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Sustainable lingerie label to launch crowdfunding campaign

Lara Intimates, a new sustainable lingerie brand headed up by two Fashion Contour students from the London College of Fashion, is set to launch a crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter next month. Co-founders Cindy Liberman and Faith Leeves are looking to raise 22,500 pounds to pay for fabrics, specialist lingerie sewing machines, equipment and a...

Fashion

William and Sterling hits Kickstarter goal

Swedish fashion sock start-up William and Sterling has reached its full Kickstarter funding in less than 48 hours, after receiving more than 1,000 individual pledges. The sock brand specialises in designing and developing innovative ‘No-Show’ socks, which feature an eco-friendly silicone solution in the heel, and have been specifically developed...

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The Leather Satchel Co: "Your bag, made your way!"

"Things are so exciting now we have secured the backing," said Keith Hanshaw, Managing Director of The Leather Satchel Co. on reaching their crowdfunding goal of 50,000 pounds to build an online customization tool. "Really, I am so happy and so excited right now, you can't even imagine!" Hanshaw's excitement is palpable and completely...

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Could a portable body scanner reduce ill fitted clothing online?

Returned items due to ill-fitting clothing is one of the biggest problems facing online retailers, well a new portable body scanning device could make returning clothes a thing of the past. Developed by a team of scientists in Switzerland, the SizeGenie marks a new generation of body scanning technology, it’s the first that’s small, foldable and...

Business

BauBax jacket designer seeks 20,000 dollars in Kickstarter, gets 9 million financing

Fashion can mean business and for Hiral Sanghavi, the inventor of BauBax travel jacket, it has definitely meant business of the best class. He needed to fundraise 20,000 dollars on Kickstarter to fund his BauBax travel jacket but instead, he smashed that target and raised an impressive 9 million dollars. The crowdfunding campaign for the jacket...

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The sequel to the 30-Year Sweatshirt: The 30-Year T-Shirt

London - Continuing his battle against fast-fashion built-in obsolescence which leds to a vicious cycle of consumption and waste, designer Thomas Cridland has launched what can only be thought of as the sequel to the 30 Year Sweatshirt - the 30 Year T-shirt - a t-shirt so well made that it is guarantee to last 30 years and built to last a...

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'The 30-Year Sweatshirt' to change the way we consume fashion

London - Some clothing items never go out of style, like the classic trench coat, the white t-shirt or a fitted blazer. However, how long do these iconic items remain in our closets? Do we wear them for a few years until they actually fall apart, a few months or do we tire of them after one season and swap them out for the latest trendy piece?...

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Fe Wearables modular pieces

Budding accessory brand Fe Wearables is raising funds to make its first bulk order. Promoting its designs on kickstarter.com, the New York brand is raising awareness for its modular and configurable pieces. The designs are made of magnets sewn into fabrics, which came about by accident after working on an electronic class projects.