There is no denying that the merger of fashion with technology is gaining momentum with every passing year. 2018, was the year that we saw the strength of the partnerships between fashion brands and technology innovators grow and become key in bringing fashion tech products to the mainstream. Looking back, here are some of our top 20 stories of 2018:
(1) The Sustainable Fashion Ecomm Playbook, Striving For Convenience
(2) 5 Popular Crowdfunding Campaigns That Successfully Enticed Backers in 2018
(3) SKIINCore’s Knitwear Introduces Intelligent Heat That Learns And Adapts To Wearer
(4) A Multiple-Partner Collaboration Designs Functional Smart Jacket With Warmth on Demand
(5) Assistive Technology Start-up BrightSign, Gives Voice To Those Who Cannot Speak
(6) Vollebak On Pushing Graphene Tech And Building Clothes That No-one Will
(7) These Five Women in Fashion Are Using Algorithms For Good
(8) Revolutionary Swings Hearables Offering Fashionable Functionality
(9) Ganit Goldstein, Bridging Modern Manufacturing Technology With Traditional Fashion Design
(10) Lessons That You Need To Learn From 7 Fashion Tech Startups That Failed
(11) 5 Sustainable Textile Startups Embracing Radical Innovation To Create the Future Of Fabrics Today
(12) From Seaweed to Fiber, Is Biology The Future Of Fashion?
(13) The Mycelium Shoe, Challenging The Usual Conventions Of Footwear
(14) Can VR Be A Tool In Teaching Sustainability Practices In Fashion Education?
(15) Wearable Subgenre Cyberpunk Explores The Relationship Between Humans and Tech
(16) Seriously, Knowledge Is Power As Experts Share Valuable Startup Experience
(17) 10 Wearable Tech Accessories That You Won’t Be Embarrassed To Own
(18) Sneaker Tech, 10 Perfect Gimmicks That Have Kept Brands Ahead Of The Competition
(19) Artificial Intelligence, The “Brain Power” Behind Next Generation Smart Textiles
(20) Nanogy, The Most Environmentally Friendly Heating Technology on the Market?
What are your thoughts? Did you have a favourite story that you read on FashNerd.com? Feel free to share with us. Otherwise, here is to more exciting innovation in 2019.
Founding editor-in-chief of FashNerd.com, Muchaneta is currently one of the leading influencers writing about the merger of fashion with technology and wearable technology. She has also given talks at Premiere Vision, Munich Fabric Start and Pure London, to name a few. Besides working as a fashion innovation consultant for various fashion companies like LVMH Atelier, Muchaneta has also contributed to Vogue Business, is a senior contributor at The Interline and an associate lecturer at London College of Fashion, UAL.