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3 Fashion Moves You Need to Know: Bill Gates' Daughter’s AI App 👗 Kendrick + Chanel 👜 Fashion Tech Tuesday Live
🪩 The Digital Runway 📡 Briefing l Decoded News & Insights You Won’t Find in Headlines

🪩 GM Runway Insiders,
🚨 Fashion Tech isn’t just trending, it’s being rewritten.
The players are moving fast and this week & it’s all connected.
📌 This Week’s Lineup:
📈 New AI Resale App Phia (Bill Gates' daughter steps into fashion tech)
👜 Kendrick Lamar Joins Chanel 🕯️ Alicia Keys’ Emotional Loyalty
📡 Fashion Tech Tuesday Live on 𝕏 + YouTube 🆕 (b/c you asked)
💖🪩,
Janey
P.S. No Monday Mukbang tomorrow because I’m cooking 🍳
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🔎 RUNWAY REPORT
🛒 Phia’s AI Resale App Is Changing How We Shop
🗞️ TL;DR: Phoebe Gates (yes, Bill Gates' daughter) and Sophia Kianni (Gen Z UN Advisor + activist) launched Phia, an AI-powered shopping app that scans 250M+ resale listings (The RealReal, StockX, Poshmark, etc). [🔗 WWD]
💎 Why This Matters:
Resale is a $218B+ market. AI makes it frictionless to shop and sell smarter. Phia is a personal shopper + market analyst for resale.
P.S. Any Japanese eBay tips? Asking for a friend. 👛
🎥 3 Fun Facts
1) Dropped out of Stanford to launch Phia
2) Podcast under Alex Cooper’s Unwell Network
3) First guest? Kris Jenner. NBD.
📈 The AI Playbook: How to Shop (and Sell) Smarter
🛍️ List items based on real-time pricing
📊 Track categories heating up or cooling off
🚀 Time sales/buys based on the hype cycle highs + lows
🕶️ Kendrick Lamar is Chanel’s Newest Ambassador
🗞️ TL;DR: Kendrick Lamar is now a Chanel Ambassador leading the Spring Eyewear campaign. [🔗 Harper’s BAZAAR]

👀 Why This Matters:
This isn’t just clout. It’s cultural capital in action.
Kendrick is a 17 time Grammy winner and the first rapper to win a Pulitzer Prize.
🧠 Read the Kendrick Lamar Super Bowl Playbook from February
🕯️ Alicia Keys Builds Emotional Loyalty
TL;DR: Alicia Keys' brand, Keys Soulcare, partnered with The Skin Deep to launch storytelling campaigns on self-love and human connection. [🔗 Hypebae]
👀 Why It Matters
Real loyalty is built through emotional storytelling and trust NOT just product.
📲 WEEKLY SWIPE
🎨 Dior’s “Designer of Dreams” Exhibition lands in Seoul [Hypebeast]
🤖 Gap uses robots for warehouse unloading [Retail Touchpoints]
🕶️ Gentle Monster custom eyewear for G-Dragon [Hypebeast]
🧴 Nara Smith lands first beauty campaign with Cetaphil [BoF]
🛒 Jacquemus opens IRL market + Timberland collab [WWD]
🏒 Lululemon x Pro Women’s Hockey League collab [WWD]
🎾 Coco Gauff x Miu Miu x New Balance drop [Hypebae]
🎮 Givaudan launches Roblox fragrance game [WWD]
📺 THIS WEEK ON THE DIGITAL RUNWAY
🔄 ICYMI: LAST WEEK’S SHOWS
🎨 The Artist’s Way l Week 3 + Week 4 Kickoff
🍔 Mukbang Monday l Opus Clip + AI Content Tips
🪩 Fashion Tech Tuesday l WNBA Fashion, Pudgy Penguins & more
🎬 Podcast Throwback with Adriana Krawcewicz
👗 Featuring Fashion Tech Fit Check with ZuluKuki and IamWoochuk
👀 LAST LOOK
💬 Group Chat This Week
"Are we investing in that AI tool or vintage Alaïa first?
💌 Got a hot take on this weeks’ news? Hit reply and let's talk.
🗞️ Should I move to Substack or stay on Beehiiv?Serious Question & I want your feedback on this please |
💖🪩,
Janey
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