Electric Runway Episode 119: How ThredUp is Using AI to Shape a More Circular Fashion Future

Electric Runway Podcast

Fashion futurist Amanda Cosco interviews Chris Homer of ThredUp to discover how the California company is bringing Silicon Valley innovation to the $24 billion resale market in order to drive a more sustainable and circular fashion future. All over the world, the Climate Crisis is on everyone’s mind; Last week, millions of activists and concerned citizens took to the streets for a global climate strike, urging leaders to take meaningful action towards curbing catastrophic climate change. So what does this have to do with the fashion industry, you may be asking? Well, a lot. It’s widely known that fashion and apparel manufacturing is the second-largest polluter in the world next to oil and gas. From the chemicals it takes to transform raw materials into textiles to the amount of water required to produce a single t-shirt, fashion’s dirty secret is no longer a secret. This episode is a part of our ongoing pre-coverage of WEAR—that’s the World Ethical Apparel Roundtable— taking place October 7th to 8th 2019 in Toronto. Hosted by non-profit Fashion Takes Action, WEAR aims to bring together sustainability experts, thought-leaders, and decision-makers in apparel to uncover how the industry can improve practices to move fashion towards a more conscious and circular future. Blog post for this episode--> https://electricrunway.com/how-thredup-is-using-ai-to-create-a-more-circular-fashion-future/ More on ThredUp--> https://www.thredup.com/ Discover Fashion Takes Action--> https://fashiontakesaction.com/ Check out WEAR Conference October 7-8 2019 in Toronto --> wear.fashiontakesaction.com/ Subscribe on iTunes --> podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/elec…st/id1064514329 Follow us on Instagram --> www.instagram.com/electric_runway/ Follow us on Twitter -->twitter.com/Electric_Runway