rewards app and brainchild of Zappo’s founder Nick Swinmurn, is today arriving on Android. With the new mobile application, users can snap photos of the clothes and…
If you’re the kind of guy that always has to have some kind of off-the-wall tie, this could be right up your alley. No, it’s not pixelated, or LED-lit. It’s…