As the Global Vice President of Product Innovation and Customer Creation at Nike, Jalaj Hora sat at the cutting edge of digital technologies in fashion design and manufacturing. From that perspective, he worked on and witnessed many positive moves towards sustainable practices, but also identified areas where things weren't joining up. In this episode, we find out how he's looking to fix some of those issues to help brands design in ways that move the needle when it comes to sustainabil...
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As the Global Vice President of Product Innovation and Customer Creation at Nike, Jalaj Hora sat at the cutting edge of digital technologies in fashion design and manufacturing. From that perspective, he worked on and witnessed many positive moves towards sustainable practices, but also identified areas where things weren't joining up. In this episode, we find out how he's looking to fix some of those issues to help brands design in ways that move the needle when it comes to sustainabil...
How Robotics Can Empower Small Fashion Brands with Susan Postlethwaite
Wear Abouts
42 minutes
9 months ago
How Robotics Can Empower Small Fashion Brands with Susan Postlethwaite
Susan Postlethwaite is Professor of Fashion Technologies at Manchester Fashion Institute and the Director of the Robotics Living Lab a £3.9million AHRC-funded project that has brought cutting-edge robotic technology to the campus. In this episode, we learn about Susan's career in the industry as a designer for the likes of Giorgio Armani, her time in academia and her focus on robotic tech as a means of helping fashion brands to reshore their production. The Robotics Living Lab is ...
Wear Abouts
As the Global Vice President of Product Innovation and Customer Creation at Nike, Jalaj Hora sat at the cutting edge of digital technologies in fashion design and manufacturing. From that perspective, he worked on and witnessed many positive moves towards sustainable practices, but also identified areas where things weren't joining up. In this episode, we find out how he's looking to fix some of those issues to help brands design in ways that move the needle when it comes to sustainabil...
