The Interline Podcast

A fundamental change in the definition of an “asset” - from a fixed form to a living object - and a userbase shift towards product creation teams are combining to make DAM one of the most interesting and under-discussed cogs in the product journey. Ben talks to Kara Van Malssen , Partner and Managing Director at AVP , about the deepening impact of digital asset management.

A strategic discussion with Nicola Bond , CEO and Founder of Fittora , about applying AI to one of fashion’s longest-standing technical challenges - and about testing the results through a business model that hits a lot of disruptive beats all at once.

AI agents, agentic browsers, and language models equipped with tools - a new cohort of artificial shoppers could be on the horizon. But can the technology and the incentives scale fast enough to justify the returns for retailers and brands? To find out, Ben talks to Jonathan Arena, Co-Founder of New Generation .

Ben is joined by Simon Platts, industry veteran and consultant, for a sideways look at the foundational pillars of the fashion business model - and why the time might have come to challenge them.

Our first show of the new year brings together two insiders’ perspectives on emerging technology, education, software uptake, and whether 2026 will be the year we see meaningful convergence of AI across it all. Matthew Drinkwater, Director, Fashion Innovation Agency at London College of Fashion, joins The Interline Podcast.

With new Euromonitor data and insights to work from, we start to close the year by looking forward at what the next four have in store at a global market and technological level, and how fashion brands are likely to respond. Marguerite Le Rolland, Global Insight Manager – Fashion at Euromonitor International joins The Interline Podcast.

How the complicated industrial legacy and unique culture of The Interline’s home city, combined with a new emphasis on technology, made 2025 the right year to resurrect its fashion week.

Consumers are surrounded by chatboxes, all promising proactive, personalised advice on what to buy, and where. But it’s unclear how general purpose AI models really “shop,” how they gather data about products, and how much they really understand user intent. Maria Belousova, CTO at Daydream, joins The Interline Podcast to talk about the technical and cultural components of teaching AI the vocabula...

We take it as read that fashion and gaming are growing closer together, but what’s the quantifiable value of branded experiences and where do they sit on balance sheets? What’s the outlook for selling cosmetic items? And what does it mean for tightly-controlled brand narratives to live alongside user-generated content? Marcus Holmström, Group CEO of The Gang joins us.

Dr. Sabine Seymour joins The Interline Podcast to explore where the integration of technology into fashion (and vice versa) is headed, especially in the context of historic land-grabs from big tech and AI labs for people’s personal data.

Tackling some of the thorny language, and the open spaces, between the previous vision for digital fashion, and a more practical short-term reality, with the Founder of Digital Fashion Week.

After being dominated by digital product creation strategies, the cutting edge of design and development workflows is feeling the pull of artificial intelligence - and big questions are being asked about where the line gets drawn. Sean Lane, Director of Digital Innovation And AI at Vans joins the show to debate them.

A grounded perspective on environmental tipping points, the reality of recycling, and the gap between fashion’s linear growth economy and the vision for a viable circular alternative.

A timely debate with a leading name in the 3D community, covering everything from standardisation as a necessary precondition for automation, to the uncertain disruption that AI is potentially bringing to digital product creation - all through the prism of what one person’s journey can teach fashion professionals in general.

From transparency and take-back to 3D technology, Nick Reed, Founder of Neem London, talks about the practicalities of building a slow fashion business - and the need for great product to be at the front of it all.

Hosted by the Interline’s Editor-In-Chief, Ben Hanson, this episode features a conversation with Paul Magel, President at Computer Generated Solutions, about the 10th Annual BlueCherry State of Supply Chain & Technology Report. Together, Ben and Paul talk through its findings, in the context of a decade that has seen e-commerce accelerate, disruption become the norm, and AI emerge as a tangibl...

Emma speaks to Bhargava Ram Kummamuru, Product Manager leading Digital Product Creation at H&M. Together , they explore where H&M stands on its DPC journey today, the strategic direction that Ram and H&M see DPC taking, as well as how the broader tech ecosystem for fashion is maturing.

Emma speaks to Nina Khoury, VP of Strategic Operations at SKIMS, about her own career path and the popular brand's technology journey.

Emma hosts Lydia Hartley , the Co-Founder of Continue - a startup enabling fashion brands to adopt circular practices and boost customer retention by powering their own peer-to-peer marketplaces.

Emma speaks to Patrik Frisk, CEO of Reju, a company working to recycle polyester at unprecedented speed and scale. Together, they get into what it might take to secure fashion industry buy-in for industrial-scale textile-to-textile recycling - and what the future of the circular economy could look like.

For this episode, Emma is joined by two of the team from Munich Fabric Start: Claudia Mynott, Marketing and Communications Director, and Simon Angel, Sustainable Innovations Curator. Together they talk about: What the driving principles of the MFS show are today and what is important for live events to offer in the current climate. Whether the role of technology has changed over the years with the...

Emma talks to Nicolas Favreau, Product Marketing Director for Lectra, about what Industry 4.0 means for fashion, how the industry can achieve higher levels of traceability and transparency, what role AI will play in extracting insights from unstructured fashion data - and much more. For more analysis of Lectra's new announcements, look for a full report on The Interline next week.

Emma and Ben speak to Kalypso’s Digital Product Creation and Transformation Lead, Sophia Lara, to unpack the findings of this year's digital adoption research and ask whether DPC is ready for the deep end. Download the full findings from Kalypso: https://kalypso.com/files/docs/2024-Digital-Adoption-Research-3.pdf

Emma speaks to Hasna Kourda,  Founder and CEO of Save Your Wardrobe - a platform and an ecosystem designed to streamline the post-purchase experience, across repair, maintenance, and upcycling. Together, they discuss the pathway to systemic change, and a vision for sustainable fashion.

Emma chats to Mark Harrop, Founder and CEO at WhichPLM , who has helped brands, retailers, and manufacturers make intelligent investments in technology and smart choices for process change for over five decades. Together, they run down the definition of product lifecycle management (PLM), the journey of technology in fashion over Mark's long career, and PLM's place at the centre of both the near-t...