Thursday, September 12th, our NYC chapter held a successful event during New York's infamous Fashion Week, called Demos & Drinks: Fashion Tech. We had six hot Fashion Tech companies demo for an audience of 300 fashionable techies: Gilt Groupe, Hukkster, Baublebar, Makerbot, Acustom Apparel, and Material Wrld.
After enjoying an hour of networking, cocktails, and light appetizers, our technical audience was ready to explore the variety of fashion tech demos. It was a packed house at Alley NYC!
The crowd waited anxiously to speak with the different companies. Acustom Apparel (featured in the photo below) was one of the big hits of the night. Acustom Apparel uses innovative digital technologies to craft custom clothing— intelligent fit for your style and your body. Although they were unable to bring the actual 3-D body scanner, they brought examples of the 50+ dimensions it collects with each scan. Sorry ladies, they only do men's clothing right now.
Makerbot, a 3D printing machine, was also a huge hit with our technical audience. Not only did they bring some 3D printed jewelry, they also offered a live demo of the printer! Earlier that week, Makerbot was making ripples in the tech news sector for their collaboration on one of the first 3D printed dresses (Business Wire). Pretty awesome if you ask us!
All in all, the evening was a huge success. We'd like to give a quick shoutout to our continued sponsors who made this event a success: Jobspring Partners, Workbridge Associates, Grasshopper, and Buncee.
Stay tuned for our next event in NYC and join our official meetup group!