What is Fashion Technology Podcast

Charles Wilders a entrepreneur and fashion enthusiast, who has recently founded digital fashion app Outtrwrld. Outterwrld, is a mobile application where users can create, wear and share digital fashion. In this episode, Charles explains the different opportunities digital offers to fashion brands, Why he doesn’t believe in NFT’s or Virtual Reality and why co-creation is so important to engage cons...

Tabitha Swanson is a Berlin-based multi-disciplinary designer, creative technologist, and artist.  Her practice includes 3D, animation, augmented reality, digital fashion, graphic design, and UX/UI. Commercially, Tabitha has worked with brands including Vogue Germany, Nike, Highsnobiety and Reebok, as well as creating other beautiful work in the creative tech and design sphere. In this episode, Ta...

Andrew Wyatt is the CEO and co-founder of Fashion operating system, CALA. Founded in 2016, CALA is the leading fashion supply chain platform that unifies the entire design process – from product ideation all the way through e-commerce enablement and order fulfilment – into a single digital platform.  Recently, CALA announced the addition of AI to its platform, becoming one of the first companies t...

Miguel Pena is a designer and innovator. Specialising in footwear design, Miguel has worked for industry giants like Under Armour and Nike. Through his independent design work 'KICKS KITCHEN', Miguel explores innovative concepts and technologies such as AI and AR to elevate his creations. This episode explores Miguels thoughts on these new innovations and how they may shift the landscape o...

Felina H.DB is a digital fashion designer and a lecturer on one of the first master courses on digital fashion. Felina believes that digital fashion allows a means to bring greater intention to what fashion products we realise in the physical world. As well as, digital fashion as a multi-dimensional concept and the different associations it has to self-expression. Links: https://www.instagram.com/...

James Joseph is the founder of CYBR. CYBR is an augmented reality enabled print magazine and augmented reality lifestyle brand that merges digital and physical worlds. CYBR documents technologies and culture and is described as the magazine of the future. CYBR believes in enhancing reality not replacing it.  Links: @ cybrmagazine https://cybrmagazine.com/ https://linktr.ee/whatsfashiontechnology A...

Zulu Kuki, is a designer and visual creator from Poland. As a teenager, he would create custom fashion to stand out at his street dance competitions. After his streetwear blog lead to him being scouted for his first job in fashion, as a designer for Poland's leading fast fashion retailer. Zulu then left the fast fashion world to work with independent streetwear brands. He came runner up in the...

Doddz is one of the world's top augmented reality artists. His journey into creativity began after picking up graphic design by accident, then going on to become a street artist. Eventually Doddz harnessed his creative skill to develop a plan that would get him hired at Steven Bartlett’s Social Chain. After applying Steven’s business-first teaching to his own creative drive, Doddz has rapidly...

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Nicholas Rapagnani went from sneakerhead to footwear designer. He specialises on sustainability, future materials and alternative ways of footwear production. His practice and research, focuses on digital crafts, growing materials and biological technologies. In this episode we discuss the importance of coupling innovative tech and biological research to create a more sustainable future and to re-...

Roman Riabokon describes his work as building fashionable bridges between physical, digital and mental. He is a co-founder of Virtual Rags, and a creative producer at UNXD, which acquired the virtual rags studio in April 2022. Throughout the past 3 years, Roman has led a digital fashion studio that provides a range of digital services to many fashion clients, worked in production of CG universes w...

Catch-up recording of the first DRESSX Twitter Live Spaces panel discussion. Tune in bi-weekly on the DRESSX Twitter to listen live and join in the conversation! Guests: @krwn_studio @virtual_rags @Gn3ra_io Link // https://linktr.ee/whatsfashiontechnology If you enjoy my podcast and would like to support in the creation of more frequent content, guests, quality and events then feel free to support...

Lili Eva Bartha, is the founder and CEO of GN3RA, an award-winning Digital Fashion and XR specialist and the first ever artist in residence in digital fashion at the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences. She also developed Beyond Vision, a VR work scoping immersive fashion design featuring everyday interactions with outfits to the extent of even growing them digitally using biological algorith...

Joshua, or Yosh. Digital, is a creative and artist that specialises in fashion content. Yosh seems to be the first artist to coin the term ‘Digital Aura Artist’. The main body of his work focuses on channelling the ‘aura’ of a fashion image, based on the model and clothing. He then digitally draws the aura on the image to elevate the style and meaning. Yosh reminds us of the importance of authenti...

Joey Khamis is a footwear designer and virtual reality artist. Joey has worked for major brands like Columbia Sportswear and Rebook, where he designed classics footwear and even designed signature sneakers for Cardia B. After a couple of years working in the industry, Joey made the shift to become an independent footwear designer, with Kayne West being one of his most notable clients. Most recentl...

Ping is a footwear designer and creator of ALIVEFORM. He utilises 3D printing technology to unify the opposing cultures of synthetic and organic by merging natural forms with data-driven design. Ping explains how advance additive manufacturing could unlock possibilities in product development as well as providing a more sustainable solution to footwear production. Links // @commeconception @alivef...

Julia Krantz is an artist, designer, and writer based in Stockholm, Sweden. Julia began her journey with digital fashion in 2009, out of a curiosity with digital realities and the outfits were portrayed in the game industry. In 2014, Julia founded Magic Fabric, an independent technology publication, highlighting the magical interface between technology, games, and fashion. Julia believes we are on...

Joshua Abramovich aims to revolutionise conventional aesthetics and the design and systems of our world. His work revolves around exploring new possibilities in architecture, apparel, digital art, and other media. As a student at the Rhode Island School of Design, Joshua challenges what is regarded as the future and what is considered the present. @joshabramovich @theyoungarchs @whatsfashiontechno...

Beata Wilczek is the founder of Unfolding Strategies, a consultancy and education lab for digital, diverse and sustainable fashion in Web.3. Unfolding Strategies aims to consult with fashion and lifestyle brands on digital fashion, social responsibility and sustainability.  @unfoldingstrategies  @whatsfashiontechnology Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://...

Costas Kazantizis a creative technologist for the Fashion Innovation agency and lecturer and the London College of Fashion. This conversation explores how different technologies can elevate fashion media production, and how 3D offers brands a means to bring their assets to life in a virtual world. Links: @costaskazantzis @fashioninnovationagency @lcflondon_ @deoprojects @whatsfashiontechnology Adv...

Founder of the WEAR APP Rythum Singh is on a mission to revolutionise the way shoppers consume fashion products. The WEAR APP is a technology first solution making same day delivery accessible for brands and shoppers. This solution empowers shoppers to shop now and wear now, with a white label same day delivery and return pickup solution. Links: https://thewearapp.com/ @thewearapp @whatsfashiontec...

NFTs come in many shapes and forms such as virtual garments, digital content that owners can interact with; or digital twins of physical creations. Amina, founder and ceo of KRWN Studio believes that NFT Fashion will be the foundation of what we wear in the metaverse. KRWN Studio is the digital NFT fashion house that is creating utility driven content for the metaverse. Amina believes digital fash...

Jennifer Onah is the founder and creative director of  FERONA,  a phygital luxury fashion house. Previously specialising in the creation of women's couture, FERONA presents fashion through a new lens. FERONA DDoD (Digital Design On Demand) creates e-commerce world that has been re-imagined through empowered collaboration with clients and cutting edge innovations in fashion tech. A digital co-c...

This week you’ll hear from Taya. The independent fashion designer and digital creative based in New York. They are a recent graduate from the University of Missouri and currently focus on innovative, sustainable design methods, digital expression and inclusivity. Taya explains the positive impact that 3D technology had on their creative expression within fashion design. As well how CLO3D transform...

BODS believes that the future of fashion is fit, not size. Founded by Christine Marzano, BODS uses groundbreaking technology to transform online shopping into an immersive experience that is personalized, inclusive, and sustainable. Marzano, who previously co-founded avatar animation company DNABlock, and was the first fashion model to create her own photorealistic 3D avatar, is a former runway mo...