Anina (model)
Anina, also known by the pseudonym Anina.net,[1] is an American-born international fashion model, blogger,[2] and fashion technology and wearables event producer.
She has a following in China.[3][4] China Central Television awarded her "China's top foreign model" in 2009.[5] She also has her own line of Anime-inspired clothes, "aninaMINEme".[6]
She is CEO and founder of 360Fashion Network, a network of fashion professionals using the web 2.0 and mobile technologies.[7][8][9]
Anina.net produces large fashion technology events in Asia[10] such as the 360Fashion&Tech Expo (in its 4th year)[11] together with the China National Garment Association CHIC show, which has over 125,000 people in attendance[12][13] and the first high tech runway fashion show in China at the Mobile World Congress, Shanghai.[14][15] She produced the IBM 360Fashion & Tech Innovation Awards in the United States in November 2015,[16] though her first exhibition was in 2004, called "a new kind of supermodel" at Molière's house in Paris under the art posthume movement[17] Anina was the first model blogger, starting in 2004.[18] In 2005 her modeling agency gave her an ultimatum to stop blogging. She refused to quit, and so was forced to join another agency[19][20]
Anina.net brings designers and technologists together to create one-of-a-kind designs for exhibition such as the Robotic Dress, laser dresses, LED bags and gloves, solar powered bags, 3D printed prosthetics, redesign of robots and mobile apps.[21]
Events Produced
| Year | Title | Notable Designers and Technologists | Notable Collaboration | Attendance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | IBM 360 Fashion Tech Startup Runway & Innovation Awards, San Francisco | Rami Kadi, Rebecca Minkoff, Theia, Nicholas K, Valentina Kova, Moon Berlin, Howard Rheingold, Sandy Carter | SFSU Design School Exhibition | 501 |
| 2015 | CHIC 360 Fashion & Tech Smart Fashion Expo, Shanghai | Misfit Shine, Electroloom, Patricia Flanagan | Motion Detection Dress with RFactory and Maker Collider, 360 VR Experience of Expo | 125,000 |
| 2015 | MEF 360 Fashion & Tech Exhibition, Barcelona | Michael Starost, Google AR, Motorola Smart Watch | Wearable technology exhibition | 1,000 |
| 2014 | When Meets Fashion Tech in China, San Francisco | Andy Gringon, Bruce Bateman | Dolby Theater, SF | 120 |
| 2014 | "When Technology Meets Fashion, Polish Embassy, Beijing" | Professor Ding, Beijing Fashion Institute of Technology, Samsung Media Center | American, Finnish, Australian Embassies, Beijing Design Week | 100 |
| 2014 | GSMA-360Fashion & Tech Runway Show, Shanghai' | Michael Starost, Top 10 Chinese University Design Schools | Launched Robotic Dress, Laser Dresses, Misfit Shine Dress | 4,000 + 250 fashion brand representatives |
| 2014 | CHIC 360Fashion & Tech Expo, Beijing | Pekka Salokannel, Colors of Birch | 3D printing exhibition of fashion and TierTime jewelry | 100,000 |
| 2014 | 3D Festival at Beijing Design Week, Beijing | Moon Berlin, Michael Starost, TierTime, Bruce Bateman, SeeedStudio | Won: Best Digital Exhibition; Collaboration: Cafa University | 80,000 |
| 2013 | CHIC 360Fashion&Tech Expo, Beijing | Guopei, Feize, Aurasma, Total Immersion | Esmod School of Design, Beijing | 125,000 |
| 2013 | 3D Festival at Beijing Design Week, Beijing | TierTime, Technode, Tainyou | Won: Best Digital Exhibition | 80,000 |
| 2012 | CHIC 360Fashion&Tech Expo, Beijing | Aurasma, Nokia | Esmod School of Fashion | 100,000+ |
| 2010 | 360Fashion&Tech International Brand Building Conference, Beijing | Pauline Su, China Fashion Designers Association | Xiahua, CEO Evegroup | 200 |
References
- ↑ Mobizine ou Jeu: Anina.net poursuit ses expérimentations, Clubic, February 26, 2008.
- ↑ Le Chic Shall Inherit Les Blogs Archived May 11, 2008, at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ NSFW: Undressing models and messing with Daniel Ek. There are apps for that
- ↑ Anina in China
- ↑ The highs and lows of life as China's top foreign model, China Daily, November 10, 2009.
- ↑ Lewis, C; about.com Anina: A Model Blogger... Techno Icon, accessed 5 May 2007
- ↑ How technology can improve your wardrobe, Sydney Morning Herald, March 1, 2011
- ↑ Les coulisses de la Fashion Week grâce à une application Facebook, Clubic, October 8, 2009.
- ↑ Des souris et des femmes, Télévision Suisse Romande, January 26, 2006.
- ↑ GSMA-360Fashion & Tech Runway Show - Mobile World Congress Shanghai 2014 Jing Daily, July 2, 2014.
- ↑ Fashion and Mobile Technology Converge in China, Championed by 360Fashion TechNode, April 18, 2012.
- ↑ Record breaking number: more than 125,000 trade visitors solely at CHIC
- ↑ CHIC: Asia's Largest Fashion Trade Exhibition March 12, 2015
- ↑ Augmented Reality, Intelligent Mapping: Fashion And Tech Collide In China, Jing Daily, March 25, 2013.
- ↑ Mobile Asia Expo opens in Shanghai China Daily June 12, 2014
- ↑ 360Fashion Network presents the 1st annual “Startup Runway & Innovation Awards” 2015 Ubergizmo October 26, 2015
- ↑ Court of Miracles, Paris-art, November 17-December 15, 2004.
- ↑ Anina : Top model et geek, November 23, 2004
- ↑ Anina told to stop blogging, Robert Scoble, January 29, 2006.
- ↑ slides gave me an ultimatum, January 29, 2006.
- ↑ Local Design Engineer Reveals Robotic Dress at Fashion Show ABC News December 08, 2014