This Week in Fashion Tech…

Rounding up this weeks headlining news from the Fashion Tech space.

We started of the week writing about the launch of NikeLab x Olivier Rousteing collection. Available as of 2nd June 2016, the partnership promises a completely new expression of technology that will bond the beautiful game to beautiful design.

On an inspirational note, FashNerd.com contributor Miranda Hoogervorst interviewed Janne Kyttänen.  Leading the design revolution, Kyttänen has dedicated his career to promoting 3D printing for the consumer market.

In stylish news, we looked at why so many people have stopped wearing traditional watches in favour of using their mobile phones for everything including time keeping. Is this phenomena about to change with the growing adoption of the smartwatch?

We rounded of the week with breaking news on another recent collaboration, this time between The Crated x Strong Arm Technologies. The two New York startups have partnered up to produce a safety wearable prototype that introduces a new type of smart apparel that will function using printed textile circuits.

Printed Circuitry Makes Sleeker Wearables

Armor is a new prototype created by two New York startups, The Crated and Strong Arm Technologies. The collaboration introduces a new type of smart apparel that will function using printed textile circuits. READ MORE…

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The Apple Watch, A Reason To Wear A Watch In The First Place?

Today’s latest versions of the smartphones make our old desktop PC look like an old Japanese calculator. Before the smartphone, the generic mobile phone, which could only make phone calls and write texts, became the reason why so many people stopped wearing traditional watches and instead relied on their phones for everything including time keeping. READ MORE…

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3D Printing Pioneer Janne Kyttänen’s New Mission

For the past fifteen years, Janne Kyttänen has dedicated his career to promoting 3D printing for the consumer market. As founder of Freedom Of Creation, his revolutionary designed objects, lifestyle accessories and fashion pieces have been bought by leading design musea, like Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, MoMa and FIT in New York. READ MORE…

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NikeLab x Rousteing: Fashionable Innovation of the Beautiful Game

NikeLab’s innovations meets Balmain’s Olivier Rousteing has got us hot under the collar. It is a collab that promises to bond the beautiful game to the beautiful design in a fashionable manner. The NikeLab x Olivier Rousteing relationship begun over a year ago and is the second collaboration in NikeLab’s Summer of Sport series. Launching 2nd June 2016, the partnership promises to deliver the kind of high-end sports meets fashion that will get the fashion industry’s tongues wagging. READ MORE…

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Catch Up on Last Week’s FashionTech News HERE.