THE ELECTRIC RUNWAY PODCAST
Named among the top five fashion podcasts globally by Elle Magazine, the Electric Runway podcast looks at innovation through the lens of fashion. In each episode, fashion futurist Amanda Cosco interviews the makers and shakers transforming apparel, retail, manufacturing, and consumer experiences to discover how digital technology is disrupting every aspect of the fashion industry around the world.
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Snap’s Snapback: From Puking Rainbows to Enterprise Evolution
Snap has come a long way from puking rainbows. The company has been steadily developing its artificial intelligence and augmented reality technologies for years, and is now rolling out a B2B SaaS offering for retailers and merchants. ARES, or Augmented…
In a World of Greenwashing, Modern Meadow is the Real Deal
Advancements in science have opened up new possibilities for fashion manufacturing. One promising application of biotechnology in the textile industry is the development of lab-grown or "cultured" materials such as leather and silk. These materials are created by growing cells…
Smart Solutions For Sun Protection: Innovating Fabrics for the Future
When we think of smart fabrics, we often think of fabrics with sensors inside them meant to monitor our body's activity or temperature, but not all innovations in fabrication are digital. In fact, most of the time they're chemical. Today's guest…
Fashion Beyond the Boarders of Reality: In Conversation with The Fabricant’s Amber Jae Slooten
By now, we're all a little weary of talking about digital fashion, and the trend has certainly seen its peak in the hype cycle of emerging technology. By digital fashion, we're talking about fashion that exists only digitally and not…
Virtual Stores | In Conversation with Emperia VR
During the pandemic, retailers and brands had to transition quickly to digital to continue to do business, and the fashion industry was no exception. A number of brands like Puma and retailers like Selfridges experimented with virtual showrooms—which are defined…
Creating a New Reality for Fashion: The Dematerialised and Web3 Virtual Goods
If you’ve been following fashion innovation for the past year, it seems you can’t open up Instagram or read an article without hearing about The Dematerialised. And probably for good reason. The brand is on a mission to create a…
How a Festival Fashion Brand Turned to Digital Wearables and NFTs to Stay Relevant During the Pandemic
They say that necessity is the mother of invention, which may explain why a crop of emerging fashion designers who were just starting out at the onset of the pandemic were able to innovate the way they reach their community…
Can eCommerce be a Metaverse Experience?
Our guest today is Christine Marzano, a fashion-tech entrepreneur who just raised $5.6 million in funding for her startup BODS. She counts celebrities and activists like Karlie Kloss as investors. BODS is on a mission to transform online shopping into…
This Rihanna-Backed Startup is using Machine Learning to Innovate Fit
There is no shortage of software trying to serve the fashion industry, but few products really understand the industry itself. A crop of startups throughout the world are all trying to solve the problem of fit when it comes to…