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.
- Update frequency
- every 14 days
- Average duration
- 24 minutes
- Episodes
- 155
- Years Active
- 2015 - 2024
Electric Runway Episode 114: Collision Conference Round-Up
Fashion futurist Amanda Cosco takes you inside Collision 2019, North America's fastest-growing tech conference. Collision took place May 19th thru 23rd at the Enercare Centre in Toronto. More than 25…
00:17:29 |
Wed 29 May 2019
Electric Runway Episode 113: What Else can your Clothing do for you?
Our guest today is Rebeccah Pailes-Friedman, a designer, researcher, and professor, as well as the founder of Interwoven Design Group. Interwoven is a New York-based innovative design studio speciali…
00:24:38 |
Wed 22 May 2019
Electric Runway Episode 112: Not Your Father's Hemp
Although hemp was one of the first plants to be spun into a useable fiber 10,000 years ago, it was made illegal to grow without a permit in the USA in 1970 under the Controlled Substances Act. Now wi…
00:21:50 |
Wed 15 May 2019
Electric Runway Episode 111: Fashion-First Smart Glasses
Fashion Futurist Amanda Cosco discusses the Met Gala 2019 and how wearable tech showed up on the red—er, pink carpet this year. Our guest today is Alexander Ingram, the Head of Communications and PR …
00:28:37 |
Thu 09 May 2019
Electric Runway Episode 110: Understanding Investment from a VC Perspective
Soha Yasrebi is an electrical engineer-turned Venture Capitalist for Omers Ventures, as well as a member of New York Fashion Tech Lab’s expert network. In today's episode of the Electric Runway podca…
00:18:10 |
Tue 23 Apr 2019
Electric Runway Episode 109: Shopping with Robots
Steve Martell is the VP of Creative Technology at Current Studios, an award-winning agency focused on connecting digital and physical experiences that push the boundaries of technology. Current Studi…
00:22:25 |
Wed 17 Apr 2019
Electric Runway Episode 108: Designing the Future of Fashion with Anouk Wipprecht
Anouk Wipprecht is an internationally recognized fashion tech designer known for fusing couture fashion with robotics and artificial intelligence to create garments that move, breathe, and react to t…
00:22:24 |
Thu 11 Apr 2019
Electric Runway Episode 107: Connecting People with Products
In this episode, Fashion Futurist Amanda Cosco interviews Steve Statler, the SVP of Marketing and Business Development at Wiliot. Wiliot is an Israel-based startup that aims to switch on the fashion …
00:27:30 |
Wed 03 Apr 2019
Electric Runway Episode 106: Augmented Reality for Retail (Live Recording from AWENite Toronto)
Today's episode of the podcast is a live recording from a panel Electric Runway founder Amanda Cosco recently moderated focused on augmented reality for retail. The panel took place Thursday, March 2…
00:32:04 |
Wed 27 Mar 2019
Electric Runway Episode 105: Rent—Don't Buy—Your Bridesmaid Dress
From buying the perfect present to finding the right outfit for the occasion, weddings are expensive to attend, especially if you’re in the wedding party. According to Global News, 30% of Canadian br…
00:23:40 |
Mon 25 Mar 2019
Electric Runway Episode 104: Inside Dx3 2019, Canada's Retail, Marketing and Tech Event
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…
00:17:11 |
Wed 13 Mar 2019
Electric Runway Episode 103: Unravelling the Business of Denim
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…
00:24:17 |
Wed 06 Mar 2019
Electric Runway Episode 102: Creating Your Cinderella Moment with FTSY
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…
00:17:30 |
Thu 21 Feb 2019
Electric Runway Episode 101: Artificial Intelligence for Fashion with Leanne Luce (Part 2 of 2)
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 …
00:18:35 |
Wed 13 Feb 2019
Electric Runway Episode 100: Artificial Intelligence for Fashion with Leanne Luce (Part 1 of 2)
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 Revoluti…
00:19:03 |
Wed 06 Feb 2019
Electric Runway Episode 99: The Australian Circular Fashion Conference
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 i…
00:25:22 |
Wed 30 Jan 2019
Electric Runway Episode 98: Dresslife Wants to be the Waze of Shopping
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 purch…
00:25:51 |
Thu 17 Jan 2019
Electric Runway Episode 97: Women Deserve Better Bras
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 co…
00:28:40 |
Tue 08 Jan 2019
Electric Runway Episode 96: Delivering the Luxury Experience to Your Door
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 co…
00:16:25 |
Thu 20 Dec 2018
Electric Runway Episode 95: Disrupting the Business of Baby Clothes
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 cloth…
00:22:50 |
Wed 12 Dec 2018
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