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Capital in Aid

  • LetsDressUp, one of the fastest fashion tech companies led by Dr. Drishti Anand and Aditya Balani managed to raise INR 11 crore in a Pre-Series A funding. A bunch of investors participated namely GVFL Limited, Indian Angel Network, The Chennai Angels including its existing investor, Titan Capital.
  • The Gurugram-based startup will use the fresh capital to boost production, scaling up its AI design technology stack and team expansion.
  • LDU strongly advocates sustainable fashion and will be adopting Artificial Intelligence (AI) in a big way. The apparel industry is often accused of being one of the chief polluters and the only solution ahead is to adapt AI. LDU has observed a trend in buyers opting for clothes made with bamboo, mulberry and hemp. Drishti is focussed on using enhanced AI for their collection eventually aiding in reducing global warming.
  • The capital will be vital for the supply chain management of LDU. They cater to the requirements of consumers with fresh designs every week without them being out of stock. In this way the manufacturers get to earn more and the zero dead inventory definitely helps in reducing global warming.
  • Inclusivity is all
  • The passion for sustainable and inclusive fashion led Dr. Drishti Anand to have co-founded LDU and who could be a better partner to drive the passion than her husband, Aditya Balani.
  • They are focused on building India's most size-inclusive fashion platform. LDU offers a range of sizes from XS to 8XL, unmatched even by the most prominent brands in the country.
  • They add 100s of new designs daily so that buyers are always at the fore front of the fashion game.
  • Drishti stated in an interview that LDU is India’s most size-inclusive and customer-centric brand applying cutting-edge technology to craft clothes that offer a size range of XS to 8XL, unmatched by even the biggest brands in the country. It is India’s first company to develop an Indian size chart by measuring more than 2,500 Indian women in real time.
  • LDU also has the lowest return rate in the industry, which is less than 3% and is 10x better than the average industry range of 30% to 40% returns.
  • Their design-to-execution cycle follows a speedy period of 7-10 days.
  • LDU stands high on repeat purchases and they have devised innovative customer relationship management program. The LDU Blockbuster Friday, where they launch new styles or designs fleshes out something new to look forward to. While most of the fashion brands launch collections 2-3 times a year, LDU does it every week, which keeps the customers coming back. Their repeat rates are 25-30% and are expected to reach 30-40% in the near future.
  • Editor’s Note:

    Next time when you are shopping apparel, you do not have to get confused with the size chart of US/UK/Mexico used by most of the brands. And whom do you have to give a big thanks to? Well, Dr, Drishti Anand and Aditya Balani, Co-Founders, LetsDressUp created a size chart specific to Indian consumers for the first time in India. She rescued you of all those woes of returns and turning shopping seamless.

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    #letsdressup #fastfashion #apparelsector #sustainablefashion

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