Andreessen Horowitz Invests $20M In Custom Apparel Platform Teespring
Providence, R.I.-based Teespring, a Y Combinator-backed startup that allows anyone to outsource the production and distribution costs involved with selling their own custom T-shirts, has raised $20...
View ArticleSeeMe, Which Lets Members Create T-Shirts With All-Over Designs, Launches Its...
SeeMe, a design community that claims more than a million members, has launched its first mobile app on iOS, which can be used to take photos and turn them into T-shirts. To be sure, there are tons of...
View ArticleNovelty T-Shirt Maker Print Syndicate Raises $4.25M Series A
Print Syndicate, an e-commerce store that sells printed T-shirts and other fashion and home decor goods, has raised $4.25 million in Series A funding led by Data Point Capital. Other investors include...
View ArticleTrue Fit Raises $15M To Give Apparel Shoppers Confidence Online
True Fit, a Massachusetts-based startup that helps apparel shoppers online by comparing fit data from brands with the items in the closet, has passed 5 million users with profiles on their service and...
View ArticleSiliconvicts Are The Tech Slogan T-Shirts You’ve Always Talked About Making
Remember all those jokes about Silicon Valley you always said you’d put on t-shirts? Siliconvicts Clothing Co., a shirt company from Malibu, just beat you to it. With slogans ranging from ‘Unicorn...
View ArticleCarapace Uses CAD To Create Affordable, Custom Wetsuits
If you’ve ever worn a wetsuit, you know most suck. They are tight-fitting, expensive, and uncomfortable. They are also one of those items that have seen relatively little innovation over the past few...
View ArticleMizzen+Main racks up $3 million for menswear that feels athletic, looks tailored
Apparel makers Mizzen and Main LLC have closed $3 million in a modest Series B round of venture funding to ramp up inventory and sales of their signature menswear, according to founder and Chief...
View ArticleCALA’s app fits designer clothing to your body using iPhone photos
A new startup called CALA aims to make it easier for new designers to break into the fashion business by offering everything needed to run their e-commerce operations – from production to delivery. In...
View ArticleOutdoor Voices and Glossier are cleaning up by making fashion inclusive
The founders of Glossier and Outdoor Voices, Emily Weiss and Tyler Haney, respectively, spoke at TechCrunch Disrupt in New York today about how they’re taking a bite out of the massive beauty and...
View ArticleOnline consignment shop thredUp takes on The RealReal with launch of Luxe
Online consignment shop thredUp is taking on The RealReal. The e-commerce site for secondhand items today announced the launch of a new luxury goods storefront, simply called Luxe, which is now...
View ArticleCoEdition raises $4 million from NEA and others for its plus-sized shopping...
The average American woman is plus-sized, but only 18 percent of clothing sold in 2016 was size 14 or higher. This disconnect in the world of fashion looked like an opportunity to a team of four former...
View ArticleGwynnie Bee is bringing subscription clothing rental to traditional retailers...
Gwynnie Bee, a subscription service offering women an “unlimited closet” of clothing for rent, believes its model is one that can be expanded to traditional retailers, too. And today, it’s officially...
View ArticleWalmart to acquire women’s plus-size clothing brand ELOQUII
Walmart is expanding further into apparel with today’s announcement of its plans to acquire the digitally native, women’s plus-size clothing brand ELOQUII for an undisclosed amount. The all-cash deal...
View ArticleBonobos and Nike get their own branded shops on Walmart’s Jet.com
Last year, Walmart acquired menswear site Bonobos for $310 million in cash. Now the retailer is adding the brand to a Walmart-owned website. A few days ago, Walmart opened an online shop for Bonobos on...
View ArticleSustainable clothing startup For Days raises $2.8M for its closed-loop...
For Days, a clothing startup that wants to reduce the enormous amount of textile waste created annually, announced today that it has raised $2.8 million in seed funding. The round was led by Rosecliff...
View ArticleBrooklinen, known for high-quality bed sheets, launches its first line of...
Brooklinen, the direct-to-consumer bed sheet brand backed by investors including FirstMark, is entering the apparel space with its first line of loungewear. The company says its designs, including...
View ArticleYC-backed startup Binks can ship custom-made clothing to Indian women in just...
Binks is a custom clothing startup created after co-founder and CEO Aamna Khan realized how frustrating it is to find well-fitting women’s workwear in Indian cities. Currently participating in Y...
View ArticleRebecca Minkoff has some advice for e-commerce companies right now
When Rebecca Minkoff first moved to New York City, the then-18-year-old was making $4.75 an hour. “I just kept working for this designer and someone was telling me what to do every day. I just didn’t...
View ArticleWalmart acquires virtual clothing try-on startup Zeekit
Retail giant Walmart announced this morning it’s acquiring the Tel Aviv-based startup Zeekit, which allows consumers to virtually “try on” clothing when shopping online. The company leverages a...
View ArticleWhy Amazon should pay attention to Shein
Amazon commands a vast, dominating empire in the world of e-commerce. While its marketplace has proved a boon for businesses trying to get off the ground, many of the more successful companies are now...
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