When Jules met Andrea Could you imagine an industry that's ready to make a circular leap, leveraging AI and data to manage surplus stocks and optimize clearance campaigns? Andrea and Jules, the founders of Finds, certainly can.  That's how their shared vision brought them together to launch an impact startup in Paris; Andrea having the experience in fashion and Jules having the entrepreneurial experience to make it work. Solving Surplus Stock Issues with AI With host, Peter Jeun Ho Tsang,...

Dr. Huamin Wang's Research World Picture the future of fashion on your screens, where virtual garments behave just like the real ones, thanks to the power of 3D simulation and GPU computing. That's the intriguing world we're exploring with Dr. Huamin Wang, Chief Scientist at Style3D, a pioneer in the digital fashion software space. We traverse through a captivating conversation, discussing the technology shaping the industry, the landscape of the global fashion design software market, and how...

Launching SWOP at Age 53 Many people are too fearful of starting a new adventure later on in life, but no in the case of Lars Richter who decided to launch digital fashion platform, SWOP, at age 53. In this episode he shares his transition from working in a corporate giant like Lego to entrepreneurship. He asserts that there's never a 'right' time to embark on this journey; the key is to seize the moment, take the plunge and just do it. Lars shares wisdom on the value of combining experience...

Entrepreneurship: A New Concept in Pakistan Entrepreneurship is a relatively new career path in Pakistan. The idea of being an entrepreneur had not crossed Sehrish's mind until she was well into her university years. Right out of university, she attempted to take on a few different desk jobs, but without the thrill of risk and reward. It wasn’t until she came face to face with a wedding dress reseller that she saw where her true passion lies: in sustainable, cost effective fashion.  BizB was...

Grappling Business as a Fashion Designer? As a creative, focusing on business issues can be daunting. This is how our guest speaker, Beatrice Newman, felt when her father urged her to take a business course after getting her degree in fashion design. However, she quickly learned that business and fashion are intertwined and gaining business skills as a designer can make or break a brand. Using her love for heritage techniques and crochet, she has successfully built her brand Korlekie to what...

Deciding When To Leave Your Regular Job & Start Your Own Venture How do you know when the right time to leave is? Arie Katz has had to ask himself that question multiple times along his entrepreneurial journey. From making the decision to leave one start up to begin his own, to deciding when to part ways with multiple founders, his journey has been full of questions and taking risks to answer them. In this episode, we sit down with Arie and break down these tough decisions he’s made and...

Experimenting with Artificial Intelligence from an Early Age At just 16 years old Yigit Alp Emas was already experimenting and harnessing the power of AI technology, winning technical competitions pitched against competitors twice his age. But there was something missing: a purpose. He saw opportunities to make real changes to the world and decided to find solutions to problems. At the heart of his motivation lies a personal connection—the sight of his mother's struggles within the fashion...

Shifting From Corporate Consulting to Fashion Tech Startup Starting her own business servicing corporate clients, Lisa Laterza was still missing one key element: passion. Growing up in Italy, one of the fashion capitals of the world, Lisa’s interest in fashion and all things glamorous was instilled in her from a young age. Moving to Milan and then to Monaco (arguably the glitziest place in the world) Lisa traded business suits for evening gowns, inspiring her to bring the glitz & glamour...

How do you seduce fashion's mega brands to work with you? In this episode Juan Carlos Martinez takes us on a journey on he's managed to do just that. Leaving Familiarity Behind for Entrepreneurship From dentistry school to fashion school [to the dismay of his father], Juan has taken risk after risk to follow his dreams of changing the fashion industry. Landing his dream job, he proved to himself, and his father, that he had a place in the fashion world, but that wasn’t enough. Juan saw a...

Defying the Odds: Being an Entrepreneur with a Disability What do you do when people have constantly doubted you? How do you rise above it? On this week's episode, we sit down with Charles Held, a founder who has been doubted from birth, when he was diagnosed with a physical disability making doctors believe that he wouldn’t surpass a few years of life. However, Charles persisted, and since then he has not only survived life but has become a strong entrepreneur with goals to change the...

Finding Design Freedom We know that for creatives, having ultimate design freedom is a must have in their process. But how can 3D printing help you? In this episode, host Peter Jeun Ho Tsang explores how designers can gain limitless possibilities using EOS, the leading technology provider for industrial 3D printing. Joined by Rebekka Jurtz, we will explore the various ways that 3D printing gives designers all the tools they need to bring any vision to life, from a pair of eyeglasses to a...

The Sol3mates Vision Join host Peter Jeun Ho Tsang and special guest Rijal Hikmatullah, co-founder of Sol3mates, as they delve into the exciting launch of his groundbreaking web3 and phygital sneaker brand. Explore Rijal's visionary insights on NFT integration, luxury collaborations, and the future of Sol3mates. Discover the exclusive advantages of partnering with the renowned Chalhoub Group and the enticing perks offered to Sol3mate OG members.  How to Build a Web3 Sneaker Brand Don't miss...

WANNA’s Virtual Try-On Technology Trying something on in the dressing room and falling in love with the way it looks is one of the best feelings! Sergey Arkhangelskiy, CEO of WANNA, is revolutionizing the shopping experience with Virtual Try On (VTO) and giving consumers that same dressing room feeling in the comfort of their own homes. WANNA is a fashion industry expert and a partner to luxury brands in digital fashion transformation. Under the umbrella of the FARFETCH Group, WANNA steers...

Want to understand why luxury and e-commerce retailers are investing into Web3? In this episode, we sit down with Blake Lezenski from Outlier Ventures, the largest Web3 accelerator in the world, to discuss the concept of how digital scarcity authorizes the creation of digital luxury, luxury brands’ emphasis on targeting digital natives, and how to properly utilize Web3’s elements to immerse customers into the digital world. Blake shares what they're looking for when choosing startups to...

Help! I want to create digital fashion, but I don’t know how to use the technical software!?  Charles Wilders, the founder of OuttaWRLD, talks about how he’s on a mission to empower the everyday customer to be able to create digital fashion. Meaning that anyone can now let their creative juices flow and in the future, digital fashion design will be as accessible as other no-design skills needed platforms. This episode unpacks what that they may mean from NFTs, to virtual wardrobes for social...

We discussed many times on this podcast the subject of digital fashion with its exponential growth and increased market visibility over the last few years. Many of the next generation of fashion designers are exploring this alongside the more traditional design processes or becoming outright specialists at digital fashion design using software such as Browzwear. So… what is it like to become a digital fashion designer and the journey that one goes on to acquire this new skill? Find out in...

We have previously discussed in other episodes the different uses of tech in the fashion industry from NFTs to fitting solutions. Now what does all of this mean for brands or better yet, why might brands actually even consider implementing these technologies into their business models? Are they genuinely wanting to improve the way that they do business or are they simply being what we call “fluffy”? Fluffy being the defined as 'a brand using tech without real substance or a deeper meaning'....

We are back with the first episode of 2023! Have you already started ticking off your checklist for new skills to learn this year? Whether yes or no, we have a new episode for you where we consider the different ways to up-skill this year.  Whether you are a fashion designer looking to add some tech innovation into your brand or a data scientist wanting to apply your expertise to the fashion industry - this discussion helps you to understand how you could learn about the other side to...

2022 has been the year for everything digital fashion, metaverse & NFTs, but has it worked? Hosts Peter Jeun Ho Tsang & Von N. Ruzive are joined by guest speaker Muchaneta Kapfunde to reflect on what’s happened in the world of fashion tech this year and what 2023 may hold for the fashion industry. The episode explores the corporate strategies that fashion brands have been implementing with tech adoption, how consumers are reacting, the challenges, and what’s needed to push innovations...

As we’ve mentioned many times on this podcast, fashion has a sustainability problem. This is not a new thing as you are all aware but in many ways, circularity is part of this problem and is now being more explored by fashion brands.  When we say this, we mean some brands in particular who are actively looking for circular fashion solutions such as the automated upcycling platform being developed by one of our startups at our venture studio, FINDS. FINDS, is a B2B 1 stop shop for unsold...

The fashion value chain is a long line of multiple roles, resources, and most of the time, many countries in just one brand alone. So, imagine all of the complexities involved from lack of traceability to generals operations. Fashion, usually being one of the industries being least taken seriously for investment, it can be quite frustrating when trying to fundraise for parts of the supply chain.  In this episode we speak to Lisa Morales-Hellebo who has worn many hats from both sides of the...

Fashion weeks have been consistent ever since they began - official calendar, celebrities filling the front rows, the runway etc. COVID shouldn't be the only reason for switching this routine into something more exciting and innovative - the discovery of tech in fashion should be the new drive towards this. With the SS23 fashion weeks just rounded up we reflect on what has been going on (or hasn't) when considering the implementations of tech.  From Coperni's spray-on dress with model Bella...

Circularity & sustainability are currently hot topics in the fashion Industry. On one side there are many brands greenwashing (in other words lying about how sustainable they really are), while others are showing genuine circularity with wardrobe rentals/second hand marketplaces that are now largely recognised such as Vestiaire Collective. Demonstrating genuine ethical & sustainable practices has also extended to the startup world where small businesses are forming solutions that help...

As you may have heard or seen by now, one of the major innovations currently hyped in the fashion industry is digital design. An umbrella term that can be applied to any part of the fashion value chain from designing in AI to virtual fittings in AR. As the fashion industry has only just dipped its toes in this, many are left wondering exactly how it can be applied to fashion across the whole value chain from pre-production to retail. This podcast episode is informative of exactly how - with a...

Investors are tightening up after the market crash this year, they are now more careful than ever to back companies that they truly believe in. It is exciting to see that new investors are popping up around the world, but also that large institutions have faith in fashion tech. Big institutions like Goldman Sachs, are able to bring in more institutional investors and guide them through the process of selecting which companies to invest in. That being said, how do startup founders stand out?...