Jan
21
San Mateo’s BlacMéra impresses angel investors
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A local designer that impressed an audience of Silicon Valley angel investors is the focus of my latest post on the San Francisco Chronicle‘s SF Unzipped blog.
Jan
18
Style Bytes: Fitiquette’s no-sweat avatar suits online shoppers
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Here’s a link to my latest Style Bytes column for the San Francisco Chronicle. My take: the company that figures out the virtual fitting room conundrum is going to win big. This is a story that looks at several approaches, including two from Bay Area startups.
Jan
3
SF Fashion + Tech Panel
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Looking oh-so-official. This is a Chronicle photo from the first SF Fashion + Tech event, which took place in November. The next one is next week on Jan 12. Read the full Chronicle post here.
Photo by Christophe Tomatis
Dec
24
Polyvore year-end trends
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Polyvore’s year-end trends are out, and they’re fascinating. The company’s core is its online community (and set-making tools), but the stats generated by these things are what are drawing eyeballs from many in the fashion space today. Here’s the full post I wrote recently about the Bay Area company’s 11-month report for the San Francisco Chronicle‘s SF Unzipped blog: Polyvore shares year’s top style trends.
Dec
7
Style Bytes: Mobile Shopping Makes Gifting Easier
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I write a fashion-meets-tech column called Style Bytes for the San Francisco Chronicle. The latest one came out last weekend. Here is a link to the full article.
