Matthew works at the crossroads of Fashion, Retail and Technology to head up London College of Fashion’s Innovation Agency. The Innovation Agency is a creative consultancy using emerging technology to alter the way that the fashion industry is making, showcasing and retailing. Matthew and his team are building a pathway for truly digital designer businesses.

Matthew has delivered a stunning range of projects that have captured the imagination of both the fashion and technology industries, including what Forbes described as ‘the first example of truly beautiful wearable tech’.

Most recently, he worked alongside Lucasfilm’s immersive entertainment division ILMxLAB to bring their new performance-driven augmentation technology, LIVECGX, to London Fashion Week.

Matthew was named as a ‘fashion-tech trailblazer changing the course of retail’ by Drapers and a ‘pioneer and visionary’ by Wired.

Matthew Drinkwater

Fashion, Innovation and Technology

Working at the cutting-edge of fashion, technology and retail, Matthew demonstrates how the fashion industry is being changed in every facet of its operation from manufacture and supply chain to retail and design. From what clothes can do (monitoring your activities, charging your phone) to how VR could replace high street shop to how robots could replace craftspeople, he finds important lessons for any industry in collaboration, disruption and future strategy.

Matthew works at the crossroads of Fashion, Retail and Technology to head up London College of Fashion’s Innovation Agency. The Innovation Agency is a creative consultancy using emerging technology to alter the way that the fashion industry is making, showcasing and retailing. Matthew and his team are building a pathway for truly digital designer businesses.

Matthew has delivered a stunning range of projects that have captured the imagination of both the fashion and technology industries, including what Forbes described as ‘the first example of truly beautiful wearable tech’.

Most recently, he worked alongside Lucasfilm’s immersive entertainment division ILMxLAB to bring their new performance-driven augmentation technology, LIVECGX, to London Fashion Week.

Matthew was named as a ‘fashion-tech trailblazer changing the course of retail’ by Drapers and a ‘pioneer and visionary’ by Wired.

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