Wrap Up with 5 Key Fashion Tech TakeawaysWe wrap up our 'Applied' podcast series with a reflective finale. Host Peter Jeun Ho Tsang tell us his top 5 key takeaways from navigating business growth, how to get through challenging times as a fashion tech startup, through to tech and humans coming together. This episode highlights the passionate voices featured throughout the series and how the call for a strategic collaboration between brands, investors, and innovators to not only sustain emergi...

Why Agricultural Waste?Shikha Shah, with her rare blend of scientific expertise and compassionate leadership, tells us her transition from consultancy to building biorefineries to turn plant waste into textiles usable for the fashion and beyond. Coming to the realisation that if there's enough food in the world, then there's also enough waste in the world that can be reusable in some way. For Shikha after several years of research cracked the scientific formula that enables plant matter to be...

Incubating Inside Microsoft's GarageWhen host, Peter Jeun Ho Tsang, first met Dr. Kitty Yeung she was a quantum physicist by day and a fashion technologist by night. Kitty's fashion tech journey was structured via a global Microsoft hackathon where she and a group of intrapreneurial colleagues decided to take on the mammoth task of solving fashion's overproduction problem by developing a software enabling on-demand production with a minimum order quantity of 1 unit. But is that even possible?...

AI & Pattern CuttingWhilst the art of fashion pattern cutting is still rooted in flat drawings done by hand, artificial intelligence is bringing the practice into contemporary design and produce development processes. N-Hega is a company that taps into AI to help brands to achieve results such as lay planning optimisation, waste reduction, and bringing the physical into the digital. In this conversation, host Peter Jeun Ho Tsang, speaks to Marketing & Product Development Directo...

Building Tech Better Retail Experiences Joining Von N. Ruzive and Peter Jeun Ho Tsang, co-authors of Fashion Tech Applied, are Hillary Littleton, Head of Marketing at FIT:MATCH,  Elina Minina, CBDO at Cappasity, and Charles Wilders, CEO at Showcase X, to discuss how retail experiences are being augmented by technologies.  The panel unpacks how tech like 3D modeling, AI, and augmented reality are reconfiguring the online and offline retail experiences. From creating your digital twin to find...

Turning Ideas into Fashion Storytelling Diamonds Jonathan Chippindale made his luxury marketing name in the world of fine jewellery at De Beers prior to launching his creative tech studio, Holition.  The magnetic pull of Jonathan's "Willy Wonka-esque" genius, has allowed him to tap into the transformative power of digital storytelling in the luxury space. His philosophy of 'human connections first, technology second' champions  Holition's digital campaigns that tug at the heartstrings. In...

From Engineering to Fashion Imagine a world where your clothes are as easy to recycle as paper and plastic. That's the vision Cedric Vanhoeck, founder and CEO of Resortecs, is turning into reality, and in this latest episode, host Peter Jeun Ho Tsang and Cédric discuss how Cedric's original career path of engineering led him to sorting out one of the fashion industry's biggest problems:  products designed and destined for the landfill.  Dismantling Products Stitch by Stitch Resortecs'...

Becoming Dean of Academic Strategy at London College of Fashion The North West of England is not necessarily associated with fashion, but the small town where John Lau grew up is where it all began.  From reading his first copies of Vogue, to working in America and China in John's early fashion career, to now becoming the Dean of Academic Strategy at London College of Fashion, John shares how he uses all of these experiences to shape the future of fashion education.  Embedding Tech &...

Building Virtual Fashion Stores The promise of an £80K deal that would never have happened until Olga met her technical co-founder on LinkedIn. Emperia was born. Specialists in building virtual stores for fashion brands, Olga and Peter dig deep into the retail, marketing, and creative strategies necessary to bring virtual spaces to life that resonate with a new generation of shoppers. Olga tells us firsthand how Emperia is not just adapting to the digital age but actively shaping its future,...

Fashion's Big Fit Problem This episode features Vadim Rogovskiy, CEO of 3DLOOK,  in which he takes us through how he discovered that fashion is the industry with the biggest pain to get body measurements and fit right. Starting from a tech perspective, in which he confesses is not necessarily the best process for starting a business, Vadim takes listeners though why fashion brands are struggling with fit. AI Powered Body Measurements 3DLOOK's patented AI technology has the potential to...

Turning Textile Waste into Recycled Fibres: Pauline Guesné, co-founder of Refact, once a corporate consultant now turned entrepreneur shares her story of a little French girl dreaming big. Those dreams developed into the desire to do something for the world and in this case fashion, having been shocked by the industry's wasteful nature. Pauline and her team have invented a novel process that utilises a combination of mechanical and chemical recycling processes to break down used garments into...

Human Creativity & Technology Joining Von N. Ruzive and Peter Jeun Ho Tsang, co-authors of Fashion Tech Applied, are Yigit Alp Elmas CEO of T-Fashion and Koen Warmerdam co-founder of Aware, to discuss how tech is impacting the creation of fashion products. The conversation unpacks how human creativity is still a vital part of the design process and tech will not replace humans, but rather how the individuals with the tech skills will be the ones thriving.  We confront the industry's...

The Beginning: Queue-less Payment Systems The Beginning of the MishiPay story starts with our very own host's retail experiment, The Dandy Lab, in central London. The two kickstart Mustafa Khanawala's entrepreneurial journey in designing the store without queues and from here the fledgling scan-and-go technology becomes a full payment solution deployed at retail stores like Flying Tiger UK, Muji, and more. The episode explores the difficult first years getting over the hurdle of small pilots...

One of the OGs of London's Fashion Tech Scene Matthew Drinkwater, the force behind the Fashion Innovation Agency, part of London College of Fashion, is arguably one of the OGs that set the London fashion tech scene in motion over a decade ago. In this interview with host Peter Jeun Ho Tsang, Matthew shares his journey to building the agency from scratch drawing his part experiences in retail and working with brands in Japan. Starting with fashion wearables and eventually pivoting to immersive...

Why Blockchain and Fashion? Rakesh Ramachandran and Peter Jeun Ho Tsang unravel the complexities of blockchain technology and its potential pivotal role in the fashion industry. They reflect on the anticipated shifts towards decentralisation and automation in fashion production, in which Rakesh believes that blockchain brings promise of a transparent and sustainable fashion ecosystem. With his startup QBrics, Rakesh helps listeners understand what is blockchain, how his low-code platform...

Pivoting to Digital Footwear Ever wondered how a brand can pivot from crafting exquisite physical footwear to mastering the digital fashion? Nicolas Romero of Futures Factory tell us how he did that in the midst of the NFT and crypto boom of 2021 and 2022, which led him to securing $2.5M in VC funding. Find out in this episode if it's worked, and what's driving him and his startup forward. Another Pivot to 3D Printing Nicolas discusses with Peter how blockchain technology and NFTs became the...

IFA Paris' ambition to intertwine heritage and innovation In this first official episode of the Applied Series where we talk to featured fashion industry professionals on the book  Fashion Tech Applied, Jean-Baptiste Andreani, group CEO of IFA Paris, takes us through how French fashion heritage is being transformed by technology.  We discuss how the school based in Paris, born from a love story in 1982, recognised the need to integrate more forward-thinking innovation subjects into their...

*EXCLUSIVE OFFER* -20% discount for podcast listeners. Purchase your copy at Springer here using the discount code*: 08cWPRlx1J7prE Fashion Tech Applied is Released The first episode of 2024 and it's a big announcement! Discover the future where fashion meets technology in "Fashion Tech Applied," the new book released by Beyond Form CEO, Peter Jeun Ho Tsang, and consultant, Von N. Ruzive. This episode is your invitation to step behind the scenes of their 18-month journey of researching and...

Join Peter Jeun Ho Tsang and special guest Ben Hanson, a seasoned expert in the field and Editor-in-Chief of The Interline , in the final episode of 2023 as they reflect on the whirlwind of tech trends shaping the fashion industry. From the meteoric rise and sudden fall of NFTs to the potential impact of generative AI on design, the conversation explores the highs, lows, and uncertainties in the world of fashion tech. Gain insights into the challenges, opportunities, and the evolving role of...

Mastering Digital Pattern Making with Andromeda Olsen Nalum Peter sits down with Andromeda Olsen Nalum, a seasoned digital pattern making expert who's worked with some of Paris' biggest luxury houses including Yves Salomon.  Andromeda's technical expertise spans across Lectra, Browzwear, and Vetigraph and today's episode discusses the nuances between traditional methods and the dynamic realm of digital fashion design. From common designer faux pas to the technical disparities between...

Navigating Challenges in China's Digital Landscape: Brand Localization Join Jimmy Robinson, CEO of Ping Pong Digital, as he navigates China's unique digital landscape shaped by the Great Firewall. We explore the evolution of the Chinese Internet, emphasizing its mobile-centric growth, prominently characterized by app-based infrastructure. Jimmy takes us through the challenges faced by Western brands, emphasizing the need for authentic localization and the imperative to resonate with the...

Fashion Tech's Coming of Age It's here, to close the Founder Series, Beyond Form's CEO, Peter Jeun Ho Tsang, finally shares his entrepreneurial journey. From growing up in fashion with his family's garment factories in China, to studying fashion and then eventually setting up his own companies,  Peter has seen it all. In the search for life meaning lead Peter to uncover why and how the fashion industry was and is broken, and the potential of how technology can transform a $3 trillion...

Charles' Intense Progress and Joining Startup Bootcamp Fashion Tech We welcome back to the podcast show Charles Wilder, CEO of  OuttaWRLD, where he opens up about his personal and professional growth since we last spoke to him 8 months ago. He shares insights as to why he's decided to pivot to focus on B2B for fashion brands, his preparations for the upcoming Startup Bootcamp Demo Day in December 2023, and his approach to honing public speaking skills.  He also shares how forming alliances...

Everything Repair and Care Chelsea’s favourite wardrobe pieces evoking nostalgia is what sparked her interest in prolonging the life of her fashion products. But the USA's underdeveloped repair and care market seems to be still in the stone ages, causing multiple friction points for the everyday American consumer. Chelsea wanted to find out why this is. We'll be analyzing the demographic trends that are causing this uprising, especially among Generation Z, the problem with 'mom & pop'...