10 french startups disrupting the way you experience fashion online

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It may sound like a stretch to say that French people are the reference for fashion. But as we say, “il n’y a pas de fumée sans feu” (there’s no smoke without fire). In addition to having a very prolific fashion sense, the French are also very creative when it comes to the shopping experience. The landscape of French fashion startups is flourishing those days: 6 of the 10 companies presented in this article closed a round last spring/summer season and the results of their investments are released now. Let’s open the catwalk: http://wp.me/p2OgMk-65W

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10 French startups disrupting

the way you experience

fashion online Rachel Vanier - RudeBaguette.com - Picture: inside Vestiaire Collective’s offices

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It may sound like a cliché to say that French people are the world-reference for fashion. But as we say here in France, “il n’y a pas de fumée sans feu” (there’s no smoke without fire). !It may sound like a stretch to say that French people are the reference for fashion. But as we say, “il n’y a pas de fumée sans feu” (there’s no smoke without fire). In addition to having a very prolific fashion sense, the French are also very creative when it comes to the shopping experience. The landscape of French fashion startups is flourishing those days: 6 of the 10 companies presented in this article closed a round last spring/summer season and the results of their investments are released now. Let’s open the catwalk. !!

@VanierRachel for RudeBaguette.com

“In order to launch a fashion marketplace, we had to be in Paris.“ Sébastien Fabre, CEO @VestiaireCollective

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!KEY FACT !Thomas France and his co-founders developed the idea while working on another e-commerce app, Shopelia: user-feedback got them the idea on focusing on the fashion vertical. !KEY FIGURE !The fashion discovery app go 25,000 downloads in just a few days.

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Flink, the Flipboard of fashion blogs

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Carnet de mode, crowdfunding meets social shopping

!KEY FACT !Fashion-lovers can participate in the funding of a collection and young creative talents are able to develop it and get access to their first customers. !KEY FIGURE !The startup raised $1million from Elaia Partner who said Carnet de Mode was “revolutionizing the online shopping experience”.

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Instant Luxe, buying luxury online has never been safer

!KEY FACT !The leather goods, watches and accessories marketplace plays the intermediary and ensure a safe transaction between buyers and sellers with no risk of counterfeits. !KEY FIGURE !They achieved a €2 millions round of investment in June 2013 with Iris Capital and ISAI. !

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Monshowroom, the first marketplace for on-going collections

!KEY FACT !When Séverine Grégoire and Chloé Ramade created Monshowroom.com in 2006, the platform was basically the only way to access current collections online !KEY FIGURE !270 brands are now available

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Dymant, invite-only e-Commerce, the true e-luxury experience

!KEY FACT !Dymant changed the e-commerce industry by focusing on the story-telling and esthetical atmosphere experience more than on the products. !KEY FIGURE !Partech Ventures and IDInvest invested $1 million last year in order to enable the startup to address other geographical markets.

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Vestiaire Collective, a second-hand luxury marketplace

!KEY FACT !

Vestiaire Collective has an editorial committee that selects which articles can be sold online, that specialists then check before they arrive in the customer’s hands. A great service that ensures happiness on both sides of the sale. !!KEY FIGURE !They achieved a series C round with Condé Nast ($15 millions) last year.

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VideDressing, social shopping for previously owned outfits

!KEY FACT !Meryl Job and Renaud Guillerm, co-founders, managed to build a strong a faithful community first, and then monetized is by facilitating trades inside this community. !KEY FIGURE !They now claim a 5-times growth factor between 2011 and 2012 and realized two rounds in 2013 – the last one with Global Founders Capital for $5 Million.

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Selectionnist, shopping through fashion magazines

!KEY FACT !

Selectionnist, founded by female serial-entrepreneurs Tatiana and Lara Rouyres (Living Social, Dealissime) enables its visitors to search for things spotted by magazine or by brand. !!KEY FIGURE !Only a few days of existence, time to try it out!

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wheretoget.it, finds the fashion items you lost

!KEY FACT !

The platform gathers a community of passionate fashion-lovers who are able to spot where you can find an article that you have trouble finding, providing that you have a picture. !KEY FIGURE !Rumor is that Romain Moyne, founder, is currently working on a Series A round of investment[fr]. !

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Rad, a marketplace dedicated to the Cool

!KEY FACT !Rad’s particularity holds in its editorial line: it’s just cool, then you can only get it for a small amount of time. !KEY FIGURE !They closed a €2.5 Series A round of funding in June 2013,

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