Anina (model)

{{short description|American-born/Paris-based international fashion model/blogger}}

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{{Infobox person

| name = Anina

| image = Anina-net-thomas-paquet-600x800.jpg

| caption = Anina Net by Thomas Paquet

| other_names = Anina.net

| nationality = American / German

| occupation = fashion model, conference speaker, blogger, wearables developer, and event producer.

| website = {{URL|http://www.anina.net/}}

}}

Anina, also known by the pseudonym Anina net,[http://www.clubic.com/actualite-127424-mobizine-jeu-anina-net-poursuit-experimentations.html Mobizine ou Jeu: Anina.net poursuit ses expérimentations], Clubic, February 26, 2008. is an American-born German international fashion model, conference speaker, blogger,[https://www.wired.com/culture/lifestyle/news/2005/12/69757 Le Chic Shall Inherit Les Blogs] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080511173832/http://www.wired.com/culture/lifestyle/news/2005/12/69757 |date=May 11, 2008 }} wearables developer, and event producer. She is listed as #7 in the Top 100 Women in Wearable and Consumer Tech{{Cite news|url=https://www.womenofwearables.com/blogwrite/top-100-women-in-wearable-and-consumer-tech|title=Top 100 Women in Wearable and Consumer Tech|work=WOMEN OF WEARABLES|access-date=2018-10-14|language=en-GB}} and is the CEO and founder of 360Fashion Network.[http://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/fashion/how-technology-can-improve-your-wardrobe-20110301-1bcql.html How technology can improve your wardrobe], Sydney Morning Herald, March 1, 2011[http://www.clubic.com/actualite-304342-coulisses-fashion-week-application-facebook.html Les coulisses de la Fashion Week grâce à une application Facebook], Clubic, October 8, 2009.[http://www.nouvo.ch/94-3 Des souris et des femmes], Télévision Suisse Romande, January 26, 2006. Anina progressed from being a model to a fashion industry pioneer when she developed Intel Curie-powered shape-shifting robot dresses.{{Cite news|url=https://abc7news.com/technology/local-design-engineer-reveals-robotic-dress/428172/|title=Local design engineer reveals robotic dress|last=Bloom|first=Jonathan|date=2014-12-09|work=ABC7 San Francisco|access-date=2018-10-14|language=en-US}}{{Cite news|url=https://iq.intel.com/top-model-turned-fashion-tech-pioneer-inspires-new-makers/|title=Top Model Turned Fashion Tech Pioneer Inspires New Makers - iQ by Intel|date=2017-06-21|work=iQ by Intel|access-date=2018-10-14|language=en-US}} She developed for Intel{{Citation|last=360Fashion Network|title=Smart Glove Unveiled at CCTV Spring Festival Gala "Spring Wind" Performance 2017 with Anina Net|date=2017-01-28|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZuhWRhVvw88 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/ZuhWRhVvw88 |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|access-date=2018-10-14}}{{cbignore}} the 360Fashion Network's smart gloves worn by 162 dancers on CCTV's Chinese New Year Festival Gala show, "Spring Wind" performance.{{Cite news|url=https://www.ubergizmo.com/2017/01/dancers-wear-smart-gloves-spring-festival-gala/|title=Tech Meets Art As Dancers Don Smart Gloves At The Spring Festival Gala|work=Ubergizmo|access-date=2018-12-02}}{{Cite news|url=https://fashnerd.com/2017/01/smart-glove-technology-performance-art/|title=Smart Gloves That Seamlessly Combine High Technology With Performance Art|last=Kapfunde|first=Muchaneta|date=2017-01-30|work=FashNerd|access-date=2018-12-02|language=en-US}} The gloves were powered by Intel's Curie, with the LED light pattern generated using gesture recognition.{{Cite news|url=https://www.ubergizmo.com/2017/01/dancers-wear-smart-gloves-spring-festival-gala/|title=Tech Meets Art As Dancers Don Smart Gloves At The Spring Festival Gala|work=Ubergizmo|access-date=2018-10-14}} PBS Television shot a documentary about Anina, who was interviewed by Robert Cringely at the start of 360Fashion Network as the first fashion blogger network. PBS Television's Nerd TV{{Citation|last=FWP Film Network|title=Robert X. Cringely's Nerd TV: Anina Interview|date=2017-12-10|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iqFhF_DuWnE|access-date=2018-12-02}}{{cbignore}}{{Dead YouTube link|date=February 2022}} interviewed Anina as the ninth guest and the first woman in the series about the future of mobile technology. CRI Radio in China filmed a documentary titled "My China Life."{{Citation|last=360Fashion Network|title=CRI Radio TV Show About Anina Net CEO 360Fashion Network 标清|date=2015-02-05|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2d_a99zdMk |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/u2d_a99zdMk |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|access-date=2018-12-03}}{{cbignore}} CNet wrote, "In blogs, and Anina, we trust"{{Cite news|url=https://www.cnet.com/news/in-blogs-and-anina-we-trust/|title=In blogs, and Anina, we trust|last=Ard|first=Scott|date=2005-12-08|work=CNET|access-date=2018-12-02|language=en}} citing her as one of the star attractions at Les Blogs 2.0.

Career

In the summer of 2019, Anina and 360Fashion Network hosted the Diversity Meets Technology online summit kicking off the launch of 360Fashion tech maker kits at New York Fashion Week and robotic dresses at a Melange Fashion show on September 6, 2019.{{Cite web|url=https://fashionindustrybroadcast.com/2019/07/31/meet-anina-net-the-tech-model-bringing-robots-to-the-runway/|title=Meet Anina Net: The Tech Model Bringing Robots To The Runway|date=2019-07-31|website=FIB|language=en-US|access-date=2019-08-20}} The diversity and technology online summit is the first of its kind to explore the topics of diverse technologies and people in fashion, technology, business, and innovation, with leaders from the tech and fashion industries including Sandy Carter, Anin and Elliot Carlyle, and many others.{{Cite web|url=https://diversitysummit.360fashion.net/|title=Diversity Meets Technology|last=HeySummit|website=Diversity Meets Technology|access-date=2019-08-20}}

On March 21, 2019, the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago launched "Wired to Wear," an exhibition featuring 1000 wearables including a wireless charging wallet in hot pink developed by 360Fashion Network and designed by Anina.{{Cite web|url=https://electricrunway.com/museum-of-science-and-industry-in-chicago-launches-wired-to-wear-featuring-wearables-from-360fashion-network/|title=Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago Launches Wired to Wear Featuring Wearables from 360Fashion Network|last=amandacosco|date=2019-03-21|website=Electric Runway|language=en-US|access-date=2019-03-31}}{{Cite web|url=https://fashnerd.com/2019/03/wired-to-wear-exhibition-the-future-of-wearable-technology-comes-to-chicago/|title=Wired to Wear Exhibition: The Future of Wearable Technology Comes To Chicago|last=Kapfunde|first=Muchaneta|date=2019-03-27|website=FashNerd|language=en-US|access-date=2019-03-31}} The 360Fashion Network charging wallet in hot pink is named businesswoman after Sandy Carter, an American businesswoman, speaker and author.{{Cite web|url=https://electricrunway.com/museum-of-science-and-industry-in-chicago-launches-wired-to-wear-featuring-wearables-from-360fashion-network/|title=Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago Launches Wired to Wear Featuring Wearables from 360Fashion Network|last=amandacosco|date=2019-03-21|website=Electric Runway|language=en-US|access-date=2019-03-31}} The MSI Chicago Museum shop is also selling 360Fashion Network's products.{{Cite web|url=https://electricrunway.com/museum-of-science-and-industry-in-chicago-launches-wired-to-wear-featuring-wearables-from-360fashion-network/|title=Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago Launches Wired to Wear Featuring Wearables from 360Fashion Network|last=amandacosco|date=2019-03-21|website=Electric Runway|language=en-US|access-date=2019-03-31}}

Her fashion technology products are showcased at the Target Open House in San Francisco, CA, including a wireless charging wallet, 360Fash Tech Kit, and Smart Safety Ring.{{Cite news|url=https://wwd.com/fashion-news/fashion-scoops/target-shines-a-spotlight-on-fashion-tech-1202764219/|title=Target Shines a Spotlight on Fashion Tech|last=Huntington|first=Patty|date=2018-07-25|work=WWD|access-date=2018-12-02|language=en-US}} The 360Fash Tech Kits are for fashion designers who do not code or solder to create smart garments and accessories.{{buzzword inline|date=September 2019}}{{Cite news|url=https://fashnerd.com/2016/05/anina-net-eradicating-fashions-need-to-code/|title=Anina Net, Eradicating Fashion's Need to Code|last=Kapfunde|first=Muchaneta|date=2016-05-28|work=FashNerd|access-date=2018-12-02|language=en-US}}

She has spoken at several places, including Wearable USA,{{Cite web|url=https://www.idtechex.com/wearable-usa/show/en/speakers/11469/closing-keynote-for-wearable-technology-panel-discussion|title=Speakers {{!}} Wearable USA 2018 {{!}} 14 - 15 Nov {{!}} Santa Clara Convention Center, CA, USA|website=IDTechEx|date=16 November 2017 |access-date=2018-12-02}} Printed Electronics USA,{{Cite web|url=https://www.idtechex.com/printed-electronics-usa/show/en/speakers/11469/closing-keynote-for-wearable-technology-panel-discussion|title=Speakers {{!}} Printed Electronics USA 2018 {{!}} 14 - 15 Nov {{!}} Santa Clara Convention Center, CA, USA|website=IDTechEx|date=16 November 2017 |access-date=2018-12-02}} FASHIONTECH Berlin,{{Citation|last=#FASHIONTECH BERLIN|title=Power up your Fashion without Coding {{!}} Anina Net {{!}} 360Fashion Network|date=2016-07-07|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y893Qlw0YMA|access-date=2018-12-02}} Fashion Futures Korea,{{Cite web|url=http://www.fashionfutures.net/m/page/7030.php|title=Fashion Futures International Symposium|website=www.fashionfutures.net|access-date=2018-12-02}} AVANTEX PARIS,{{Cite web|url=https://texpertisenetwork.messefrankfurt.com/frankfurt/en/press-releases/apparel-fabrics-fashion/avantex-paris-texpertise-network-february.html|title=AVANTEX Paris 11-14/02/2018, Le Bourget, Paris An overview of the innovations combining technology and fashion, from existing solutions to potential ones|website=texpertisenetwork.messefrankfurt.com|language=en|access-date=2018-12-02}} The Tax office of the Netherlands,{{Citation|last=360Fashion Network|title=Anina.net speaks at Innovation Days @ the Tax Office of the Netherlands|date=2012-04-15|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXLKIUu_Psk |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/YXLKIUu_Psk |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|access-date=2018-12-02}}{{cbignore}} The Arts Plus Conference,{{Citation|last=360Fashion Network|title=The Arts+ Conference Frankfurt Book Fair 360Fashion Network Exhibition|date=2017-06-13|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XsQh5CJb6EI |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/XsQh5CJb6EI |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|access-date=2018-12-02}}{{cbignore}} Codame Art+Tech,{{Cite web|url=http://codame.com/artists/anina-net|title=Anina Net CODAME ART+TECH|website=codame.com|access-date=2018-12-02}} Hardware Massive,{{Cite news|url=https://hardwaremassive.com/events/2017/09/fashion-design-thinking-age-technology|title=Fashion Design Thinking In The Age Of Technology|last=Jay|first=Cho|date=2017-09-13|work=Hardware Massive - Global Community for Hardware Startups|access-date=2018-12-02|language=en}} and Les Blogs.{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.wired.com/2005/12/le-chic-shall-inherit-les-blogs/|title=Le Chic Shall Inherit Les Blogs|magazine=WIRED|access-date=2018-12-02|language=en-US}}

She has a following in China.[https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/12/13/AR2009121301693.html NSFW: Undressing models and messing with Daniel Ek. There are apps for that][http://news.alibaba.com/article/detail/textiles/100121145-1-anina-china.html Anina in China] China Central Television awarded her "China's top foreign model" in 2009.[http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/metro/2009-11/10/content_8937610.htm The highs and lows of life as China's top foreign model], China Daily, November 10, 2009. She also has her own line of Anime-inspired clothes, "aninaMINEme"Lewis, C; about.com [http://fashion.about.com/od/models/ss/modelanina.htm Anina: A Model Blogger... Techno Icon] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071213135830/http://fashion.about.com/od/models/ss/modelanina.htm |date=2007-12-13 }}, accessed 5 May 2007 and NFC cuffs to easily exchange information while shaking hands.{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media-network/media-network-blog/2013/apr/03/wearable-technology-machine-to-machine|title=Wearable technology - separating fact from science fiction|last=Lunny|first=Oisin|date=2013-04-03|website=the Guardian|language=en|access-date=2018-12-02}} Anina has never stopped investigating and educating brands, officials, and consumers about the growing opportunities of the quickly evolving wearable technology market in China.{{Cite news|url=https://jingdaily.com/why-wearable-tech-is-the-next-big-thing-in-chinese-fashion/|title=Why Wearable Tech Is The Next Big Thing In Chinese Fashion {{!}} Jing Daily|date=2014-07-02|work=Jing Daily|access-date=2018-12-02|language=en-US}}

Anina also produces fashion technology events in Asia,[https://jingdaily.com/why-wearable-tech-is-the-next-big-thing-in-chinese-fashion/#.VlynMYSMBAZ GSMA-360Fashion & Tech Runway Show - Mobile World Congress Shanghai 2014] Jing Daily, July 2, 2014. such as the 360Fashion&Tech Expo (in its 5th year).{{Cite news|url=https://wwd.com/fashion-news/fashion-scoops/target-shines-a-spotlight-on-fashion-tech-1202764219/|title=Target Shines a Spotlight on Fashion Tech|last=Huntington|first=Patty|date=2018-07-25|work=WWD|access-date=2018-12-02|language=en-US}}[http://technode.com/2012/04/18/fashion-and-mobile-technology-converge-in-china-championed-by-360fashion/ Fashion and Mobile Technology Converge in China, Championed by 360Fashion] TechNode, April 18, 2012. Together with the China National Garment Association CHIC show, which has over 125,000 people in attendance[http://www.texdata.com/news/88.sustainability/8512.Record-breaking-number--more-than-125-000-trade-visitors-solely-at-CHIC.html Record breaking number: more than 125,000 trade visitors solely at CHIC][https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/chic-chinas-largest-fashion-trade-exhibition-adam-braithwaite CHIC: Asia's Largest Fashion Trade Exhibition] March 12, 2015 and the first high tech runway fashion show in China at the Mobile World Congress, Shanghai.[https://jingdaily.com/fashion-and-tech-finally-starting-to-collide-in-china/ Augmented Reality, Intelligent Mapping: Fashion And Tech Collide In China], Jing Daily, March 25, 2013.[http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/bizchina/2014-06/12/content_17582690.htm Mobile Asia Expo opens in Shanghai] China Daily June 12, 2014 She produced the IBM 360Fashion boxes Innovation Awards in the United States in November 2015,[http://www.ubergizmo.com/2015/10/360fashion-network-presents-the-1st-annual-startup-runway-innovation-awards-2015/ 360Fashion Network presents the 1st annual “Startup Runway & Innovation Awards” 2015] Ubergizmo October 26, 2015 though her first exhibition was in 2004, called "a new kind of supermodel" at Molière's house in Paris under the art post movement.[http://www.paris-art.com/exposition-art-contemporain/Cour%20des%20miracles/Debombourg-Baptiste/760.html Court of Miracles] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208140353/http://www.paris-art.com/exposition-art-contemporain/Cour%20des%20miracles/Debombourg-Baptiste/760.html|date=2015-12-08}}, Paris-art, November 17-December 15, 2004. Anina was the first model blogger, starting in 2004 with a document filmed on her Nouvo CH TV in Paris.{{Citation|last=360Fashion Network|title=Nuovo CH Television Broadcast Anina.net Blogging|date=2010-03-26|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aNOBn8Sfqd4|access-date=2018-12-02}}{{cbignore}}{{Dead YouTube link|date=February 2022}}[http://cognections.typepad.com/lifeblog/2004/11/anina_top_model.html Anina : Top model et geek], November 23, 2004 In 2005 her modeling agency gave her an ultimatum to stop blogging. She refused to quit and was forced to join another agency.[http://scobleizer.com/anina-told-to-stop-blogging-im-not-using-wifi/ "Anina told to stop blogging"], Robert Scoble, January 29, 2006.[http://anina.typepad.com/anina/2006/01/slides_gave_me_.html slides gave me an ultimatum], January 29, 2006.

Events produced

class="wikitable sortable"
Year

! Title

! Notable Designers and Technologists

! class="unsortable" | Notable Collaboration

! class="unsortable" | Attendance

2017

|360Fashion & Tech "Visibility and Mobility" Exhibition, Detroit

|Michal Starost, RFactory, Azrael.YM, VR Guy, Carly Rose the Label

|Detroit Garment Group, Lear Corporation

|150

2017

|360Fashion & Tech Forum

How to Merge Fashion and Technology, Beijing

|Azrael.YM, Biman Najika Liyanage

|China Fashion Group, ESMOD Beijing

|50

2016

|360Fashion & Tech "Fashion Tech Day" Exhibition, Workshops, Forum, Amsterdam

|Michal Starost, RFactory, Moon Berlin, Pauline van Dongen, Ineke Siersema, Miranda Hoogervorst

|Fashion Technology LAB, Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences, Makerversity Amsterdam

|150

2016

|[http://www.751info.com/news/2016-10/2016-10-05-17-58_1.html 360Fashion & Tech Event at Beijing Design Week: The Future of Fashion Technology: How Fashion Designers are Creating Intelligent Clothing, Beijing]

|Mitch Altman, Yaxia Liu, Ph.D., Wu Yingnan, Li Ying, Paclantic, Beijing Design Week


|Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology, Tsinghua University, RFactory, Sunlectric Co., Ltd, 751DPark

|100

2015IBM 360 Fashion Tech Startup Runway & Innovation Awards, San FranciscoRami Kadi, Rebecca Minkoff, Theia, Nicholas K, Valentina Kova, Moon Berlin, Howard Rheingold, Sandy CarterSFSU Design School Exhibition501
2015CHIC 360 Fashion & Tech Smart Fashion Expo, ShanghaiMisfit Shine, Electroloom, Patricia FlanaganMotion Detection Dress with RFactory and Maker Collider, 360 VR Experience of Expo125,000
2015MEF 360 Fashion & Tech Exhibition, BarcelonaMichael Starost, Google AR, Motorola Smart WatchWearable technology exhibition1,000
2014When Meets Fashion Tech in China, San FranciscoAndy Gringon, Bruce BatemanDolby Theatre, SF120
2014"When Technology Meets Fashion, Polish Embassy, Beijing"Professor Ding, Beijing Fashion Institute of Technology, Samsung Media CenterAmerican, Finnish, Australian Embassies, Beijing Design Week100
2014GSMA-360Fashion & Tech Runway Show, Shanghai'Michael Starost, Top 10 Chinese University Design SchoolsLaunched Robotic Dress, Laser Dresses, Misfit Shine Dress4,000 + 250 fashion brand representatives
2014CHIC 360Fashion & Tech Expo, BeijingPekka Salokannel, Colors of Birch3D printing exhibition of fashion and TierTime jewelry100,000
20143D Festival at Beijing Design Week, BeijingMoon Berlin, Michael Starost, TierTime, Bruce Bateman, SeeedStudioWon: Best Digital Exhibition; Collaboration: Cafa University80,000
2013CHIC 360Fashion&Tech Expo, BeijingGuopei, Feize, Aurasma, Total ImmersionEsmod School of Design, Beijing125,000
20133D Festival at Beijing Design Week, BeijingTierTime, Technode, TainyouWon: Best Digital Exhibition80,000
2012CHIC 360Fashion&Tech Expo, BeijingAurasma, NokiaEsmod School of Fashion100,000+
2010360Fashion&Tech International Brand Building Conference, Beijing''Pauline Su, China Fashion Designers AssociationXiahua, CEO Evegroup200

Filmography

class="wikitable sortable"

! Year

! Title

! Role

! Notes

2024

| Be Faced

| Julie Cohen

| Short film

2024

| The Legend of the White Wolf

| Alison

| TV Mini Series

2023

| The Volunteers: To the War

| Scarlett

| Feature film

2023

| The Wandering Earth 2

| Sana Negar Space Engineer

| Scenes deleted

2022

| Film Analyst

| Host

| TV Series

2016

| Lost

| Mary

| Short film

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