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Show Me The Money: May 2013

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When it comes to investments, mergers, and acquisitions in fashion tech, the landscape is constantly evolving. As a month characterized by a suite of notable trends and events, April was no exception. read more »

Report: Fashion Tech in a New York State of Mind

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We’re so pleased to announce that the next issue of our in-depth monthly Fashion Tech Reports is out. This time, we explore the world of fashion tech through the lens of New York City. But first, we’ve packed this report full of juicy fashion tech knowledge. read more »

Founders Tell All: Brian Sugar

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To say we are honored to have Brian Sugar, the CEO and Publisher of Sugar Inc., on our “Founders Tell All” panel tomorrow in San Francisco, is an understatement. Not only is Brian a successful and well known entrepreneur— particularly in the world of fashion tech– he also has an adorable family and is the proud father to a newborn baby. read more »

Founders Tell All: Colin Stuart

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We’re thrilled to announce that our third panelist at our “Founder’s Tell All” panel next week in San Francisco will be Colin Stuart, Co-founder and CTO of Betabrand. Betabrand is a direct to consumer online commerce brand that produces limited collections of everyday wear such as jackets, pants, and other apparel. read more »

Founders Tell All: Lindsey Guest

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We are delighted to announce our second panelist who will be participating in our “Founder’s Tell All” panel next week in San Francisco. Lindsey Guest is the Founder & CEO of Beauty Army, a monthly beauty subscription brand that lets customers fill out a beauty profile, receive product recommendations, and choose up to six beauty samples for $12/month to be delivered right to their door. read more »

Video: State of Fashion Tech Keynote

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Want to know everything there is to know about the state of fashion tech? Grab some popcorn and enjoy our founder, Liza Kindred’s keynote on the subject.  read more »

Watch Out Wednesday: HauteLegs

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Thanks to Kate Middleton, legwear is chicer than ever – and is definitely a staple in the modern woman’s wardrobe. Yet, they can be notoriously difficult to shop for. They can also be difficult to wear; they snag, run, and are either too cheaply made or too much of a splurge.

It doesn’t have to be that way. Riding the wave of subscription boxes to hit the fashion world, HauteLegs sends stylist-curated packages of exclusively designed tights, leggings, hosiery, and socks every month directly to their subscribers.

Third Wave Fashion spoke with Monica Pratap, CEO and Founder of HauteLegs, to learn about the story behind the company.

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The Webby Awards: How Fashion Tech Did

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Called the “Internet’s highest honor” by the New York Times, The Webby Awards are the Internet’s version of the Oscars. While high accolades, praise, and gold stars were heaped on Humans of New York, Pinterest, Mashable, Tumblr, the New York Times, and other leaders in every industry, what we want to know is: how did fashion tech do, and what do these awards mean for our industry? read more »

Wanted: Fashion Tech Startup CTO

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Third Wave Fashion is actively seeking an experienced CTO on behalf of one of our clients. We’re looking for a technologist with experience in both ecommerce and the enterprise, with a preference for someone with experience in the fashion world. Our client is an early-stage startup with top-notch founders and board of advisors. It’s a truly exciting business that’s offering equity ownership to the right person. We prefer someone based in NYC. To find out more, please confidentially contact melissa (at) thirdwavefashion (dot) com.

If we haven’t met, we’re Third Wave Fashion. We consult for startups, brands, investors, and publishers to help them navigate the wild-and-crazy intersection of fashion and tech. We also have a database with over 10,000 data points about 650+ fashion tech companies, amazing monthly reports, meetup group,, and a blog. Sign up for our newsletter to stay in touch! 

 

The World’s First Ever Fashion Tech Database

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We’re extremely excited to announce that we’ve launched the world’s first fashion tech database. Not only that – we’ve launched the first ever monthly fashion tech reports. Now you can know everything we know!

Our database has over ten thousand data points about more than 650 companies in it – can you believe that? And our monthly report is 38 pages of in-depth fashion tech content including industry news, comprehensive investment information, and detailed trend analysis as well as innovator profiles and our recommendations.

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