SF FashTech

SFFT featured in the SF Chronicle: Technology, fashion paired at S.F. event

February 25, 2013 by Charles

Reposted from the SF Chronicle: Technology, fashion paired at S.F. event You might say that fashion and technology go together like oil and water, or, say, hoodies and Hermès. They aren’t known to run in the same circles. “Two ships passing in the night” is how SF FashTech co-founder Charles Belle described it when he and partner Mika Uehara were [...]

Startup Weekend Fashtech: “The Characters Behind the Scenes”

February 22, 2013 by Jess

This past weekend Westfield Labs looked like a warzone for brilliant ideas with sticky notes littering the walls, bodies sprawled on the ground, and teammates working feverishly up until closing moments. First glance, the space feels like an adult sleepover camp, minus the pajamas, because fashion consciousness is part of the appeal to Startup Weekend. [...]

Startup Weekend Fashion Tech and Why You Should Participate

January 23, 2013 by Mika

San Francisco is the capital of innovation. We have the largest concentration of startups, as well as funding platforms, incubators, accelerators, events, labs, and organizations dedicated to entrepreneurialism and new ideas, providing kindling for innovation to spark and run like wildfire. The same is said for vertical-specific communities, from edtech and healthtech to fashtech. The [...]

“Salon de MEGANE!” – Japan’s Virtual Eyewear Experience

January 23, 2013 by Nobu

Eyewear industry in the Far East is becoming more virtual and entertaining these days; another strong indication that the “fashion-meets-tech” is ongoing globally, or for this particular industry, “fashion-NEEDS-tech.” In Japan, one of the industry’s leading casual eyewear retailer brand JINS (a.k.a. “UNIQLO of eyeglasses”) tapped into the online virtual eyewear experience this spring with [...]

2013 Predictions for Fashtech

January 8, 2013 by Mika

Happy New Year! We can’t believe it’s already 2013. 2012 was chock full of exciting businesses, products, people, and collaborations. From the emergence of re-commerce (i.e., resale) startups and a plethora of mens’ services, to international business growth and funding, the fashtech landscape continued on an uphill climb. So what are we looking forward to [...]

Elizabeth & Clarke: On the Up-and-Up

January 8, 2013 by Ben

Elizabeth & Clarke, the New York City-based apparel subscription retailer, has gone through a period of breakneck growth, having increased revenue by 76% month-on-month in December, and is on track to substantially strengthen its business in 2013. It has also become profitable, according to a blog post by co-founder Melanie Moore, having been in business [...]

Recapping Fashtech in 2012

December 31, 2012 by Mika

2012 was a big year for the fashtech industry. Some might even call it a breakout year, with a serious eye turned to it, from venture capitalists and holding companies to celebrities and brands. How did SFFT do as far as predictions go? Let’s revisit our predictions for 2012 and see what shook out. 1. [...]