Leanne Elliott Young
- CEO & Co-Founder
- United Kingdom
Leanne Elliott Young is the CEO & Co-Founder of Institute of Digital Fashion.
IoDF are global leaders, with 6 world's firsts in transformative digital activations.
IoDF was co-founded as ‘an emblem for change’ to use technology as a democratic tool for change, creating the culture of today for the community of tomorrow.
With the purpose of building a platform advocating for people and the planet, driving equity share options and pivoting the ownership model to support the creators economy.
In 2023, Leanne was voted ‘No1 Women in Web3 Europe’.
Accolades:
-Vogue Business: 100 Innovators list:Web3
-Vogue Poland: Global Vogue leader
-Vogue Greece: Industry Change maker
-The Futures Lab Top100 innovators
-Global Top100 Women of the Future in Emerging Tech
-Vogue Singapore Top 100 Web3 talent
-Vogue Singapore: TaFF Innovation Prize judge and Innovation Lead
-Board member: AUCart, Soho House, Young Women's Trust, Her Stories.
-Metaverse Council member
Young is a C-suite executive, female founder & thought leader recognised for tackling tech's patriarchal structures, lacking diversity, sustainable innovation, the insipid activations in the fash-tech space.
For 15+ years, Leanne has created strategic future-facing concepts fusing the IRLxURL, youth-centric points. Young's bespoke agency held prestigious client contracts for 10+ years, at Nike’s converted rm72 within Global Entertainment, spearheading experiential labs and campaigns across many territories. She introduced retail innovation strategies within Selfridges group.
The ‘Metaverse mama’ is noted as lead innovator, commentator and keynote speaker on: web3, community empowerment, web3 business cases and sustainability, digital fashion innovation, inclusivity in tech, and NFTs. Young advises at government level for UK trade on Web3’s economic potential.
Keynotes and Panels: Davos,Snap Global summit, ‘Fashion in the Age of Climate Change’ (CUSU), Vogue Business technology forum, Citi Digital Money Symposium, Women’s Empowerment Council, Next in Vogue, Copenhagen Global Fashion Summit, Vogue Greece Changemakers Conference, Women in Tech.
Clients: Meta, Snap inc, Calvin Klein, PVH, Tommy Hilfiger, Tomorrow group, Prada, Balenciaga, Richard Quinn, Adidas, Nike, Selfridges, Browns, Farfetch, CLO, Daz3d, Absolut, Pernod Ricard, BFC, Soho House Group, M&C Saatchi, Barbican, V&A Museum, Vice, Dazed, i-D.
Commentator: Vogue Business, Forbes, Vogue, BOF, Jing Daily, Face, Dazed, Office NYC, New Scientist and The Guardian.
Academic: UAL, CSM, LCF, Parsons, Harvard, Istituto Marangoni and Cambridge University
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