Category: Fashion Technology

  • Fashion Technology Trends in February 2019 by Alley Girl

    Fashion Technology Trends in February 2019 by Alley Girl

    It’s Tech Tuesday time… It was a busy month with fashion weeks but technology world never stops too. Our Fashion Technology Trends in February 2019 by Alley Girl, by me Betul Yildiz starts now. Don’t miss out January happenings. ?The New York Fashion Tech Lab, the Fashion Technology innovation lab, announced this year’s lab companies…

  • Fashion Technology Trends in January by Alley Girl

    Fashion Technology Trends in January by Alley Girl

    Alley Girl team has started 2019 fast and energetic. This year I am planing to do some changed on alleygirl.com by hiring some new writers. Please check Chaylin’s (the new fashion writer) posts. And new writers starting later this week. But today is the day! Tech Tuesday… So here is our Fashion Technology Trends in…

  • Fashion Technology Trends in March 2018

    Fashion Technology Trends in March 2018

    I am here with another Fashion Technology Trends news. I want to keep a list reading this time to give small headlines from the industry. Please give me your feedback if you like the previous style better (Read February Summary). Check out our Fashion Technology Trends in March 2018. SXSW Interactive Festival held in Austin Texas…

  • Looking back to February 2018 for Fashion Technology Trends

    Looking back to February 2018 for Fashion Technology Trends

    I’ve decided to share my monthly review of events in fashion and technology business at the beginning of this year. Unfortunately, I’ve missed my January review. I don’t know how that happens to me all the time. Having kids changes everything. I really lost the sense of the time. Today, for example, I started my day…

  • How do I Make More Money on Steemit Than My Blog?

    How do I Make More Money on Steemit Than My Blog?

    After I become a mom, my priorities changed. I used to see my blog as more about my creative outcome. Not anymore. I am looking at more blog as my job now. After having twin babies, I stop working at my old job but be a full-time blogger instead. Every single time that I spend…

  • Amazon’s Smart Mirror: Blended Reality

    Amazon’s Smart Mirror: Blended Reality

    Last week, everybody went crazy about Amazon’s new patented mirror called  “Blended Reality”. So why everybody gets really excited about this. The tech giant is already known as business killers with aggressive business models. First in the publishing industry with Kindle and then with Prime every other small retail business. We can assume It gets ready…

  • Blockchain Technology in the Fashion Industry

    Blockchain Technology in the Fashion Industry

    First thing first. What the hell is this “blockchain” that I keep hearing these days? In a nutshell, the technology which’s the database is secure, open, audit-able and what it makes it unique is that it runs through not a single centralized operator. Does it ring the bells if Isay BITCOIN? The technology behind this…

  • Being A Blogger, Being A Writer vs Shopping Adviser

    Being A Blogger, Being A Writer vs Shopping Adviser

    Being modest is very hard in today’s world. The job you are seeking or your supervisor push you to be more and more aggressive for successful.  Even in our blogger world, I don’t feel the beauty of the beginning of blogosphere anymore, being a blogger was every interesting around that times. Now, everybody’s obsessed with likes, followers and all the…

  • Why Should Fashion Industry Embrace 3D Printing?

    Why Should Fashion Industry Embrace 3D Printing?

    When you say magic word 3D Printing, my eyes generally look like this ?. Here is why. Do you know some crazy guys in China actually built a house in 24 hours as using this technology? I just read another news mentioned they built another house less than 24 hours and cost something around $10000.…

  • Fun Headphone Accessories with Motif Cables

    Fun Headphone Accessories with Motif Cables

    Listening music is one of my favorite things while traveling from home to office or from office to anywhere in Manhattan. Most of the time messy cable is my nightmare. I mean I love my headphones but when It comes to cable it is really a pain. Because the cables keep messing up. And I just…

  • I Become a Designer, Curtsey of Mon Purse

    I Become a Designer, Curtsey of Mon Purse

    When I first heard about Mon Purse, I thought they are doing the 3D printing. And I was like woohoo… How are they gonna do a leather bag with 3D printing? Soon enough I understand that I misunderstand the concept. Mon Purse is a fashion tech company which provide you with a way of creating your own purse,…

  • Eye-Tracking Dress Needed for Fashion Week

    Eye-Tracking Dress Needed for Fashion Week

    This is kind of old news. An eye-tracking dress by Ying Gao, the Canadian designer. She created this dress about 3 years ago if I’m not mistaken. (See the whole project (NO)WHERE (NOW)HERE) She must have seen the opportunity from us wannabe street style icons working too hard to take attention of street style photographers…

  • Why am I NOT Impressed with Google Pixel?

    Why am I NOT Impressed with Google Pixel?

    I finally have a chance to review Google Pixel. Frankly, I’m not that impressed as (most probably) paid reviewer out there. I borrowed my friend’s Google Pixel last week and spend the whole weekend with the phone. I feel like Google Pixel might be the best Android phone (I used whole summer Samsung Galaxy and I used Motorola…

  • 16 Seed Funding Terms You Should Know Part-2

    16 Seed Funding Terms You Should Know Part-2

    You’ve already read my previous seed funding terms list. So I decide to make the list larger. It has been ages I didn’t share anything on my Alley (Internet) Talks section. This is the perfect subject to share. Due Diligence Friend, family and fools Exit/Exit strategy Incubator Initial public offering (IPO) Joint Venture Market valuation Merger Preferred…

  • Silicon Alley Girl Look

    Silicon Alley Girl Look

    I want to share my Silicon Alley Girl look today. What does that mean? My blog name is coming from Silicon Alley and I finally made my Silicon Alley shoot earlier May when my brother was visiting me. It is long time desire of mine to make this photo shooting. This is the second post…

  • A Stylish Tech Blogger in New York Tech Day 2016

    A Stylish Tech Blogger in New York Tech Day 2016

    The main purpose of my blog was talking about fashion tech companies from the city. This is why I called myself alley girl. The girl from Silicon Alley. That’s who I am. My blog evolved to fashion, style and New York guide after my first year with you guys. I still enjoy to write about chic…

  • Flashpod: New Way to Share Moments

    Flashpod: New Way to Share Moments

    I am total social media person since the beginning. So that I found my very first job via Social Media. I met with social media in 2009. Since then we have quite good friendship. I think We are good because I know my barriers. I know what to share and what not to. I know…

  • Techie Father Day Gift Ideas

    Techie Father Day Gift Ideas

    Perhaps Valentine’s Day Gift Ideas is one of the most read article in my blog. So why not do same thing for Father Day? Here is my special Father Day Gift Ideas. For twenty something years old girl It feels like every dad got older and older, so I should buy new shave set or…

  • Archetypes, Subliminal Marketing and Fashion Brands

    Archetypes, Subliminal Marketing and Fashion Brands

    A cat meows, a lion roars, a dog barks… What about a human? We archetype things.* It is so interesting to learn about so much about brand. I wrote about my new excitement  last week. It has been 3 weeks to I started my FIT program. When I first started to courses I did knew so many things…

  • Want Different Fashion Event? fashionMIND is for you!

    Want Different Fashion Event? fashionMIND is for you!

    One of the best things about blogging is meeting with new people. I almost get e-mails every months because of the interview I did with my close friend Mumin Erakbas. I shared my experiences about the quit my job and come to New York to unknown… I start to get some e-mails and attentions because…

  • 10 Tech Gifts but Fashionable for Valentine’s Day

    10 Tech Gifts but Fashionable for Valentine’s Day

    Do you want suggestion for tech gifts? 1. Motorola Moto X (him or her) I might consider to switch from iOS to Android  devices and I am not ashamed of it. I don’t see any difference between iPhone and the Android phones as design.  I think, Apple made the iPhone 6 serie’s design look like…

  • Black Color Means…

    Black Color Means…

    I might think black color is the strongest of all. This is nothing to do with Henry Ford’s famous quote. (Any customer can have a car painted any color that he wants so long as it is black) This wise man’s problem might have totally different story ( some may say he was obsessed to reduce…

  • Creating Strong Brands with Sense

    Creating Strong Brands with Sense

    I am recently reading “Brand Sense: How to Build Powerful Brands Through Touch, Taste, Smell, Sight and Sound” by Martin Lindstrom.  Of course book is kind of old and needs some updates with the recent  development in the marketing world. But It still gives great sense about the advertisement and the marketing. Today’s world blogs…

  • A Fashionable Headphones: Frends Review

    A Fashionable Headphones: Frends Review

    I totally super crazy about Frends since last year. I wanted to buy it so bad. It wasn’t just because every major fashion blogger has it but It looks so stylish and fashionable. But I didn’t have a budget for this kind of expenses for a while. I’m always on a hunt when I love something…

  • What is Acquisition in Internet World?

    What is Acquisition in Internet World?

    Acquisition is basically a buying action. As a digital marketing manager I do acquisition but my job is to acquire new users for our app. We generally use the term of “customer acquisition”. On the hand when you hear this term in start up atmosphere, that probably means one company buy smaller one.  Companies buy…

  • What is Big Data?

    What is Big Data?

    Everybody starts to talk about big data in these days. Because It is very important to understand what information we should take serious and count on in our decision making process in this massive unreliable information age. The companies who understand their data’s value now investing in this area. Since we have so many information…

  • Airbnb Designers Debate Club

    Airbnb Designers Debate Club

    Airbnb Designers Debate Club Session 6 is here as a part of Brooklyn Beta. Brooklyn Beta is an event for who are hungry to learn hip and new technology and companies. Sadly I never join Brooklyn Beta but I know for my husband, It is the coolest tech event series in the city. Finally I have a chance…

  • Foursquare vs. Swarm Craziness

    Foursquare vs. Swarm Craziness

    You know I actually write about fashion and fashion tech companies but recently I have the biggest disappointment with my beloved brand Foursquare. And they are from Silicon Alley like me so I have to write about my feelings about their new Swarm app. I hate you foursquare. Once It is my lovemark on the…

  • Your Startup has been failed? How is it feel?

    Your Startup has been failed? How is it feel?

    It is not the end of this world if your startup is total fail! It wasn’t like that for Nikki in the beginning maybe but now she openly talks about her experience with 99dress. Did you remember 19-year-old startup founder girl from Australia Nikki Durkin? Name is familiar right? I just read her brilliant writing about…

  • Shoes by Me? Nice Job by PikkPack

    Shoes by Me? Nice Job by PikkPack

    Have you ever wanted to create your own shoe line? It is my dream actually! Unfortunately I don’t think I have any drawing skills. But I just got good news about it. I have an aim! Helping the new businesses and startups which is especially on fashion industry. To be niche, I specifically write startups…