Metaverse and Fashion Webinar – April 18 – 4pm BST
Is the Future of Fashion in the Metaverse?
As the fashion industry continues on its digital journey, the metaverse is playing a role in how people will engage with fashion in the future. The metaverse is already proving to be a driver of innovation in the world of fashion with fashion designers and brands linking up to create unique NFT collections and wearables for avatars exploring our virtual worlds.
Platforms like Upland, Decentraland, The Sandbox and others are partnering with brands to create unique spaces that allow leaders in the fashion industry and all those interested in the future of fashion to explore the commercial opportunities of the metaverse.
Using blockchain, AR, VR and AI the metaverse provides a chance for the fashion industry to reinvent itself. From the creation of wearables to virtual showrooms to new ways of engaging with fashion buyers, the metaverse is an interesting way to facilitate new fashion relationships.
This webinar will cover a number of topics, including:
- Opportunities for fashion brands in the metaverse
- Will all avatars wear unique wearables?
- Transferring the skills of fashion designers to digital creations
- Business models for smaller fashion brands
- Fashion shows and facilitating the various tiers of the fashion tiers
You are welcome to join our LinkedIn Live discussion on April 18 at 4pm GMT
MEET THE PANELISTS
Kazbek Bektursunov, Metaverse Fashion Council
The Metaverse Fashion Council is a decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) that is dedicated to promoting the fashion industry within the metaverse. The council hosts many networking events and activities that aim to bring together fashion professionals from all over the world. The Metaverse Fashion Council’s goal is to become the metaverse’s largest and most influential digital fashion community. The community will make all fundamental decisions, the Advisory board makes proposals for voting, Executive board provides technical solutions.
Lindsay Anne Aamodt, Head of Marketing, Upland Metaverse
Lindsay Anne Aamodt is a leader in the metaverse space, heading up the marketing division for renowned metaverse SuperApp, Upland. She has worked in a variety of roles in the marketing and communications industry since 1998. Lindsay Anne began their career as a Marketing Assistant at HBO, followed by an Account Executive role at Full Picture in 2004. In 2005, they became a Project Manager at Association Management Solutions. From 2012 to 2015, she worked at Speck Products as the Director of Communications and a Senior Project Manager. Lindsay Anne then moved to IMVU, where they held the roles of Director of Marketing and Director of Communications from 2015 to 2021. In 2021, they became the Head of Marketing at Uplandme, Inc.
Jillian Godsil, Award Winning Journalist and Founder of Blockleaders
Named in the top 35 women in crypto by Techround in May 2022, that was swiftly followed
by been named one of the hot crypto women to follow by Benzinga in the same month.
In September 2021, Jillian Godsil was a finalist in the prestigious CryptoAM UK awards in
the education section. In August, she was named as one of the UK’s Most Influential Women
in Tech by Computer Weekly in 2021. Jillian Godsil is a tireless advocate for Women in
Blockchain, eradication of homelessness and income equality.
