Here’s a round-up of the latest stories to know about surrounding all things fashion and tech…

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  • Apple plus Hermès: smart watch dream team or weird mash-up? (as pictured) [NY Times]
  • Apple watch and Hermès: a match made for China [JingDaily]
  • You can now watch the A/W 15 Rebecca Minkoff show via a virtual reality headset [Racked]
  • 10 techy things to look out for this New York Fashion Week [Forbes Life]
  • Farfetch creates an independent business to power brands’ e-commerce sites [Fashionista]
  • Apple executive Ian Rogers is heading to LVMH [WSJ]
  • How Chanel trounces other industry brands on YouTube [Digiday]
  • Brace yourselves, Nike self-lacing shoes might arrive in October [PSFK]
  • Ted Baker on why its Instagram success is down to organic reach not its ad formats [The Drum]
  • How discount retailer Primark has evaded e-commerce [Digiday]
  • Uber to unveil big e-commerce delivery program with retailers this autumn [Re/code]
  • Should fashion companies let social media influence what’s hot and what’s not? [Independent]
  • Periscope is set to make fashion weeks more candid than ever this season [Forbes]
  • Inside fashion’s Instagram wars [BoF]
  • How machine vision is about to change the fashion world [MIT Technology Review]
  • Could 3D body scanning mean never entering another dressing room again? [Quartz]
  • Obama administration to open wearable tech R&D center in Silicon Valley [Fast Company]
  • This is the ‘world’s first’ contactless winter jacket [Wired]
  • Why fashionable millennials are flocking to online brands for wardrobe basics [AdWeek]
  • Thread.com unites fashion and tech for $8m investment [TechCityNews]