Electric Runway Podcast

In today's episode, we're taking you to the show floor at Dx3, that's Canada's largest retail, marketing, and technology event and trade show. Having covered Dx3 for a few years now, we've found it's always a good place to check out what's new and next, and to find out how Canadian businesses and retailers are thinking about digital innovation. In this episode, w...

Today on the Electric Runway podcast, we're speaking to a startup that's transforming everything about denim, from the way it's made to the way we shop for it. Unspun is a venture-backed robotics and apparel company. Their main brand, Denim Unspun, doesn’t believe in inventory. Instead, they take a 3D scan of your body and manufacture one-of-a-kind jeans just for you in the style an...

They say if the shoe fits, then wear it, but when the shoe doesn’t fit, it’s a very literal pain-point. Perhaps this is why most consumers are hesitant to purchase shoes online. In fact, according to research from Fung Global Retail and Technology, while 78% of US consumers will search for clothing and footwear online, only 10% will complete their purchase. My guest today wants to help close that...

Today we continue our conversation with Leanne Luce, a blogger, product manager at Google, and the author of a newly published book on artificial intelligence for the Fashion Industry. If you missed the first part of this interview, we invite you to listen to Episode 100 of the podcast, which is available on iTunes, SoundCloud, Stitcher, or your favorite podcasting app. In this conversation, Leann...

Our guest today is Leanne Luce, a blogger at the Fashion Robot, a product designer for Google, and the author of a newly published book titled "Artificial Intelligence for Fashion: How AI is Revolutionizing the Fashion Industry." We had such an interesting interview with Leanne, we had to break up the conversation into two parts. In part one, we define terms like machine learning and the...

Regular listeners to the show will be familiar with the idea of the circular economy, a topic that has become top-of-mind for the fashion industry. In case you’re not familiar, the circular economy is a restorative and regenerative system that uses innovation to cut waste and minimize negative impact, replacing the traditional linear model in which products are cheaply made, consumed and then disp...

Fashion futurist Amanda Cosco sits down with Dr. Julian Hensolt, the co-founder of Dresslife. Dresslife is a startup using artificial intelligence to make it easier for shoppers to discover and purchase items they love and that fit. The AI centres around individualized customer profiles that learn more about you as you browse and purchase. Their vision is a future with fewer returns and a personal...

Welcome back to the first podcast of 2019! In this episode, fashion futurist Amanda Cosco speaks with Lidewij Vera Arí van Twillert, a Dutch product designer and who is on a mission to make custom couture bras that fit women just right. From her atelier in Rotterdam, her and her team leverage the latest in 3D scanning and 3D printing technology to craft undergarments that are both beautiful and fu...

It's our last episode of 2018! In this conversation, fashion futurist Amanda Cosco speaks with Liam Young of Harper Concierge, a startup that aims to bring the luxury experience to shoppers in the comfort of their own homes. Using Harper Concierge, you can preselect clothing online and then indicate a time window you’ll be home. Harper then sends a concierge to your door, allowing you to try...

Today, we’re speaking with Eve Kekeh, the founder of Budlee. Bundlee is a business disrupting the multi-million dollar baby clothes market by enabling parents to rent and then return bundles of clothes for their rapidly growing infants. Learn more --> https://bundlee.co.uk/We’ve all heard of the sharing economy: that is the concept that highlights the ability —and perhaps the preference—of indi...

This week on the Electric Runway podcast, fashion futurist Amanda Cosco interviews James Swanwick, an advocate for wellness and a good night’s sleep. Swanwick says the amount of blue light transmitted from our devices such as laptops and smartphones is disruptive to our circadian rhythm, and can actually lead to macular degeneration or vision loss. That's why he founded Swanwick Sleep, a comp...

As consumers of clothing, we all understand the challenge of fit. Some items are too big or too small, and often we're in between sizes. This is all further complicated when we shop online; We may not know our size in a particular brand, and there's no such thing as universal sizing. If you’re a retailer, the challenge of fit directly impacts your bottom line. Right now, it’s estimated t...

Fashion Futurist Amanda Cosco takes you inside the Los Angeles Fashion Film Festival (LAFFF). So what exactly is a fashion film? If you don’t know, don’t worry, Leslie Bedolla is here to tell us, she’s the founder of LAFFF, a culture initiative advocating for an open, creative and inclusive society through the medium of fashion film. We’re going to take a deep dive into this fairly new medium and...

Whether you’re an emerging label or a behemoth like H&M, the name of the fashion game today is sustainability. Consumers increasingly demand to know who made their clothes, and they want to ensure the materials involved are not only high-performing but also ethically sourced and sustainable. Customer desires aside, there’s also an environmental argument for disrupting the fashion industry, whi...

When you think of Pittsburgh, you might not necessarily think of fashion; The place is much more known as a university city or steel town. Which is why you may be surprised to learn that rather than travelling to Paris or New York this September, Electric Runway was in Pittsburgh for #PGHFW, or Pittsburgh Fashion Week. In this episode, Fashion Futurist Amanda Cosco speaks with Sara Longo of Style...

Fashion futurist Amanda Cosco takes you inside StyleFestPH, a first-of-its-kind event in Manila aimed at pushing the Filipino fashion and beauty industry into the future. Watch the recap video on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4F6YyVCEbhkFollow our adventures on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/electric_runway/?hl=en

In this episode of the Electric Runway podcast, Fashion Futurist Amanda Cosco talks shop with Scott Adel, the Vice President of Retail Excellence at Tulip Retail. Tulip is a platform built exclusively for next-generation retail store associates to offer a world-class omnichannel experience. The app offers services such as checkout, clienteling, fulfilment, and more with an aim to really unify the...

This week on the Electric Runway podcast, Fashion Futurist Amanda Cosco interviews Daniel Beauchamp, the head of VR and AR for Shopify. Shopify is a leading e-commerce company that provides merchants all over the world the digital tools to sell their products online. In this episode, their conversation touches on how augmented and virtual reality will shape the future of shopping online, and how t...

Fashion futurist Amanda Cosco speaks with Regina Polanco, the founder and CEO of Pyrates. Pyrates is a textile innovation startup based in Spain

This week on the Electric Runway podcast, we're continuing our conversation on avatars and digital representation with Ebbe Altberg, the CEO of Linden Lab, the company behind Second Life. In case you're not familiar with it, Second Life is an online virtual world created in 2002. Today, approximately one million people log in regularly to play. What we were interested in—and the reason w...

This week on the Electric Runway podcast, fashion futurist Amanda Cosco digs into sustainability with Stacey Fruitman. Stacey is an advisor to the MaRS Catalyst Fund as well as the Founder of Style With Substance and the newly launched SWS Ventures, an investment firm on a mission to reduce the environmental impact of the textile and apparel industries. Stacey was recently in Denmark attending the...

From the looks of her Instagram feed, Lil Miqeula seems like a typical twenty-one-year-old. She likes fast food, hanging out with her friends, and posting pictures of her outfits. But there’s one thing you should know: Lil Miquela isn’t real at all. She’s a computer-generated image, or CGI. Although she’s a fictional character, Lil Miqeula boasts more than 1.2 million followers on Instagram. Her p...

Fashion Tech Journalist Amanda Cosco speaks with Amrah Akbar of Twinery on the future of apparel manufacturing and how digital technologies are causing a shake-up in an industry that’s centuries old. Twinery is an innovation hub inside MAS Holdings, one of South Asia’s largest manufacturers of lingerie. Although you may not have heard of Twinery, you’ve likely heard of some of the products that it...

Electric Runway Episode 81: Danit Peleg- 3D Print Your Clothes From Home by Electric Runway

Fashion Tech expert Amanda Cosco rounds up the first half of 2018 with Maureen Conners. Maureen is a speaker and consultant on the innovation economy as well as an experienced board member. Our conversation touches on major acquisitions from this year so far to changing consumer behaviour to the importance of Voice in the future shopping experience.