Here’s a round-up of the latest stories to know about surrounding all things fashion and tech…
- Iris van Herpen’s astonishing designs don’t look like ‘clothes.’ They look like the future (as pictured) [The Washington Post]
- TAG Heuer Connected: the first ‘legitimate’ smart watch? [Wired]
- How Alibaba turned an obscure, made-up Chinese holiday into a $14.3 billion shopping extravaganza that’s bigger than Black Friday [Business Insider]
- Dior breaks its e-commerce ban [WWD]
- REI’s Reddit experience shows brands need to be ready to take the tough questions [AdWeek]
- Canada Goose debuts first global campaign [AdAge]
- High-tech Sephora flash boutique in Paris has a robot greeter [Brandchannel]
- Farfetch tries to reach a little further [Bloomberg]
- The Minkoffs want to disrupt the dictatorship in fashion with digital innovation [Fast Company]
- Fashion platform Zalando wants to be Europe’s top tech company [Wired]
- Macy’s CEO defends role of stores in e-commerce era [Fortune]
- Apple’s Angela Ahrendts on where the company is taking retail next [Fast Company]
- Natalie Massenet’s Imaginary Ventures proves she’s ready for next venture after exit from Net-a-Porter [Independent]
- How Revolve Clothing uses data to create a global brand [Digiday]
- Adam Selman, Rihanna’s favourite designer, enters the wearables war with Mastercard [NY Times]
- As luxury brands embrace data, will they use it like a butler or a stalker [AdWeek]
- Retail’s best Snapchat campaigns [L2]
- Tel Aviv’s booming tech start-up community is expanding its focus to fashion [Fashionista]
- Singapore’s postal service provider is developing a futuristic shopping mall to house online retailers [TechCrunch]
- “People don’t buy stuff in actual stores” – the future of retail, as explained by Gen Z [Quartz]
- Wary of the next ‘Warby Parker’ [TechCrunch]
- Refinery29, Dazed and i-D battle for millennials [BoF]
- Essena O’Neill quits Instagram, rewrites her self-promoting history [The Guardian]
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