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What do space fashion, WNBA handbags, and AI stylists have in common?

They all launched — proving once again:
The future of fashion is TECH.

👇 This Week’s Lineup
📈 Marketing Playbook – WNBA 𝕏 Coach
📌 Weekly Swipe – 7 headlines to scroll
🎙️ 1:1 Podcast – Ivy League AI decoded
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Janey

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 👜 WNBA Orange Carpet + Coach is the First Handbag Partner

TL;DR: Coach stole the Orange Carpet + headlines with a multi-year deal. [🔗 WWD]

👛 CFDA Taps Alta for AI Personal Styling

TL;DR: AI just got the CFDA’s stamp of approval. [🔗 CFDA]

• 🤖 Alta uses 12+ AI models to help users style + shop smarter

• 🧵 Now live with CFDA members

  

  💃 Jasmine Tookes + Joja are in as an investor + user

🧑‍🚀 Spacecore is Real — But, so is the Backlash

TL;DR: Katy Perry sang in space… but where was the tech and why did this happen? [🔗 Vogue Business, WWD]

• 🚀 Blue Origin’s all-female crew wore custom Monse (Katy Perry, Lauren Sánchez, Gayle King, Amanda Nguyen, Aisha Bowe, Kerianne Flynn.)

• 🦾 Sleek, camera-ready — but no AR or phygital twins. Where was the fashion tech?

• ❤️‍🔥 Amanda Nguyen’s astronaut dream was the real heart of the mission. IMHO.

💅🏻 Essie collabs with WNBA mascot for courtside nails [Hypebae]

🐧 Pudgy Penguins partners with Lotte for collectibles [Lotte, X]

👟 Vans debuts sneaker in Milan Design Week [Footwear News]

💄 e.l.f. x NASCAR drive Katherine Legge team up[Hypebae]

🛒 Trader Joe’s totes hit $1M resale prices [Hypebae]

🧠 Tariff TikTok challenges Luxury Fashion [BoF]

🏢 Nike opens studio in Shanghai [Bloomberg]

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🎙 PODCAST HIGHLIGHT

Wharton Professor Dr. Stefano Puntoni (+ Co-Director of Human AI Research) joined The Digital Runway.
- First AI Major at an M7 School
- How Ivy League Business School teachers AI

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💬 What stuck with you this week?

📲 Text your group chat: “Trader Joe’s totes = $1M resale. Let’s go hunting & flipping.”

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Janey