{"id":3424,"date":"2015-03-19T15:00:09","date_gmt":"2015-03-19T15:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/?p=3424"},"modified":"2015-03-19T15:00:09","modified_gmt":"2015-03-19T15:00:09","slug":"gucci-will-i-am-team-up-to-create-fashionology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/gucci-will-i-am-team-up-to-create-fashionology\/","title":{"rendered":"Gucci &#038; will.i.am team up to create fashionology"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Gucci Timepieces announces it is working with will.i.am on a range of fashion-led wearable tech smartbands. <!--more--><\/p>\n<p>From\u00a0Baselworld, the watch industry&#8217;s leading international trade fair, Gucci Timepieces has\u00a0announced a special partnership with will.i.am and his tech development brand i.am+ for the creation\u00a0of an innovative concept in terms of wearable technology.<\/p>\n<p>St\u00e9phane Linder, President and CEO of Gucci Timepieces, said during the announcement: \u201cToday, through this innovative collaboration with i.am+ and will.i.am, Gucci Timepieces is fully embracing the future of wearable technology that is now ahead of us, with the objective of launching a wearable device concept that is a fashion accessory, incorporating the most comprehensive and advanced technological functionalities.\u201c<\/p>\n<p>will.i.am commented, &#8220;i.am+ and Gucci Timepieces are setting the pace with our vision for a untethered wearable. In creating a device that is both fashionable and technologically advanced, we aim to define this category. I coined the term \u201cfashionology\u201d \u2026a merging of the worlds of fashion and technology, and that is exactly what this collaboration with Gucci represents.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The device will operate as a completely stand alone smartband, untethered from any smartphone. Functionalities will include: the ability to make and receive phone calls, send and receive text messages and emails, music, maps, calendar, fitness and a sophisticated personal assistant activated by voice command.<\/p>\n<p>Details regarding pricing, distribution, and launch timing will be announced in due course.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Track down luxury brands and bargains in airport duty free with <a href=\"www.dutyfreehunter.com\">www.dutyfreehunter.com<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/gucc_band.jpg\"><img data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/gucc_band-1024x632.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/gucc_band-300x185.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/gucc_band-680x420.jpg 680w, https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/gucc_band.jpg 800w\" decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/gucc_band-1024x632.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-3429 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" alt=\"gucc_band\"    sizes=\"(max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-3429\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/gucc_band-1024x632.jpg\" alt=\"gucc_band\" width=\"680\" height=\"420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/gucc_band-1024x632.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/gucc_band-300x185.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/gucc_band-680x420.jpg 680w, https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/gucc_band.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gucci Timepieces announces it is working with will.i.am on a range of fashion-led wearable tech smartbands.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":3429,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[40,343,69,39,46,341,340,339,216,91,338,342],"class_list":["post-3424","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-news","tag-airport","tag-baselworld","tag-duty-free","tag-dutyfree","tag-fashion","tag-gucci","tag-smartwatch","tag-tech","tag-travel-retail","tag-watch","tag-wearables","tag-will-i-am"],"acf":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3424","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3424"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3424\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3429"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3424"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3424"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3424"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}