Shopping for clothes online is difficult, especially because one brand’s size 10 can be another brand’s size 8. BeauCoo, a Calgary-based startup that is launching out of beta today, combines social networking based on women’s real body dimensions with mobile photo sharing and shopping to help female shoppers find the clothes that will look good on them. BeauCoo is currently only available on the… → Read More
Wittlebee, a “Birchbox for babies” backed by LA’s Science incubator, is diving deeper into the products that form the core of its subscription-based kids’ clothes service: today it is announcing its first acquisition, the baby clothesmaker Cottonseed Clothing Company. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
The acquisition will mean that Wittlebee becomes the exclusive distributor of Cottonseed’s… → Read More
Every night while I’m brushing my teeth, my mom lays out my clothes for the next day. She says I’m her special boy. Then she goes home to her house, leaving me, my wife and our two kids to put ourselves to bed. This system ensure I’m always looking my best. Not everyone has it so lucky. But startup J.Hilburn is attempting to bring a little motherly love to its clothing clients and just launched a… → Read More
The fashion world has taken to the internet like fish to water — with thousands of brands and retailers complemented by the rise of fashion bloggers, social media and new technologies to make it easier than ever to buy online. But all that activity poses a problem for the consumer: navigating one’s way through all those virtual clothes rails to find just the thing you want. Lyst, a New… → Read More
Oh Scott Jordan, is there anything you can’t stick into your coat? The Carry-On Coat is the latest addition to the SeV family and boy does it look exciting. The coat allows you to carry pretty much anything – including, apparently, shirts and ties – right in the lining of your jacket. Priced at $225 it’s a little up there but not as expensive as a nicer trench without all the pockets. → Read More
And the winner of best use of LEDs in a dress goes to… Katy Perry! → Read More
The North Face makes good stuff, right? (I don’t know, I’m a Rocawear man myself.) Well just in time for winter’s icy grip are two new jackets that feature technology-related accouterments, the Hustle Audio Jacket for men and the Femphonic Audio Jacket for women. → Read More
These $90 neckties are made from 50% cotton and 50% old audio tapes. There’s more, there’s more. If you have the time, interest, and/or wherewithal to take apart an old tape player, you can actually run the tape head back and forth over the tie to kinda, sorta reproduce the sounds originally found on the cassette. → Read More
While scores of parents the world over may worry endlessly about the distinct possibility of their children growing up nerdly, I say get ‘em started early with stuff like these Star Trek onesies. → Read More
If you’re on the fence about having a baby, consider the fact that you can dress it up however you please. Case in point, this very excellent handmade Link outfit that a user over at the Crafster forums whipped up. → Read More
Well look at that, a BioShock belt buckle. And, if you’re handy with all sorts of machinery I’ve never heard of (read: TechShop), you can make your own. → Read More
Heads up, people who need a jacket with 4,500 discrete pockets. Scott E Vest, in honor of Cyber Monday, is extending its Thanksgiving sale through midnight tonight. That means you can grab the Microfleece Pullover for $40, which is a $20 savings. (You need to use the promo code SAVE20.) You can also get the Scott Jordan Signature System for $270 (when using the SAVE70 promo code), which is a $120… → Read More
A quickie for those of you who own, or are about to own, a phone with a touchscreen. You know, iPhone, G1, et cetera. The guy who founded Cool Hunting—an online version of the “strange but true” section of your local newspaper—started Freehands, a company that creates gloves with removable fingertips. The idea here is that whenever you need to call someone, answer a text message or… → Read More
Maybe you’ll soon see some well-dressed SWAT team members running around the seedier parts of your neighborhood. They’ll look like they just got off the golf course but they’ll actually each be wearing a $12,000 bulletproof polo shirt by Miguel Caballero. While the previously-reported bulletproof pocket square protects your heart, this handsome shirt will presumably protect your entire… → Read More
While it still may be a little too warm out to start thinking about winter wear, it can’t hurt to plant the seed early – especially when it means getting a good deal. If you preorder the new SCOTTEVEST fleece, you’ll get it for $120. The regular price is $140. Plus, you can use our coupon code – crunchSeV – to get another 20% off. That’ll lower the price down to $96. That’s a great… → Read More
How many times have you been at the beach and thought, “Man, I wish I had some sort of mat that I could stand on to strip down to my bathing suit and then that same mat would turn into a bag that I can pull up around my clothes”? If you’re like me, at least twice. Now we have the Moonbag, a $30 mat that turns into a sack. → Read More
We get the weirdest crap in our tips inbox, most of it unpublishable (unless your filter allows through things like “Hard HORSUE sexx tranny”, as ours does). But then there’s things like this Hug Shirt. It connects to your mobile phone via Bluetooth. It has sensors as well as actuators. You have your Hug Shirt, your partner has their Hug Shirt. You hug yourself, and the sensors… → Read More
Because Jobs’ keynote stunk to high heaven yesterday, this dude is going to cash in. A simple black t-shirt with the incredibly apt phrase “Worst. Keynote. Ever!” scrawled across the front. Just under $20 will land you a convenient, if not entirely played out, method of registering your disgust with WWDC 2007. Product Page [MacMerc.com] → Read More
In the latest in my unofficial series on questionable hi-tech apparel, it pains me to bring you news of T-shirts you shouldn’t buy that feature my favorite robots in disguise, the Transformers. These aren’t just T’s emblazoned with the likeness of Bumblebee. No, these shirts feature some Las Vegas-esque light up tackiness, including Prime’s flames. Way to go, guys… → Read More
With summertime right around the corner, I’m sure all you active people will be wanting to enjoy the outside (bloggers have no such luxury), iPod included. iPod accessory maker iSkins has three new Urbany ways to integrate your iPod (or cellphone or whatever) with your wardrobe. The first is the Grooverider, which, apparently, brings you “into the supernatural world of… → Read More
Summertime’s just around the corner and nothing screams gutterpunk St. Marks Place raver quite like this Soundwalk MP3 player vest. You wear just like any other vest, but it has two surround sound speakers built into the shoulder straps. Since the MP3 player hooks up to the vest’s speakers there’s no more getting tangled in wires while you sashay around town. To me, $70 seems a… → Read More
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