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Discussions, debates, and technology insights for fashion and beauty professionals, hosted by The Interline's Editor-in-Chief, Ben Hanson.
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After being dominated by digital product creation strategies, the cutting edge of design and development workflows is feeling the pull of artificial intelligence - and big questions are being asked about where the line gets drawn. Sean Lane, Director of Digital Innovation And AI at Vans joins the show to debate them.
A grounded perspective on environmental tipping points, the reality of recycling, and the gap between fashion’s linear growth economy and the vision for a viable circular alternative.
A timely debate with a leading name in the 3D community, covering everything from standardisation as a necessary precondition for automation, to the uncertain disruption that AI is potentially bringing to digital product creation - all through the prism of what one person’s journey can teach fashion professionals in general.
From transparency and take-back to 3D technology, Nick Reed, Founder of Neem London, talks about the practicalities of building a slow fashion business - and the need for great product to be at the front of it all.
Hosted by the Interline’s Editor-In-Chief, Ben Hanson, this episode features a conversation with Paul Magel, President at Computer Generated Solutions, about the 10th Annual BlueCherry State of Supply Chain & Technology Report. Together, Ben and Paul talk through its findings, in the context of a decade that has seen e-commerce accelerate, disruption become the norm, and AI emerge as a tangible influence. They explore what's changed, what hasn't, and why so much of the future still comes down to the basics: reliable data, strong relationships, and the willingness to adapt.
Emma speaks to Bhargava Ram Kummamuru, Product Manager leading Digital Product Creation at H&M. Together, they explore where H&M stands on its DPC journey today, the strategic direction that Ram and H&M see DPC taking, as well as how the broader tech ecosystem for fashion is maturing.
Emma speaks to Nina Khoury, VP of Strategic Operations at SKIMS, about her own career path and the popular brand's technology journey.
Emma hosts Lydia Hartley, the Co-Founder of Continue - a startup enabling fashion brands to adopt circular practices and boost customer retention by powering their own peer-to-peer marketplaces.
Emma speaks to Patrik Frisk, CEO of Reju, a company working to recycle polyester at unprecedented speed and scale.Together, they get into what it might take to secure fashion industry buy-in for industrial-scale textile-to-textile recycling - and what the future of the circular economy could look like.
For this episode, Emma is joined by two of the team from Munich Fabric Start: Claudia Mynott, Marketing and Communications Director, and Simon Angel, Sustainable Innovations Curator.Together they talk about: What the driving principles of the MFS show are today and what is important for live events to offer in the current climate. Whether the role of technology has changed over the years with the development of digital product creation, AI, and also the tightening regulations around sustainability. How the sourcing landscape might shift in the near future.Find out more about the team's next event in Munich on the 21st and 22nd of January 2025 at: https://www.munichfabricstart.com/en/
Emma talks to Nicolas Favreau, Product Marketing Director for Lectra, about what Industry 4.0 means for fashion, how the industry can achieve higher levels of traceability and transparency, what role AI will play in extracting insights from unstructured fashion data - and much more.For more analysis of Lectra's new announcements, look for a full report on The Interline next week.
Emma and Ben speak to Kalypso’s Digital Product Creation and Transformation Lead, Sophia Lara, to unpack the findings of this year's digital adoption research and ask whether DPC is ready for the deep end.Download the full findings from Kalypso: https://kalypso.com/files/docs/2024-Digital-Adoption-Research-3.pdf
Emma speaks to Hasna Kourda, Founder and CEO of Save Your Wardrobe - a platform and an ecosystem designed to streamline the post-purchase experience, across repair, maintenance, and upcycling.Together, they discuss the pathway to systemic change, and a vision for sustainable fashion.
Emma chats to Mark Harrop, Founder and CEO at WhichPLM, who has helped brands, retailers, and manufacturers make intelligent investments in technology and smart choices for process change for over five decades.Together, they run down the definition of product lifecycle management (PLM), the journey of technology in fashion over Mark's long career, and PLM's place at the centre of both the near-term and the longer-term future of fashion.
Emma welcomes Emily Rea, the Co-Founder and Chief Product Officer at Circulo to discuss the importance of repair, and the technology and data around it, in driving the circular fashion economy - and all-round sustainability - forward.
A unique episode of The Interline Podcast, documenting the way technology is becoming integral to fashion events, and how those major fixtures are changing to keep pace with the industry’s evolution.Featuring Andreu David, Vice President of SOURCING at MAGIC and Ben Hanson, Editor-in-Chief of The Interline.This episode is also sponsored by SOURCING at MAGIC. See the show live with SOURCING at MAGIC taking place in Las Vegas from 19th to 21st August, and then in New York from 22nd to 24th September. You can also find out more year-round by visiting www.sourcingatmagic.com.
The Interline spoke with the Head of Enterprise Sustainability at Avery Dennison about how the company is working to optimise labour and supply chain efficiency, reduce waste, advance sustainability, circularity and transparency, and better connect brands and consumers.More in our sustainability archives: https://www.theinterline.com/category/fashion-sustainability-articles/
Emma speaks with Pierre-Nicolas Hurstel, CEO and Co-Founder of Arianee, about enterprise-grade digital product passports, and the new digital infrastructure the company believes will be necessary for the business models of the future.
Emma talks to Maxim Raykhrud, Chief Product Officer at ZERO10 about the maturity curve for augmented reality virtual try-on. They discuss the high bars that virtual try-on must meet in believability and accuracy, privacy and data protection, and compliance - as well as the role of AI in future unlocks.
Emma sits down with Namrata Sandhu, Co-Founder and CEO of Vaayu to discuss what it was like to build automated software to help the retail ecosystem track and cut environmental impact in real time.This episode is supported by SOURCING at MAGIC, where The Interline will be returning in August 2024 to host the next series of fashion technology conversations. Find out more at www.sourcingatmagic.com
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