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What do you want to see at Fashion Camp? This is where YOU can suggest sessions—things you want to talk about, or things you want to learn about—and to suggest speakers if you have any in mind.

  1. 113 votes

    Demo our in-store touchscreen kiosk designed exclusively for retail apparel

    We are in early stage conversations with a national mall-based apparel retailer on a in-store consumer kiosk. We would love your honest feedback on our proto and business concept.

  2. 102 votes

    Sustainable fashion: trend or movement?

    What is sustainable fashion? How do brands and consumers engage in it? What does the future of sustainable fashion look like? How can you participate in sustainable fashion now?

  3. 37 votes

    Collaborative and Crowdsourcing Design

    Showcasing and discussion about collaborative fashion design (e.g. open source sewing) and copyright free online tools and resources for fashion designers and hobby seamstresses.

  4. 37 votes

    running a fashion/style blog

    how to start, build readership, and maintain traffic on a fashion/style blog

  5. 35 votes

    "how to sell online" e-commerce solutions

    How's a young designer to get their product to market? Learn about various e-commerce solutions that are suitable for the fashion world.

  6. 32 votes

    photos: shoot, edit, post your own to keep your website fresh

    can't afford expensive photographers? Need to update your site often. Learn tricks on how to shoot and upload your photos for a website.

  7. 31 votes

    Intro to sewing

    Intro level sewing course, covering threading a machine, cutting out pattern pieces, and sewing basic seams.

    Needs to be finished in a double block of time (probably 1.5hrs). Tote bag is a likely candidate.

  8. 29 votes

    innovative technology-driven business models

    new business models using technology platforms to drive or create fashion

  9. 27 votes

    How Boutiques and Small Apparel Retailers Are Using Technology to Overcome Challenges

    Boutique and Small Apparel Retail Owners & Managers come together to discuss some of the challenges facing them and their business how they could possible be resolved through the embracing of technology.

  10. 25 votes

    socially responsible sourcing/manufacturing

    for accessories and apparel

  11. 19 votes

    where and how to get investors for your tech fashion business

    i have a business, marketing and manufacturing pla, a great product and a working prototype.

    where do i meet potential investors and pitch my business to them?

  12. 18 votes

    Retail Buying - how it works and how it's changing

    how technology is changing retail buying strategy in fashion

  13. 18 votes

    The Market for and Future of Sustainable Fashion

    What does the "green" movement mean for fashion and is sustainable design a viable avenue in fashion design.

  14. 17 votes

    History of Fashion and Technology

    An overview of the relationship between technology and the fashion system throughout history. Technical, aesthetic and social/cultural realms will be explored.

  15. 15 votes

    Anything but Fabric

    New materials are popping up daily and expanding the fashion designers pallet. Explore what designers have been doing in this experimental space and discuss how it can be expanded.

  16. 14 votes

    Create a local research group for implementation of new technologies and wearables

    A space, time to share ideas, create rough prototypes and build a volume of research work locally.

  17. 14 votes

    Beauty and Privacy: How To Stand Out By Blending In

    Overview of the intersection of beauty and privacy. Why privacy is important and how, in an age of shrinking privacy, fashion can save your mortal soul. This is also an introduction and preliminary presentation of my thesis at ITP.

  18. 13 votes

    environmental data collecting wearables

    A discussion about how wearable technology can be used to passively collect extremely valuable data about our immediate surroundings. Pollutants such as carbon monoxide, dust, methane gas, noise, light and more are now easily measured with sensors small enough to be worn. This new form of resea... more

  19. 13 votes
  20. 11 votes

    Utilizing Social Platforms in Branding and Niche Blogging

    Which platforms and how to use them. Going beyond Twitter and Facebook to create comprehensive branding for your fashion blog.

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