Tech Powered Luxury

By Ashley McDonnell

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Welcome to Season 7 of Tech Powered Luxury! Tech Powered Luxury is hosted by luxury and tech entrepreneur Ashley McDonnell. With 10 years of experience working at the crossroads of luxury and technology, Ashley carved out a career across Paris, Dublin and Geneva, working at LVMH, Dior, Google and luxury group PUIG. The podcast is also taught as a module at leading business and design schools around the world, with the goal to share insightful and actionable stories and experience from industry leaders.

Episode Date
How Marc Chaya Built Maison Francis Kurkdjian by Putting the Creator First: From Beirut to Paris and a Decade at EY
Apr 28, 2026
Forbes, Time and Sports Illustrated France Founder Dominique Busso on Building a Media Empire, Having Angelina Jolie as a Cover Star and What’s Next at the Cannes Film Festival
Apr 14, 2026
Live From PFW: Discovered by CHANEL Through an Instagram Reel, From Hospital Paintings to Paris Fashion Debut, How Rachelle Cunningham Turned Art Into Wearable Fashion
Mar 31, 2026
London Fashion Week's Official Street Style Photograher: From Baby Photography in Uraguay and Zara Cashier in London to Global Runways, How Romina Introini Created Her Own Fashion Destiny
Mar 10, 2026
Why Can't Consumer Brands Raise Investment? Creating a New Funding Ecosystem, with Females Top of Mind
Feb 24, 2026
Are Any Fashion Brands Truly Sustainable? In Conversation with Gordon Renouf, Founder of the World's Largest Sustainability Directory
Feb 17, 2026
Shark Tank Australia’s Most Viral Entrepreneur: From Construction Site to Cap Table with Clutch Glue’s Annabel Hay
Feb 10, 2026
“Every 30 seconds on this planet, IMAGE Skincare sells a vitamin C product” - Building a Global Brand with Janna Ronert
Jan 27, 2026
Building Future Heritage Brands: Fashion, Beauty, Jewellery and Spirits
Jun 03, 2025
The Brow Queen: In Conversation with Brow Aid Founder Kim O'Sullivan
Mar 25, 2025
Lia Cowan: A Fashion Brand Rooted in Romance and Ballet, as worn by Derry Girls' Nicola Coughlan
Mar 18, 2025
Building the Future of Irish Luxury Handbags with Silvana Landa
Mar 11, 2025
From Direct Provision to Miss Ireland: The Unstoppable Pamela Uba
Mar 07, 2025
Creating the Future of Fintech for Luxury Shopping Experiences with Prommt CEO Donal McGuinness
Mar 03, 2025
From British Vogue to the BBC and Beyond: Fashion, Media and AI with Anne-Marie Tomchak
Feb 28, 2025
Live from Abu Dhabi: How the Middle East Holds the Future for the Luxury Industry with Akash Mehta, Dr Vali, Jamie Ray & Magee
Feb 25, 2025
Fashion OG Lorraine Keane on the Xposé Days to Fashion Relief and Speaking Up About Menopause
Feb 03, 2025
Luxury Retail 2.0 - From AR Mirrors for D&G to NFC Beauty Stickers and AI Influencers with FFFACE.ME Founder Dmytro Kornilov
Jan 28, 2025
From Fashion Editor to Red Carpets and Live TV: Creating a Dream Career with Zeda the Architect 🎬
Jan 21, 2025
Live from Irish Design Week: The Art of Styling at Belvedere House
Dec 03, 2024
From the Glory Days of Topshop to Building Every Woman's Capsule Wardrobe with Sinead Keary
Oct 21, 2024
Live from Paris Fashion Week: Decoding the Luxury Industry Ecosystem in Ireland
Oct 14, 2024
Optimizing for Success in China with Digital Luxury Group
Oct 07, 2024
Oceanus: From Swimwear to Eveningwear with Founder & Designer Hannah Attallah
Sep 30, 2024
Dr Vali: The Pioneer of Luxury Biohacking
Sep 23, 2024
Content Creator Turned Tech Founder: Limitless Influencing with Lauren Arthurs
Aug 05, 2024
From Racing Teams to Chasing Dreams: Building A Lifestyle Food Brand with Nutbutter's Paddy Hogan
Jul 29, 2024
Where Fashion Meets Innovation: The Fashion Innovation Agency with Matthew Drinkwater
Jul 22, 2024
Why Rental is The Future of Fashion with Rachel Hennessy from Happy Days
Jul 15, 2024
Cryo-Powered Beauty Start-Up to Scale-Up with Seoulista Beauty Founder Una McGurk
Jul 08, 2024
Save Your Wardrobe - Save the Planet! with LVMH Innovation Award Winner Hasna Kourda
Jul 03, 2024
Manifesting the Goop Cruise with Gwyneth Paltrow and Attending the Venice Film Festival with Giorgio Armani: A Career of Dreams with Triona McCarthy
Jul 02, 2024
How To Build A Blockbuster Brand Online, From Fashion To Beauty & Beyond with Strike Digital
Jun 24, 2024
LVMH Innovation Award Winner Michel Tjoeng: Social to Commerce with ChatLabs
Jun 17, 2024
Building Ireland’s First BCorp Certified Fashion Brand & Climbing to New Heights in 2025 with Aoife McNamara
Jun 10, 2024
A Life of Fashion, Media & More with Brendan Courtney: From Off the Rails to Lennon Courtney
Jun 03, 2024
Live From Paris Fashion Week with Rachel Maguire: How Fashion Saved Her Life & Seeing Her Brand ‘Rashhiiid’ Being Worn By Doja Cat, Ariana Grande, Megan Fox, Rosalía and More
Mar 26, 2024
Smita Lasrado: Putting India on the Global Fashion Map & Modelling Around the World for IMG
Mar 19, 2024
LIVE from FuturePlus Paris: Fashion, Art & Culture on the Blockchain
Mar 15, 2024
The Changing Faces of Tech and Luxury Throughout 3 Seasons of Tech Powered Luxury
Feb 19, 2024
Celia B: Injecting Fun Into Fashion Through Colour & Character
Feb 12, 2024
Turning Data into Stories for the World's Leading Luxury Houses with Former Google Executive and NYU Adjunct Professor David Klingbeil
Jan 09, 2024
Rylé Tuvierra: How She Went From 12-Hour Shifts at 7/11 to Conquering Fashion Weeks Around the World
Jan 01, 2024
Raising $2.5MM for Luxury and Tech's Next Web3 Frontier with Former Meta Executive Pietro Novelli
Dec 28, 2023
Creating the Ultimate Fantasy Fashion House Worn By Lady Gaga, Beyonce, Madonna and Kyle Minogue with Sorcha O’Raghallaigh
Dec 19, 2023
Building Fashion's Favourite Party Wear Brand, Cultnaked, with the Unstoppable Ukrainian Entrepreneur Mary Furtas
Dec 12, 2023
Shana Chu: Raising €700K to Tackle Fashion's Biggest Issue - Sizing Inconsistency - with CEO of Tech Platform "Tailr"
Dec 07, 2023
Bijan Ghorbani: Storytelling Expert Who Trained 9,000 Googlers and Tech Executives Across the Globe
Nov 27, 2023
Lauren Ingram: Former #SheMeansBusiness Lead at Meta and Founder of Women of Web3
Nov 20, 2023
Heat: The Luxury Mystery Box Backed by LVMH Luxury Ventures - Making Deadstock Desirable with co-Founders Mario Maher and Joe Wilkinson
Nov 13, 2023
Michaela O'Shaughnessy: Making it in Manhattan, from MTV to the Met Gala, Teen Vogue and Instagram
Nov 06, 2023
From Paris Fashion Week to Everest Base Camp with Ashley McDonnell
Oct 29, 2023
IrelandsEye: Where Knitwear and Haute Technology Collide
Oct 23, 2023
Pavan Beauty: Opening the World's First Luxury Henna Bar at Selfridge's London
Oct 16, 2023
Laurent Piffaut: A Luxury Veteran, from Chanel and Dior to McQueen and Prada - How can Dweet Match Talent with Opportunity?
Oct 09, 2023
Carlota Rodben: Former Prima Ballerina, Open Innovation Manager at Chanel and Publishing Two Books Before 30
Oct 02, 2023
Niamh O'Donoghue: Trailblazing from British Vogue to Victoria Beckham and Beyond
Sep 25, 2023
Paboy Bojang: Surviving the World’s Deadliest Migration Route & Creating In Casa by Paboy
Sep 18, 2023
Shannon McLinden: Rescuing Complexions & Animals in Need with FarmHouse Fresh
Sep 11, 2023
Nikita Mehta: Cultivating Power and Purpose in Haircare
Sep 04, 2023
Ashley McDonnell: Lessons Learned from Tech Powered Luxury
Aug 28, 2023
Paul Sheeran Jewellers: 33 Years of Developing the Fine Diamonds, Jewellery and Luxury Watches Industry in Ireland
May 22, 2023
Crafting Business Through Makeup and Creativity: Aideen Kate
May 15, 2023
Haneen Al Saify: Taking the Lead in Modest Luxury Fashion, Social Media in the Middle East and Female Entrepreneurship
May 08, 2023
Brewing Beauty From Science: Seoulista Beauty by Una McGurk
May 01, 2023
Thuy-Anh Nguyen: The Luxury Marketing Maestro
Apr 27, 2023
Footprint of Fun, Individuality and Unapologetic Success: Nicki Hoyne
Apr 24, 2023
Julie Bogaert: The Intersection of Talent and Technology on Snap
Apr 19, 2023
Talia Zoref: A Symphony of Art and Fashion
Apr 10, 2023
Matthew Drinkwater: Redefining Fashion Through Digital Disruption
Apr 03, 2023
BONUS EPISODE! Anatomy of Culture in Web3 With Massimo Moretti
Mar 29, 2023
Fashioning The Metaverse With Tangpoko
Mar 27, 2023
Cameron James Wilson: Unfolding Virtual Identities & Reprising The Role of Beauty With AI
Mar 20, 2023
Gra Chocolates: A Sweet Taste of Luxury & Nuanced Exclusivity
Mar 13, 2023
Patti Brown: Enabling Business With Education
Mar 06, 2023
Jessica Chapplow: Mastering The Art of AR, Advertising and Technology
Feb 27, 2023
A Testament to Luxury, Fashion & Knowledge: Danilo Venturi
Feb 20, 2023
Careers in Luxury : A Masterclass with Sophie Djordjevic, from Education and Internships to CVs and Landing that Dream Role
Feb 13, 2023
Reclaiming Indian Roots in The Changing Face of Luxury: Shloka Narang
Feb 06, 2023
Allegory of Fashion, Nature and Ireland: Aoife McNamara
Jan 31, 2023
Behind Akash’s Bonafide Beauty Empire: Fable & Mane
Jan 23, 2023
Ryle Tuvierra: Defining Diversity and Driving Dreams
Jan 16, 2023
Snapchat: The Unfiltered Antidote to Luxury by Geoffrey Perez
Jan 09, 2023
Inside The Media Marketing Engine With Francis Mac Dermot
Jan 02, 2023
Maggie Frerejean-Taittinger: Reinventing French Bubbly
Dec 26, 2022
Kim Leitzes: Creating a KOL Empire in China
Dec 19, 2022
Oliver Moingeon: Designing a Digital Universe
Dec 13, 2022
The Future of Fine Jewellery: How Chupi is Elevating the Online Luxury Experience
Dec 05, 2022
Ashley Dudarenok's Language of Luxury in China
Nov 28, 2022
The Dawn of Irish Beauty by Seabody's Helena McMahon
Nov 21, 2022
Through The Lens of Luxury With Jonathan Siboni
Nov 14, 2022
The Marta Sierra Phenomenon
Nov 07, 2022
Auroboros: Ateliers of The Meta Closet
Oct 31, 2022
Welcome to Tech Powered Luxury
Oct 24, 2022