Electric Runway Podcast
Named among the top five fashion podcasts globally by Elle Magazine, the Electric Runway podcast looks at technological innovation through the lens of fashion. In each episode, fashion futurist and journalist Amanda Cosco interviews key stakeholders disrupting apparel, retail, and consumer experiences to find out how digital technology is transforming the $2.4 trillion industry.
Episodes
155 episodes
EP 151: The Beauty of Success with Kendra Bracken-Ferguson
In this episode, fashion and beauty futurist Amanda Cosco speaks with record-breaking entrepreneur, founder, and CEO Kendra Bracken-Ferguson. Kendra is a thought leader, founder, venture capitalist and the CEO of BrainTrust Founders Studio. She...
•
Season 3
•
Episode 151
•
32:47
EP 150: How Soy Shows up in Fashion, Beauty and Beyond
When we think of soy, we often think of candles or an alternative to milk, but what about the role the crop plays in the business of fashion and beauty? In the US, soy is second only to corn in crop size, and it's playing a significant role in ...
•
Season 3
•
Episode 150
•
16:50
EP 149: Biotechnology is the New Design Tool
Biotechnology is an exciting frontier in fashion and beauty because it presents a new way forward. Most products on the market today rely on extraction for their ingredients, whether that's from plants, animals, or petrochemicals. Each of these...
•
Season 3
•
Episode 149
•
25:30
EP 148: This Startup is Spinning Seaweed into Fibre for the Fashion Industry
From leather grown from mushrooms to sequins made from plants, biomaterials is an exciting area of innovation that is projected to reach almost $50 billion by 2025. Briefly put, biomaterials combine science and technology to engineer new ways o...
•
Season 3
•
Episode 148
•
26:13
EP 147: Turning the Living Room into a Fitting room with Augmented Reality
In today's episode fashion and beauty futurist Amanda Cosco sits down with Heather Lipner, the Head of Product Design + Creative and Geenee AR. Geenee enables high-quality web AR virtual try-on for eCommerce and In-feed Ad experiences to increa...
•
30:36
EP 146: AI on the Runway, Prada in Space & Beauty for All
Recently, black beauty influencers have taken to TikTok and other social media channels to call out brands that don't have inclusive shades. Today's podcast features a conversation with Balanda Atis, a L'Oréal chemist, and their Chief Sci...
•
Season 3
•
Episode 146
•
14:34
EP 145: 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 A...
•
Season 3
•
Episode 145
•
36:44
EP 144: 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...
•
Season 3
•
Episode 144
•
28:48
EP 143: 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 gues...
•
Season 3
•
Episode 143
•
19:22
EP 142: 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 phys...
•
Season 3
•
Episode 142
•
21:54
EP 141: Virtual Showrooms for Fashion | 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...
•
Season 3
•
Episode 141
•
26:23
We're Taking a Break
The Electric Runway podcast is taking a break for the summer. We'll be back in the fall with more episodes covering the future of fashion. Have an idea for an episode, or know someone who would make a great guest? Email amanda@elec...
•
0:44
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 ne...
•
Season 2
•
Episode 140
•
19:58
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 in a Web 3 environme...
•
Season 2
•
Episode 139
•
30:33
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 shoppi...
•
Season 2
•
Episode 138
•
18:55
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 shopping fo...
•
Season 2
•
Episode 137
•
20:22
Merging Style and Science to Optimize Tailoring for the Modern World
Here’s a question for apparel retailers: how do you close more sales with shoppers and ensure they don’t return the items they purchase from your store? Answer: make sure they’re happy with the experience and the product they ended up with. For...
•
Season 2
•
Episode 136
•
18:31
Disabled AF: How to Build Inclusivity into the Internet of Tomorrow
The metaverse continues to present narratives of transcendence, where people can be whoever they want to be despite their physical limitations. But as we continue to build the internet of tomorrow, it’s important to pause and ask, who is being ...
•
Season 2
•
Episode 135
•
19:53
A Metaverse just for Fashion: Inside Semblance World
Lately, it seems conversations everywhere end up at the metaverse and web 3. And while fashion is definitely playing in this space, we’re starting to see metaverses emerge that are specifically for fashion. My guest today is Badrriy...
•
Season 2
•
Episode 134
•
17:28
How 3D will Transform Commerce
We've been hearing about 3D in digital fashion, in creating the metaverse, and even in augmented reality. 3D is defined as photorealistic representations of real-world objects that can be used for a variety of purposes, including retailing, mer...
•
Season 2
•
Episode 133
•
13:43
What to Expect from Digital Fashion Week New York
As the metaverse takes up more cultural capital than ever before, several upcoming events will explore the implications on the fashion industry. Most prominent among them is Digital Fashion Week New ...
•
Season 2
•
Episode 132
•
13:16
Ep 131: Building the Wordpress of Fashion Development
The global pandemic has disrupted supply chains all over the world and the fashion industry is of course no exception. Global manufacturing and distribution is a much bigger challenge than ever before. Our guest today is Tricia Hoke, the ...
•
Season 2
•
Episode 131
•
18:52
EP:130 How will Virtual Fashion Impact our Digital Identities?
Virtual fashion, NFTs, and crypto clothing have all become hot topics during the pandemic, with brands such as Dolce and Gabbana,
•
Season 2
•
Episode 130
•
17:36
EP 129: Designing Virtual Stores and Showrooms with Dyson
Virtual showrooms- 3D clickable, user-centric branded spaces—were once a nice-to-have, a way of testing out futuristic experiences in a way that complements a company’s physical retail footprint. But with the ongoing pandemic, virtual showrooms...
•
12:30
