Digital snippets: CFDA’s study results, Rebecca Minkoff on women in STEM, Courrèges’ wearable tech

Your round-up of the latest stories to know about related to fashion and technology…
- CFDA releases its (slightly) obvious study results on the New York Fashion Week format [Fashionista]
- Rebecca Minkoff: The fashion-tech revolution needs more women [BoF]
- Courrèges coat has a warming system like a heated car seat [Quartz]
- Dolce & Gabbana under fire for name “slave sandal” [NY Times]
- Topman sets up newsroom to make sure its daily videos are always on trend [The Drum]
- Wayfair launches a catalogue with a tech twist [Fierce Retail]
- Amazon selling its own clothes actually makes a lot of sense [Wired]
- Adidas’s $600-a-year subscription for workout clothes is testing the limits of a big shopping trend [Washington Post]
- Digging into Reddit: does it work for fashion brands and retailers? [Fashion & Mash]
- All was quiet on Instagram and Twitter for New York Fashion Week – is Snapchat the reason why? [Digiday]
- Why retailers should take note of fashion week’s popularity on Instagram [Washington Post]
- Burberry, Coca-Cola and Gucci among first brands to test Facebook’s new ‘Canvas’ ad unit [Marketing]
- 3 technologies that are shaping the future of fashion: instant messaging, 3D printing and virtual reality marketing [BoF]
- Hear the newest looks: Why fashion podcasting is seeing a boom [Digiday]
- Will 2016 be the year of Snapchat for advertisers? [The Drum]
- Why newsletters are the teen magazines of 2016 [WGSN Insider]
- The fashion industry is pouring money into VR, with no idea how to use it [Motherboard]
- Brexit falls out of favour with luxury brands [Independent]
- Brands are watching social media reactions to red carpet looks [WWD]
- Designers: Robots are coming for your jobs [Co.Design]
- Getting YouTube stars to sell your product [NY Times]
- Why retailers are missing out on mobile with millennials [AdAge]
- Why nobody’s wearing wearables [Bloomberg View]
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