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Indie recording artist and fashion darling Garret Borns reveals the genesis of his creative life from Michigan roots and artistic upbringing, how he connected with the fashion world, a dress-up room with secondhand costumes, the importance of Halloween, and how what you wear is what the audience hears. The way BØRNS dresses on stage is the same way he makes music, borrowing vs. creating something original, vintage shops, and the influence of David Bowie in fashion and music. BØRNS considers the possibility of his own fashion line, recalls ripped jeans destruction and redefining couture, and shares why “grandma-wear” is hip. The FashInvest Investment News gets into the relevance of John Galliano's Paris show tribute to Bowie on catwalk from Ziggy Stardust era and Alladan Sane era, talent crossing with beautiful style and looks, the crossover of music and fashion, and having relevance while pushing boundaries. BØRNS also talks about a guest house that was instrumental in supporting his creative growth. Plus, a round of Feed the Animals brings polka dot napkins and colorful gluten free goodies that open like a CD. The creative collaboration on music videos and wardrobe, how BØRNS connected with fashion industry, how a Gucci shirt on Jimmy Fallon led to creative partnership, spirit animals, fitting aesthetic with brands, astronaut wear, what doors have been opened by connecting with the fashion world, and the nature of performing a fleeting presentation. Why making album relates to building a fashion brand, avoiding losing artistic grip on shaping of artistry to business partners, accepting the reinterpreting of art and lyrics by fans, how wardrobe choices can accentuate a musical experience, the way we consume and present music is changing and why navigating that as an artist parallels the fashion industry due to global reaction to art. The challenge of trying to recreate successful artistic experiences, the need for authenticity, and what a dream show would be like for BØRNS. And, in a lightning round of Off the Grid Questions, BØRNS attempts a magic trick and we learn about his first instrument, jazzy and provocative bubbles baths, and naps. with guest host Julia Macalaster. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

One of the most intriguing guests we ever had on the show was BØRNS (aka rising indie recording artist and fashion darling Garret Borns) He joined Marc, Rob and guest host Julia McCalaster and revealed the genesis of his creative life from Michigan roots and artistic upbringing, how he connected with the fashion world, the creative collaboration on music videos and wardrobe, how a Gucci shirt on Jimmy Fallon led to creative partnership, and how what you wear is what the audience hears. The way BØRNS dresses on stage is the same way he makes music, borrowing vs. creating something original, vintage shops, and the influence of David Bowie in fashion and music. And, in a lightning round of Off the Grid Questions, BØRNS attempts a magic trick and we learn about his first instrument, jazzy and provocative bubbles baths, and naps. It's a truly original and memorable episode, that even features some of BORNS' music.

Semantic middleware platform allowing to structure, store, protect, manage and navigate along mass of audio-visual contents mixing media, hierarchized descriptions of contents and associated knowledge... Steny Solitude, CEO of Perfect Memory, joins Marc Raco, Rob Sanchez, and guest host Nataliya Makulova on location at Valtech’s Innovation Lab during NRF 2018 in New York. Valtech is a global digital agency focused on business transformation. MouthMedia Network is Powered by Sennheiser. Solitude shares why Perfect Memory is important Have a channel available to listen to markets to capture and transform message coming from customers, partners etc. to convert into business A digital access management system Where the idea of Perfect Memory came from, how Solitude observed today every company becoming a kind of media, brands are becoming media brands, capture process and using those assets better, reinventing digital asset management into rich media content How managing assets and what makes them accessible that’s unique, today any product needs to be connected to user experience. Now with augmented product info needs a way to collect any information that transforms everything into a rich user experience Connect content from user along with the product content How Perfect Memory provides upstream service, collecting data and info that will reach the front end, the job is to collect, interpret and make any data available for the user experience Value to user, how info for user is such as how to use the product, processing content at back end Data can generate additional information, with an AI engine that can transform a “low signal” into something that can be exploited by digital markets Improving cross selling of the product, dealing with digital marketing, and a way to take back control for brands Recapturing of content or on-the-fly and in the moment, any content produced by influencers is catalogued and then connected to content and product The need for a platform that is always connected, as a network effect. AI aspects: two branches, machine and deep learning, how to interpret, and semantic (which is an aspect often forgotten) Interpreting and then describing in the vocabulary of the business, addressing all the facets of the data, from sound to image processing, and accessing the mood An example of ingesting a content form in sports, both a sports path and finance path, needing to narrow what the brand want to access and what want user to pay attention to, which helps to avoid mistakes Off the Grid Questions cover moment where human beings re-externalizing their minds, drawing something as a child that showed how different innovation can be the next step, relying on intuition as the most important attribute of a scientist, and being happily content wherever you are And, a new era of the sharing of knowledge, and the coming of The Network of Knowledge

Live audience event at Spring Place on experiential marketing in fashion, psychology, and the need for an industry to evolve... Michael Crooks Senior Director of Global Relational Marketing for DVF (a global luxury fashion brand celebrated for its bold and creative approach to color and print, and admired for its sensual femininity) joins Pavan Bahl, Rob Sanchez, Marc Raco and guest host Rohan Deuskar (CEO of Stylitics) in front of a live audience at Spring Place in New York City. MouthMedia Network is powered by Sennheiser. In this episode: Crooks shares how the range of technology and innovation has to be integrated in the right environment in an organic way that makes sense, which is a lot harder than it sounds Customer analytics, behavioral clienteling (establishing long-term relationships with key customers based on data about their preferences, behaviors and purchase) in-store and online, and the training that brings that together Precognition—when the brain knows what you’re dong before you cognitively know How Crooks learned a lot of scientific method in education, and decided not to be a therapist, Activations celebrating International Women’s Day – original envisioned as panels around empowerment, and a pop up in san Francisco, partnering with Levis and Google, personalized experience “in charge” of VIP experience, using data of people in the area Getting locations to create their own regional events that are regionalized using the same template Putting together a training clienteling manual, modifying how to listen for root values, and how to ask for open questions, the right way to do data capture and use analytics Making events cohesive, making advancements on personalization and tech, four installations on site Partnering with Microsoft for a bespoke interface, to personalize a t-shirt, beanie or tote bag for #INCHARGE Samsung mixed-reality headsets, with a presentation of a fashion show like a see-now-buy now enhanced reality Custom video booth to tell what it felt like for a woman to say what it feels like to be “in charge”, and a custom photo booth to emulate the famous Diane von Furstenberg cube photo And audio of a panel playing out onto the street How stimulating different senses impacts you psychologically, creating immersion by a combo of a variety of sense stimulation Fashion is in such a state of change it is forcing action, evolution is necessary for any company to survive Avoiding problems, when tech doesn’t work it ruins the experience, worse than status quo Always organizing to core values as a brand, and then what elements will organically enhance the experience, reactive model might not work unless you think through the balance of all the elements How the company think sabout at employee and people coming in contact with consumers Overcoming language barriers, and how data capture helps communications Off the Grid Questions cover super villain powers, “mindcasting” other people, what’s Crooks and what’s performative, MMA, and music

Eco-friendly and vegan products from Australia... Julie Mathers, Founder and CEO of Flora and Fauna, Australia's largest cruelty free & vegan shop with exclusive eco friendly products, joins Pavan Bahl, Marc Raco, and guest host and Kelly Stickel (CEO of Remodista) at Shoptalk Europe in Copenhagen. Powered by Sennheiser. Mathers reveals how her company offers all natural and vegan products, from skin care to fashion, and how essentially they “sell life”, Flora and Fauna’s 3.5k SKUs with many brands, and its private label brand Green and Kind In this episode: Flora and Fauna is vegan and cruelty free, with a goal to change the way people shop Vegan and cruelty free can be polarizing Flora and Fauna is subtle about it, so it is important to get customers in the door before focusing on that. Brands are turning more and more to eco-friendly, how is affecting them, not being able to produce enough products as soon as consumers are educated, and how a full generation is thinking about this Requirements to be a brand on Flora and Fauna – vegan products, cruelty free down to fiber levels Considering packaging supplies Is Flora and Fauna in a position as a thought leader, and could they offer certifications Flora and Fauna’s business is from 80% Australians and New Zealanders, which for them is big market, due to marketing efforts A huge move---consumers can now request less packaging, as something that makes social and financial sense to the company Handwritten notes as part of entire relationship with consumer base How the warehouse is hub of the business, meetings are in the warehouse which is the touchpoint of the business, the warehouse is light and bright, located in the outback with beautiful view (plus, a chocolate tasting, and having fun) How the handwritten notes started, people are wanting to receive a box of delight, and Mathers wanted deliveries to be memorable International growth is future of the company, a priority for 2018, and focusing on English speaking countries Flora and Fauna has signed up with delivery provider who can deliver pretty much next day, even overseas, and how Flora and Fauna wants to partner with same customer service rigor as them Rising above the noise of companies in the same space People are not searching for products as much as problem The role of social media in marketing, and targeted micro-influencers An ecofriendly Wheel of Grid Destiny spins for Off the Grid Questions, covering the inspiration for being social conscious in the world, how Mathers turned vegetarian at 16 years old, when she was building solar cookers in Spain, being surrounded by and rescuing animals, and selfless and mindful superpowers. Plus, an invite to share thoughts on focusing on positive change…

Cost-effective, large output image solution, for on-figure apparel... Jannis Koehn, CEO of Looklet (a Swedish company which combines high quality dynamic images in a simple and scalable process, perfectly suited for the new world of online fashion) joins Marc Raco, Pavan Bahl, and Ilan Tito at Shoptalk Europe in Copenhagen. Powered by Sennheiser. A green studio, a production line for fashion photos, and perfecting color and lighting Koehn discusses how the company started a different business model, starting as an online community with 700k teenage users worldwide, mix and match outfits and style and share. The green studio in Looklet, how it is all computer controlled, with a fixed camera, no LED lights because it doesn’t look like real fashion photo with LEDs, an installed computer for dependable process, and high productivity scaled production. Built for industrial production in fashion space. Creativity plus efficiency. And the ability to install in warehouses of large retailers also. Provides a production line for fashion photos. How Looklet processes every image, not having to style mannequins over and over, deconstructing fashion images and reconstructing as needed, with a catalogue of model images, paying buyout models who become a part of the product. Color and light are a critical part of the process. Thinking both from retailers and consumer POV. Highest color accuracy possible is critical to minimize returns. Value proposition, personalization possibilities, and changing from a core competency Why it’s not just about cost savings, time to market, and flexibility in styling, and location simplicity. Seeing different models depending on who you are, reassembling images in real time, creating hundreds of thousands of versions of images. The impact on model buyout prices as the industry is threatened by this technology. Why the exciting use case is personalization, enabling the building of looks on a personal level, appealing to the individual. How to get there from where Looklet is now, and dealing with the decision makers who feel it is tough to let go of a core competency. And the implications of this tech if AI-powered. Customized images sell better than one size fits all. Neutral models, child and plus size, and sand cakes The ability to make suggestions on how to wear merchandise. Avoiding neutral models in order to not interfere with multi-brand identities, paying attention to not contrasting or matching the known models attached to a brand. How an image can change depending on time of day you shop, outfit should change, and where the wide market for these services are. Considerations for child and big/tall/plus -- and are animals on the road map? Off the Grid Questions cover selling sand cakes to pancakes, eating “polses”, being in solitude, pristine, intact nature, and creating music.

Daily outfit recommendations app... Blake Smith, Founder/CEO of Cladwell (a clothing company that doesn't sell clothing, with an app that allows you to get daily outfit recommendations, track your outfits, discover the right items, and buy fewer things, all without taking a single photo) joins Pavan Bahl, Marc Raco and Rob Sanchez in the MouthMedia Network studios powered by Sennheiser. Fashion vs. humanity, too much clothing but not enough to wear, and a clothing fiduciary Smith discusses that most of fashion industry is focused on the moment you purchase. Humanity focuses on when you wear the apparel. Cladwell algorithmically captures your clothing and recommends what to wear for variety, weather, occasion and more. Then make recommendations, with the theme being too much clothing and nothing to wear. Why one can’t shop one’s way out of the problem of having too much clothing and nothing to wear. The monthly subscription, playing a “clothing fiduciary”, how Cladwell curated some 10,000 items that are similar to what people have in their closets, and segmenting people. Strategy, buying patterns, a role as a product leader Cladwell’s capsules, and intriguing capsule names, how they came out of the 500 Startups accelerator and raised $1.5M seed round, accost of acquisition lower than lifetime value, why Smith is not hot on affiliates, and the worst thing to hear when selling. A bet that is hedging the growth of the fashion industry, the trend of white glove services who come to home to go through closets and up cycles clothing and makes suggestions. Cladwell as a product leader not customer service or price leader---but they can all coexist in ecosystem. A mission of growth vs. acquisition, producing content for other brands who share it. Sustainability, Beavis and Butthead, and exploring the world via books The impact on sustainability, and solutions of not buying clothes you wont wear, getting rid of clothes, facilitating clothing swaps. Off the Grid Questions cover the biggest at 7 years old involving “Beavis and Butthead” and a big confession, resulting in a foundational value of being up front, exploring the world through books, home schooling, “Uncle Tom’s Cabin”, and a “Game of Thrones” final thought.

Partnering music and brands with MAC Presents… Photo credit: Derek Garlington Marcie Allen, President of MAC Presents (music experiential agency , bridging the gap between corporations and the music industry), and musician, entrepreneur and philanthropist Taylor Bennett, join Pavan Bahl, Rob Sanchez, and Marc Raco for the most applause-laden interview in the show’s history on location at Subculture in New York City. This live audience episode is powered by Peerspace and features music by Casey McQuillen.Representing the deal, a seat at the adult table, and a market for authentic stories Photo credit: Derek Garlington Allen reviews her “Southern belle debutante sorority girl” roots, being raised by two grandmothers, attending sixteen schools before fifth grade, then how she started her first company at 25, being a storyteller and solid salesperson, having knowledge on both sides of the music industry, being in music industry representing the deal, and how bad deals aren’t authentic or tell a story. The importance of paying it forward, measuring ROI in music/brand sponsorships, and how fashion brands are being introduced to entertainment marketing and mass consumer marketing. Allen’s creative things used in repertoire to bring allegiance, consideration of the music industry’s album sales being down, how 10 years ago no one wanted to do a sponsorship in music, and now music artists have a seat at the “adult table”. How a deal with Billy Joel and Citi was of value even though he didn’t need the marketing, how a deal like that can move the needle in a variety of ways for an artist, tracking metrics and how brands can measure success, lifting sales and getting press, how Imagine Dragons’ deal with Southwest Airlines produced a billion press impressions, and whether musical artists are celebrity influencers. How much of sponsorship with musical artists is the cool factor, how music is one of the most powerful ways to connect with consumers, and the Urban Outfitters partnership with Taylor Bennett for Pride Month happened because he came out as bisexual, and how that was so authentic. Consumers can smell through non-authentic sponsorships, the return of cassettes, and what’s fascinating about artists. Gen Z, understanding the win, and measuring ROI Photo credit: Derek Garlington Deals with enterprise/blue chip companies, Khalid and Forever 21, Chance the Rapper with H & M, plus Taylor Bennett and Urban Outfitters, and how it’s about teamwork and women in the music industry. How artists have a groundswell of support from Gen Z, how brands don’t understand them, and they love fashion, and how brands are missing it. The absence of a major luxury brands who has done a deal with a developing artist, how fashion and music partnerships have exploded in the last year, and fashion brands are a way to reach a mass audience and global audience, so it isn’t as much about money. Sponsorship investments with large acts are at a fraction of the cost that other kinds of brands would pay because of the coolness factor and the reach of fashion brands for artists. Brands have to share what a win is – it is crucial. And, the need to focus more on the heartland of America. The story means everything, looking at what is the story that can be built around the artists and what brand will make sense is MAC Presents goes after. Knowing what are the important concerns, how brands are so focused on the latest technology, but ultimately it is about sitting down on both sides and finding out what is important to both sides. And, one has to be able to measure ROI.Urban Outfitters, owning both sides of the business, and a surprise live performance Photo credit: Derek Garlington Taylor Bennett joins the interview, discussing how the partnership with Urban Outfitters fits into the vision of his career. The importance of being your authentic self, on coming out bisexual on Twitter, how the brand is a lifestyle and culture, a message of anti-bullying, needing a creative space to be yourself, how the brand has supporter urban artists. The natural, organic story, partnering with Bennett as a face for Pride month, how Bennett is controlling his own business and the revenue from streamed music, controlling the creative and business sides, and how he and his business partners hold meetings after changing into suits in the bathroom. Off the Grid Questions cover a grandmother’s ceramic frog smoking a pipe, real world skills, a college counselor going in a different direction, a surprise performance of an early rap, a regretted missed opportunity, Cara Lewis, chasing dreams, messages to the community, women empowerment, being a professor, grabbing your future for yourself and getting it done, and an impromptu live final thought rap performance by Bennett.References: CLG Cara Lewis Sigrid Walk the Moon The post Marcie Allen of MAC Presents and Taylor Bennett – The Story of Music and Brands appeared first on Content Is Your Business.

The most influential body in Australian retail, connecting retailers, service providers, markets and customers to accelerate learning and business growth... Paul Greenberg, Founder of The NORA Network (an influential business network providing a fresh outlook and a balanced, optimistic view of New Retail in Australia), and member of The Forum of International Retail Association Executives, joins Pavan Bahl, Marc Raco, and Ilan Tito at Shoptalk Europe in Copenhagen, Denmark. Powered by Sennheiser. A network that connects, brand not channel, and vintage guitars Greenberg describes NORA Network as the network that connects new retail and technology, how customers shop by brand and not by channel, and the changes to the voice of new retail. He mentions founding DealsDirect, Australia’s first online department store, and how he used to sell vintage guitars on eBay. Business network NORA’s size and impact, building to 7,500 members over 4.5 years, and Greenberg’s nickname as the grandfather of online retails. Solid market and great springboard into Asia, helping innovations, and digital safaris The retail environment in Australia, as a solid market and great springboard into Asia, and a middle stop between established markets and the massive Asian market. How NORA Network is helping innovations like SalesForce to come into Australia, and the twice monthly, short form, high impact events that work very well to bring enablers and participants around the table for candid conversations, and “digital safaris”, webinars. The state of the venture side of things in Australia, Afterpay, the sweet spot between digital and physical (“phygital”), and a corporate retail tech accelerator program called Slingshot. Slingshot, going global, and that distance Accelerator models, Slingshot’s unique model including a small group of corporates with big dollars, tech innovators to solve problems and fight for the money, with equity interests in companies, and several examples of successes. How NORA supports and encouraging young entrepreneurs to go global, how the distance might stifle growth for companies, and how it has changed. Why why NORA changed it’s name to get with the reality of the times. “Retail has always been detail”, so many things from RFID to supply chain as examples of what is exciting for the future. And Off the Grid Questions cover most unexpected travel destination disconnecting with expectations, New Caledonia, Africa, the warm Berg Wind as an earliest memory, a frustrated blues player, the biggest rock star moment, and adding guitar into public speaking.

Moving young people and new born companies to move into a digital way of thinking... Marzia Giuditta Anelli, Accelerator & Open Innovation Project Manager for ‎H-FARM in Venice (an innovation platform that supports the creation of new business models and the digital transformation and education of young people and Italian), joins Pavan Bahl and Marc Raco at Shoptalk Europe in Copenhagen. Powered by Sennheiser. Creating impact, startups, and education Giuditta Anelli discusses how H-FARM is aiming to create impact by creating a tech hub, with a focus on startups, corporate digital transformation, and education in pre-k to high school, then Bachelor and Master studies. Innovation, accelerators, and ambition Looking at the open innovation part of H-FARM, looking for innovation outside the gates and inside. Why they are working more and more with industry accelerators and corporate accelerators, hoping to someday invest in students’ companies, Depop as a success story, relying on network for recruiting and for students building a brand, inviting families on campus and they fall in love. Thinking about the future, how ambition is guiding them, and creating more and more impact on the territory. Discovery, speaking up, and participating in public life Off the Grid Questions cover the first thing Giuditta Anelli remembered learning, and her first discovery, learning in the early years and how to speak up and say something, and believing in participation in public life.

Smart fabric made from macadamia nut shells in Hawaii... Sarah Tenney, President of Blue Export Group in Hawaii (a company providing services and source materials for those aiming to expand their Smart Fabric products to overseas buyers from Honolulu Hawaii), joins hosts Marc Raco, Pavan Bahl and Rob Sanchez on location at the WEAR Conference in San Francisco. Powered by Sennheiser. Reinvigorating emerging tech, carbon from macadamia nuts, and conductive and thermal qualities of the shells Tenney discusses why she is at the WEAR Conference, how the US is behind in smart fabric development, the efforts to reinvigorate emerging tech, and wanting to manufacturer their own fabrics. She covers advancements in uniforms, how the company started prototyping fabrics looking into creating conductive fabrics to create a lighting system in medical scrubs, how she is inspired to see fabulous ideas from carbon made of macadamia shells, how the shells offer conductive and thermal qualities, and how there is a value from raw material through supply chain. Walter filtration, Hawaiian isolation, and prototypes Macadamia nut shells and producing carbon, how one way fabric is made is extrusion so one can embed things like macadamia nut shells into it. Also, coatings. And fasteners or thread that have conductive qualities can help with water filtration, even nano-level coatings. How this idea started, finding a real-deal advisor and the right partners, how the infrastructure is there in Hawaii, but the opportunity for working with people there is not. Plus, partnering with the university system and creating the first smart fabric innovations course. The goal of getting macadamia nuts and turning them into a yarn, then the rest comes from that. Issues in Hawaii of isolation, building something that can sustain, and a tough environment for equipment and machinery. How the resulting strategy is to get things into prototypes, dealing with waste and sustainability constraints on islands, developing products that fit within the island ecosystem, how conductive fabrics and threads are a big thing, and turning to WEAR Conference because it shows what’s top of mind. Environmental considerations, Pono, and hamburger trauma Considering the environmental impact of removing the macadamia nut shells, a chance for growers to get residual income from shells now, and how Hawaii has success taking care of the environment as a part of its culture. Off the Grid Questions cover special spots in Hawaii, a ridge above Hanauma Bay, hula, a trauma of the best, small, unfinished hamburger ever, the concept of Pono (doing something right), and loving getting East and West coasts together in a way that doesn’t happen often on the islands.

Energy harvesting and wireless power transfer for wearable technology... Michelle Farrington, Director of Energy Harvesting Platform Development at Analog Devices (a company that enables our customers to interpret the world around us by intelligently bridging the physical and digital with unmatched technologies that sense, measure and connect) joins hosts Marc Raco, Pavan Bahl and Rob Sanchez on location at the WEAR Conference in San Francisco. Powered by Sennheiser. A better user experience, locations for energy harvesters, and designing for endurance Farrington discusses low power electronics and using low waste body heat or energy and transferring that into usable power, and how power transfer can allow clothing to enable consumers to have better user experience. The holy grail of a frictionless experience, body energy waste, kinetic motion, breathing, moving limbs, locations to put harvesters, from shoes to textile-based harvesters such as sewn into clothing or the clothing itself, designed for washing and endurance. Use cases, data and transmission, and testing Use cases and implications, implementing rechargeable systems, etc.. Transferring power and data, using coils and antennas, RF wireless power transfer, and inspirations from nature. Studying body motion, developing new uses for soft products, smart textiles, a nascent technology, and where on the body energy would be used, learning where people want functions and then coordinating location of energy harvesting in that location. Testing assumptions with military uniforms, considering the release of energy and radiation and testing for those. Looking ahead, a complete canvas, and a design language The future of wearables, the future of energy harvesting and power transfer, and textile based harvesters using the complete canvas of the body to be used for energy generation. And Off the Grid Questions cover the personal side of Farrington, including swimming, selling things on the side of the road, trial and error, and an important building block. Plus, the importance of getting a design language.

Transforming textile waste into pristine new fiber at a molecular level… Stacy Flynn, CEO/Co-founder of EVRNU (fiber technology transforms textile waste into pristine new fiber. Evrnu has invented the only regenerative fiber made from post-consumer textile waste) joins “Fashion Is Your Business” hosts Pavan Bahl, Rob Sanchez, and Marc Raco at the 2017 WEAR Conference in San Francisco. Powered by Sennheiser. (Flynn’s profile)A wake up call, impacting the system’s lynch pin, and a prototype Flynn shares how working in a cloud of pollution gave her a wake up call, realizing a generation of kids who don’t see blue sky, realizing she was linked to the cause of the problem, and how 90% of all clothing is made from clothing or polyester, and we throw away 14 million tons of clothing waste a year in the US alone. She discusses the goal of taking waste and turning it into high quality fiber, impacting the lynch pin of the system, and how the surprising result turned out versatile and beautiful The vision of intervention with minimal disruption, how the first prototype took a t-shirt from solid to liquid to a solid, and the journey of how Target signed on as an early adopter.The holy grail of transformation, early adopters, and micro-manufacturing models Separating cotton and polyester on a molecunetorking lar level, how the holy grail is taking a blended garment, liquefying it, separating it then using the individual components, and new processes vs. repurposing existing processes. How the process is actually shapeshifting material, realigning molecules, and the process of pushing through spinnerette determines the final qualities. Samples, licensing, early adopters Levis, Target and seven more not public, and how marketing campaigns need proof now. The difficult truth that a colored t-shirt requires 700 gallons of water to make, helping brands with sell-through rates and sustainability, and why the ability to network helps now, looking at micro-manufacturing models, with small manufacturers linked together to become power manufacturing chains as a localized, globalized model.Reciprocity, the human spirit, and the Redwoods Finding ways to build business, saving the environment while honoring designs. The three part adopter program, and how reciprocity creates human solidarity. There is no algorithm on the power of the human spirit to solve a really big problem. And Off the Grid Questions covers the Redwoods, a heavy moment, and accidental eyebrow shaving. Hear more MouthMedia Network shows at www.MouthMediaNetwork.com.

Transforming textile waste into pristine new fiber at a molecular level... Stacy Flynn, CEO/Co-founder of EVRNU (fiber technology transforms textile waste into pristine new fiber. Evrnu has invented the only regenerative fiber made from post-consumer textile waste) joins Pavan Bahl, Rob Sanchez, and Marc Raco at the 2017 WEAR Conference in San Francisco. Powered by Sennheiser. (Flynn's profile) A wake up call, impacting the system’s lynch pin, and a prototype Flynn shares how working in a cloud of pollution gave her a wake up call, realizing a generation of kids who don’t see blue sky, realizing she was linked to the cause of the problem, and how 90% of all clothing is made from clothing or polyester, and we throw away 14 million tons of clothing waste a year in the US alone. She discusses the goal of taking waste and turning it into high quality fiber, impacting the lynch pin of the system, and how the surprising result turned out versatile and beautiful The vision of intervention with minimal disruption, how the first prototype took a t-shirt from solid to liquid to a solid, and the journey of how Target signed on as an early adopter. The holy grail of transformation, early adopters, and micro-manufacturing models Separating cotton and polyester on a molecunetorking lar level, how the holy grail is taking a blended garment, liquefying it, separating it then using the individual components, and new processes vs. repurposing existing processes. How the process is actually shapeshifting material, realigning molecules, and the process of pushing through spinnerette determines the final qualities. Samples, licensing, early adopters Levis, Target and seven more not public, and how marketing campaigns need proof now. The difficult truth that a colored t-shirt requires 700 gallons of water to make, helping brands with sell-through rates and sustainability, and why the ability to network helps now, looking at micro-manufacturing models, with small manufacturers linked together to become power manufacturing chains as a localized, globalized model. Reciprocity, the human spirit, and the Redwoods Finding ways to build business, saving the environment while honoring designs. The three part adopter program, and how reciprocity creates human solidarity. There is no algorithm on the power of the human spirit to solve a really big problem. And Off the Grid Questions covers the Redwoods, a heavy moment, and accidental eyebrow shaving.

How showing consumers how to style outfits with visual inspiration and merchandising with Stylitics can lead to higher purchases... Rohan Deuskar, CEO and Co-Founder of Stylitics, one of the original fashion technology companies which scales visual inspiration and merchandising for brands discusses how the fashion industry has been changing the way it engages consumers in the recent 6-8 years. He discusses the way Stylitics can change how retailers have a conversation with the customer, tech can bundle visual merchandise across categories although his company focused in fashion due to expertise. Deuskar (profile) joins hosts Pavan Bahl, Rob Sanchez and Marc Raco on location at the National Association of Broadcasters Conference. Powered by Sennheiser. Machine learning, external data sets, and increased order value Deuskar reviews how Stylitics built system where a team of experts is able to quickly teach the machine learning system, which analyzes what works well together. How the visual merchandise is essentially content, the input a retailer has in what products are prioritized and featured by the selection of algorithm and styling guidelines, and matching to external data sets such as weather. Stylitics has provided 500 Million personalized recommendations to date, sending a personalized email with weather and a list of outfits. The motivation of brands, and examples of increases in sales. The goal of Stylitics in the next 24 months to contribute $1 Billion in increased sales, and the currently typical 25% increased order value. Online to offline, standardizing images, and meeting the challenge of scale A conversation about integrating into a physical environment, online to offline, and how every day thousands of outfits can be on a digital channel, can be displayed in store with clientele tools, and outfit shops (in-store AR/VR destinations), with Stylitics’ role as outfitting stylist layer. How it is so simple to partner with other tech solutions from chatbots to AR. Providing the styling inspiration piece of the shift of how retailers can focus more on consumer experience than style knowledge. The process of standardizing existing images. The inspiration for the pivot in Stylitics in this new direction, and meeting the challenge of scale. Plus, overcoming potential objections. A dream, a stylus, and an app Off the Grid Questions cover following through with a dream, abandoning Apple for the wonders of a stylus, and what app allows Deuskar the ability connect with friends and family worldwide in a meaningful way while running a business.

Spacesuits as a beacon of fashion technology, with the author of “Fashioning Apollo”… Nicholas De Monchaux , author of “Fashioning Apollo” and Associate Professor of Architecture and Urban Design and Director of the Berkeley Center for New Media, joins Pavan Bahl, Rob Sanchez and Marc Raco in front of a live audience at WEAR Conference 2017 in San Francisco. Powered by Sennheiser. The inside of a spacesuit, Playtex, and a technological mindset De Monchaux describes how he conceived the book by considering the craziest domestic space imaginable -- the inside of a spacesuit. He then wrote a book about the Apollo program and how the Apollo spacesuits were made by industrial division of the same company who made Playtex bras and girdles. The origins of Playtex, the genesis of the book ten years in the making, why it mattered, historical understanding of where technological mindset come from, designing a suit allowing the human body to operate in such a hostile environment. And insights from research, as an architect. Mars, the many layers of an Apollo spacesuit, and upgrading the human body A discussion of the next frontier for spacesuits, the trip to Mars, how American spacesuits were more practical than originally envisioned, how Russian spacesuits stacked up, dealing with pressure, the many layers of the Apollo spacesuit, radiation concerns, how by understanding technology as a cultural artifact we can understand how to model designs, and need to think about ideas wrapped up in designs and how they affect our work. Innovations that De Monchaux marvels at, high performance fashion, adapting to different circumstances, and how technology has changed how we operate in the world. Our need to upgrade our human systems with technology, how modern technology is taking cues from the body, and augmenting ourselves via a biological view of technology. Star Wars, astronauts, and parsecs “Off the Grid Questions” cover De Monchaux’s earliest memory of fashion made into forts and spaceships, a Star Wars moment and the incorrect use of the word ”Parsec”, quiet and peace, and getting to meet astronauts because they would visit their suits which were a part of them.

Connecting brands to the innovation economy... Michael Reidbord, Founder of the Fashion Tech Consortium (a convergence of designers, brands & global retailers with emerging technologies — advanced materials, and modernized supply chains — creating an ecosystem of partnerships that will lead to the next Industrial Revolution) and a Professor at FIT (profile), joins Marc Raco, Pavan Bahl and Rob Sanchez. Powered by Sennheiser. Upgrading the supply chain, reducing the sampling process, and globalism Reidbord discusses his trade as a clothing manufacturer, and helping stimulate the process of bringing new innovation into the marketplace, starting from design to store floor, and offline. How supply chain hasn’t been upgraded in many years, new ways to warehouse and deliver product, and the enormous opportunity at hand and accelerating the supply chain. Bringing down sampling process time, 3D-body scanning, getting engineers and creative designers together early, and when the outcomes are impressive. On-demand, bringing jobs back to the US, the impact of globalism, when students should be learning skills, and skilled trade vs. university track. And the need to have global skills to compete. Startups vs. legacy, combining efforts to solve problems, and ideas vs. teams Why the genesis of the Fashion Tech Consortium, the experience Reidboard brings by being on his seventh startup, how startups are different than legacy companies and have challenges others don’t understand, engineers are not always best business people, giving support and help to create a platform for them. How technologies are often a baseline for other companies. Looking for really smart, really amazing startups, and being able to help them combine efforts to solve bigger problems. Startups that are getting it done because they are going for it, the importance of a good idea vs. a great team dynamic, and seeing ideas that can’t scale. 20 companies, a big network, and back pocket machines The goal to have 20 companies/quarter, drilling down deep into them as finalists, and the value of pilots. Wanting larger corporations to look at the 20 companies and see the high value and opportunity. Dynamics of older vs. younger entrepreneurs. How the consortium has more than 2,000 companies in its portfolio as a network. Consumer experience in the mix, protecting personal data, standardized cultural curs, and consideration of outliers and nonstandard. Off the Grid Questions cover child labor, bowls of spices, back pocket machines for jeans for five simultaneous sewings, how Pittsburgh has changed, and sustainability.