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What’s next – and how do you act on it? Join Cassandra Napoli, Head of Consumer Insight at WGSN, the world’s leading trend forecaster, as she talks with inspiring industry voices about emerging trends and how they become real products and services, helping designers, product developers, buyers and marketers stay ahead.
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Cassandra Napoli, WGSN’s head of consumer forecasting, speaks with Omoyemi Akerele, founder of Lagos Fashion Week and executive director of Style House Files, a Lagos-based agency supporting fashion and textile creatives through talent discovery, market access, skills training and advocacy. Together, they explore the forces shaping Nigeria’s fashion scene, from its young population and growing cultural influence to the craft traditions passed down through generations.Omoyemi explains why Lagos Fashion Week avoids the word “trend” and champions fashion made to last. She discusses the see-now, buy-now model, designers to watch and the creative exchange between fashion, music and film. The conversation also explores how designers are transforming fast-fashion waste into new work and what Nigeria’s youth boom could mean for fashion’s future.Discover how Lagos is shaping a more culturally connected and resourceful future for fashion.
How can we make the future something people can experience, not just imagine? In this episode of Create Tomorrow, host Cassandra Napoli, Head of Consumer Forecasting at WGSN, speaks with Sasha Wallinger, Director of Marketing and Communications at the MIT Museum, a Massachusetts-based museum bringing MIT’s research to life through experiences that connect science, technology, art and design.Sasha explains how the MIT Museum is evolving into a public lab and how its recent MIT Future Fest brought innovation to life through immersive, playful experiences.Find out why experimentation and unfinished ideas matter, how play can support creativity at any age and why innovation depends less on a single breakthrough than on the people and perspectives that come together along the way
How are changing lifestyles reshaping what we wear and what fashion brands create? Create Tomorrow host Cassandra Napoli is joined by Laura Yiannakou, WGSN Senior Strategist of Womenswear to explore lifestyle dipping – the way people move between interests, communities and aesthetics instead of dressing for one fixed identity.They unpack what this shift means for fashion, from versatile pieces and outfit repeating to accessories, modular design and clothing that can keep up with everyday life. You’ll hear how brands can balance function with style and why helping a purchase work harder may matter more than offering something new each season.
Tommy Hilfiger joins Create Tomorrow host Cassandra Napoli to reveal what’s genuinely new in fashion, why Gen Z is rewriting the rules and how an iconic brand stays culturally relevant without chasing every trend. Tommy shares how he approaches future-facing product decisions, what he believes brands should protect and why community-driven retail still matters. Listen to find out more about evolving brand DNA, adaptive design, the gold mine of archives and how future students could merge creativity with the business of fashion.
From avatar outfits to web-integrated shopping tools, digital fashion is transforming our e-commerce experiences.Cassandra Napoli, head of consumer forecasting at WGSN, invites Daria Shapovalava, founder of DressX to discuss how AI and digital fashion are changing the way people discover, try on, and buy clothes. Listen to find out what these shifts mean for personal style, creativity, and fashion product design.
Screeny founder and CEO Elizabeth McLead joins host Cassandra Napoli to break down how creator fandom is moving beyond social media and into theatres, branded events and physical community spaces. They discuss why authenticity, engagement and offline experiences are reshaping the creator economy and how Screeny helps creators, brands and fans connect in ways that drive real value.
The home is evolving into a powerful, behavioural architecture tool. Gemma Riberti, WGSN’s Director, CMF (Colour, Materials & Finishes) and Create Tomorrow host Cassandra Napoli reveal why the dining table is catalysing behaviour, framing moments of connection and shared experience.Whether you’re designing a new product, curating your next dinner party or building wellness into your living space, Gemma uncovers how the hearth of the home whets our appetite for togetherness, influencing everything from kitchen design to social rituals at home. Find out how tablescaping delivers family moments and solo functionality, serving authenticity in imperfection.
Fashion Founders host Victoria Smith speaks to Create Tomorrow host Cassandra Napoli to explore the evolving media landscape, creator influence, sustainability and future trends in apparel design. Find out how creator-led businesses are shaping the future of fashion with ground-up networks, how media fragmentation is developing fashion discourse and how to win with functional designs.
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