Tech geeks’ creations turn up on the runway instead of information highway

Posted on August 11, 2008 
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Tech geeks and fashion usually clash. Think pocket protectors, hiked-up pants and T-shirts festooned with inside jokes for software coders.

But when Silicon Valley entrepreneur Rob Meadows thought about fashion, he imagined a purple-green halter dress and shiny suits of gold lace. So after he sold his mobile software company, Lumitrend Inc., in 2006 for millions of dollars (the amount was not disclosed), he decided to start his own clothing line rather than create another tech company right away

“I didn’t want to jump from one 20-hour technology day to another,” he said. “And of course there’s the parties, the beautiful women, the fun parts of it as well.”

His line now sells at small boutiques such as Inago on Third Street in Los Angeles and he has made a special line for Nordstrom. More…

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