Electric Runway Podcast

We're back with a brand new season of episodes!

Fashion tech journalist Amanda Cosco speaks with Aniyia Williams of Tinsel, makers of the Dipper Audio Necklace, a pair of bluetooth headphones that sound as good as they look. This San Francicso-based female founder says consumer electronics aren't designed with women in mind, but she's out to change that with a line of products that are both functional and fashionable.

Fashion tech journalist Amanda Cosco speaks with Marija Butkovic and Michelle Hua, two fashion tech entrepreneurs and the co-founders of WOW—that's Women of Wearables. WOW is a network for inspiring, connecting, and supporting women in wearable tech, fashion tech, IoT, Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality. Their conversation touches on the challenges and opportunities facing women in STEM to...

Artificial intelligence is on the tip of our cultural tongue, but what does it really mean for the fashion industry? On today's episode of the Electric Runway podcast, fashion tech journalist Amanda Cosco speaks with Michael Perry, the CEO and founder of Kit. Acquired by Shopify last year, Kit is a chatbot and AI platform that helps small and medium size retailers with their digital marketing...

In this episode of the Electric Runway podcast, fashion tech journalist Amanda Cosco speaks with Andrea C of Toronto-based ModelMob, an on-demand booking app that connects clients with talent. In a digital marketing landscape that’s ever-hungry for visual content, ModelMob introduces itself as the Airbnb for models, aiming to eliminate the friction for agents and models.

Isn't is about time our winterwear got an upgrade? In this episode, fashion tech journalist Amanda Cosco talks heated apparel with Rana Nakhal Solset, the founder and CEO of Emel + Aris, a startup combining luxury fabrics with heat panels to offer fashion and function without compromise.

In this episode, fashion tech journalist Amanda Cosco takes you inside Berlin's vibrant fashion tech community to learn all about the Fashion Fusion program. In case you haven't been following along, the Fashion Fusion program is an ideas competition for encouraging innovation + collaboration in the fashion tech space with groundbreaking concepts. The initiative was funded by the Deutsch...

The ALLELES Design Studio is a Canadian-based startup changing the game when it comes to inclusive fashion by crafting beautiful prosthetic covers for amputees. In this episode, fashion tech journalist Amanda Cosco interviews the company's art director McCauley Wanner and technology director Ryan Palibroda. Learn about how the two non-prosthetic-wearers came up with the idea to treat prosthet...

In our final episode of before the holiday break, we round up all that was 2016 in terms of fashion tech with Muchaneta Kapfunde, founding editor of FashNerd. Our conversation covers highlights of 2016, from the Met Gala to Nike's HyperAdapt self-lacing sneakers. Hear which event's Kapfunde has on her radar for the new year, as well as her predictions for the future of fashion and tech.

Our guest today on the Electric Runway podcast is Keith Beckles of Tap2Tag, a UK-based company trying to change the way we store and transmit medical data. Tap2Tag's NFC-enabled devices come in a variety of wearable form factors, from bracelets to watches to dog tags. Now, they're trying to expand into the Canadian market by creating a new standard for patient care.

This week, our guest on the Electric Runway podcast is the lovely Melanie Trevett, founder of Digital Fashion Week Montreal. A retailer and buyer at heart, Melanie tells a story of visiting Montreal and falling head over studded heels for the city's unique style and aesthetic. Now she's sharing her love for Canadian fashion with the world in the form of a brand new event that promises to...

While most of us may be used to the idea of maintaining a digital persona on platforms like Facebook, the idea of stepping inside these virtual worlds seems—well—out of this world. Yet that's exactly what one startup aims to do. In this episode of the Electric Runway podcast, fashion tech journalist Amanda Cosco sits down with Pete Forde of ItsMe, a Toronto-based company with a mission to tur...

Can style be quantified? On this week's episode of the Electric Runway podcast, we're speaking with Anastasia Sartan and Marianna Milkis-Edwards, the founder and editor of Epytom, a styling service that claims you only need 40 pieces of clothing to have endless, effortless style—and that includes shoes and accessories. Sound too good to be true? Find out how this startup is combining art...

On this week's episode of the Electric Runway podcast, we speak with Noémie Balmat, the founding editor of Clausette Magazine, an online magazine dedicated to covering fashion tech (think of it like Electric Runway but from a Parisian perspective). In addition to covering the fashion tech beat, Noémie is also an innovation consultant and overall #Girlboss. We're happy to have her on the...

Fashion Tech journalist Amanda Cosco rounds out part two of her two-part Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Russia recap podcast, taking you inside the Fashion Futurum Startup Show, a new initiative put on by the Russian Fashion Council for advancing expertise and accelerating business in the area of fashion tech.

Fashion tech journalist Amanda Cosco returns from Moscow with insights and anecdotes into the fashion tech scene in Russia as showcased at Mercedez-Benz Fashion Week. Music by Andrew Applepie. Feature Image via Craig Arend

Coming to you live from Startup Fashion Week's Fashion Tech Forum! On October 6th, journalist Amanda Cosco moderated a panel on the future of fashion and retail with key characters dotting the fashion tech landscape, including Roger Chabra of Frank + Oak, textile designer Fionna Hanna, Vincent Thériault of Surmesur, and Mario Christian of Daniel Christian Tang. The panel touched on the differ...

Fashion Tech journalist Amanda Cosco speaks with small business owner and textile designer Fionna Hanna. In addition to sharing how she leverages tech to create her Canadian-inspired designs, Hanna also provides insight into her experience running her small business using retail tools like Shopify. Music by Andrew Applepie

On today's episode of the Electric Runway podcast, fashion tech journalist Amanda Cosco sits down with Vincent Thériault of Surmesur, a brand that's bringing tailor-made to the modern man by bridging data with design. The startup that has roots in the founder's basement has since grown to several brick-and-mortar locations throughout Canada and two in the USA.Music by Andrew Applepi...

Fashion Tech journalist Amanda Cosco takes you inside the Joe Fresh Centre for Fashion Innovation to learn about Klothed, a new styling app for men. She speaks with the app's co-founder Barry Fogarty and Director of Strategic Partnerships & Marketing Leesa Butler to learn how mobile can bridge the gap between online and offline for consumers. Music from Andrew Applepie

This week's guest is none other than Liza Kindred, a New York-based fashion tech expert and the founder of Third Wave Fashion. In this episode, Liza helps round-up fashion tech, retail tech, and developments in digital marketing from New York Fashion Week, which wrapped up last week. From wearables on the runway, to see-now buy-now collections, to fashion week's newfound honesty, this ep...

Heather Lipner is the creative mind behind Drawsta, a line of t-shirts and tattoos that come to life with augmented reality. With Drawsta, she combines her love for apparel with the immediacy of the internet and meme culture. She speaks to fashion tech journalist Amanda Cosco about how AR is adding a new dimension to fashion.

New York-based Madison Maxey is a creative technologist and entrepreneur pioneering the future of fabric. Her design Studio, the Crated, just won an award from Topshop to integrate electronic circuits into textiles.

As we begin to wear our technology, consumer electronic stores are starting to look more like department stores, with retail space dedicated to fitness trackers, smart jewelry, and (in some cases) even apparel. Here to talk about the future of the consumer electronics store—and how companies like Best Buy are brushing up against wearables and fashion—is Zayn Jaffer, the Director of Emerging Busine...

Fashion Tech journalist Amanda Cosco speaks with Marina Toeters, a wearable technology and fashion design educator and the founder of By Wire, a design and research facility focused on fashion tech. At By Wire, Marina brings together technicians, fashion designers, students, and businesses to push fashion into the future. She develops prototypes, performs R&D testing, and educates in areas of...