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Luxury fashion meets blockchain on Syky, the Seven Seven Six-backed web3 platform

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Alice Delahunt believes the future of fashion is in web3 and created Syky (pronounced “psy-key”) to put the wheels in motion. It felt like there was potential for virtual fashion and digital fashion to really take off,” she told TechCrunch. “I I believe that the luxury fashion houses of tomorrow are being built today.”.

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Star-studded digital avatar startup Genies launches NFT fashion marketplace

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The Los Angeles-based company partnered with NBA Top Shot NFT creator Dapper Labs to develop the storefront on Dapper’s Flow blockchain and debuted it to a group of invite-only beta users in December last year, TechCrunch reported at the time. ” Genies CEO and founder Akash Nigam.

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Curated Loop is ranging indie designer picks for an edgier take on fashion rentals

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Here’s a fashion rental startup with a twist: London, U.K.-based Curated Loop’s co-founders, Anna Caldana and Rachel Mcluckie, bring a background in (and passion for) fashion to what they hope will be badged as a fresh approach to designer rentals. So the promise is access to unique high-end designs. to rent the look).

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The Folklore Group secures $1.7 million, launches fashion B2B e-commerce platform

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Fashion e-commerce startup, The Folklore Group , has today announced a shift from direct-to-consumer to B2B wholesale against the backdrop of a $1.7 The startup’s new wholesale business dubbed The Folklore Connect , will link luxury fashion brands in emerging markets to bulk retailers in North America, and later, in Europe.

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Deep Agency shows the perils of applying AI to the fashion industry

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But it raised questions as to why the brand didn’t recruit more models with the diverse characteristics it’s seeking, given the difficulty these models have had finding opportunities in the fashion industry historically. According to one survey , as of 2016, 78% of models in fashion adverts were white.)

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Virtual dressing room startup Revery.ai applying computer vision to the fashion industry

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is developing a tool that leverages computer vision and artificial intelligence to create a better online dressing room experience. While looking around for areas where there would be less monopoly and more ability to monetize technology, he became interested in fashion. the e-commerce fashion industry made up 29.5%

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Fashinza, a B2B supply chain marketplace for fashion brands, raises $100M

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Bearing the brunt of the impact is the fashion industry, which employs millions of workers at retail stores, suppliers, and manufacturing factories around the world. Fashinza , a Dehli, India-based supply chain “marketplace” for fashion brands and retailers, was co-founded months before the disruptions.

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