Tech Powered Luxury

Welcome to Season 6 of Tech Powered Luxury, brought to you with Azure Communications! You can visit them at ⁠www.azurecomm.ie⁠.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.

Recent Episodes
  • Building Future Heritage Brands: Fashion, Beauty, Jewellery and Spirits
    Jun 3, 2025 – 00:44:26
  • The Brow Queen: In Conversation with Brow Aid Founder Kim O'Sullivan
    Mar 25, 2025 – 00:46:51
  • Lia Cowan: A Fashion Brand Rooted in Romance and Ballet, as worn by Derry Girls' Nicola Coughlan
    Mar 18, 2025 – 00:45:47
  • Building the Future of Irish Luxury Handbags with Silvana Landa
    Mar 11, 2025 – 00:47:33
  • From Direct Provision to Miss Ireland: The Unstoppable Pamela Uba
    Mar 7, 2025 – 00:41:44
  • Creating the Future of Fintech for Luxury Shopping Experiences with Prommt CEO Donal McGuinness
    Mar 3, 2025 – 00:40:13
  • From British Vogue to the BBC and Beyond: Fashion, Media and AI with Anne-Marie Tomchak
    Feb 28, 2025 – 00:42:17
  • 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 – 00:47:28
  • Fashion OG Lorraine Keane on the Xposé Days to Fashion Relief and Speaking Up About Menopause
    Feb 3, 2025 – 00:48:05
  • 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 – 00:56:15
  • From Fashion Editor to Red Carpets and Live TV: Creating a Dream Career with Zeda the Architect 🎬
    Jan 21, 2025 – 00:34:04
  • Live from Irish Design Week: The Art of Styling at Belvedere House
    Dec 3, 2024 – 00:44:51
  • From the Glory Days of Topshop to Building Every Woman's Capsule Wardrobe with Sinead Keary
    Oct 21, 2024 – 00:41:51
  • Live from Paris Fashion Week: Decoding the Luxury Industry Ecosystem in Ireland
    Oct 14, 2024 – 00:33:12
  • Optimizing for Success in China with Digital Luxury Group
    Oct 7, 2024 – 01:01:35
  • Oceanus: From Swimwear to Eveningwear with Founder & Designer Hannah Attallah
    Sep 30, 2024 – 00:48:56
  • Dr Vali: The Pioneer of Luxury Biohacking
    Sep 23, 2024 – 00:52:48
  • Content Creator Turned Tech Founder: Limitless Influencing with Lauren Arthurs
    Aug 5, 2024 – 00:48:53
  • From Racing Teams to Chasing Dreams: Building A Lifestyle Food Brand with Nutbutter's Paddy Hogan
    Jul 29, 2024 – 00:46:24
  • Where Fashion Meets Innovation: The Fashion Innovation Agency with Matthew Drinkwater
    Jul 22, 2024 – 00:43:34
  • Why Rental is The Future of Fashion with Rachel Hennessy from Happy Days
    Jul 15, 2024 – 00:49:12
  • Cryo-Powered Beauty Start-Up to Scale-Up with Seoulista Beauty Founder Una McGurk
    Jul 8, 2024 – 00:49:57
  • Save Your Wardrobe - Save the Planet! with LVMH Innovation Award Winner Hasna Kourda
    Jul 3, 2024 – 00:48:19
  • Manifesting the Goop Cruise with Gwyneth Paltrow and Attending the Venice Film Festival with Giorgio Armani: A Career of Dreams with Triona McCarthy
    Jul 2, 2024 – 01:13:44
  • How To Build A Blockbuster Brand Online, From Fashion To Beauty & Beyond with Strike Digital
    Jun 24, 2024 – 01:09:55
  • LVMH Innovation Award Winner Michel Tjoeng: Social to Commerce with ChatLabs
    Jun 17, 2024 – 00:53:23
  • Building Ireland’s First BCorp Certified Fashion Brand & Climbing to New Heights in 2025 with Aoife McNamara
    Jun 10, 2024 – 00:50:09
  • A Life of Fashion, Media & More with Brendan Courtney: From Off the Rails to Lennon Courtney
    Jun 3, 2024 – 00:48:49
  • 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 – 00:23:41
  • Smita Lasrado: Putting India on the Global Fashion Map & Modelling Around the World for IMG
    Mar 19, 2024 – 00:19:56
  • LIVE from FuturePlus Paris: Fashion, Art & Culture on the Blockchain
    Mar 15, 2024 – 00:46:09
  • The Changing Faces of Tech and Luxury Throughout 3 Seasons of Tech Powered Luxury
    Feb 19, 2024 – 00:09:26
  • Celia B: Injecting Fun Into Fashion Through Colour & Character
    Feb 12, 2024 – 00:49:31
  • Turning Data into Stories for the World's Leading Luxury Houses with Former Google Executive and NYU Adjunct Professor David Klingbeil
    Jan 9, 2024 – 00:58:39
  • Rylé Tuvierra: How She Went From 12-Hour Shifts at 7/11 to Conquering Fashion Weeks Around the World
    Jan 1, 2024 – 00:56:32
  • Raising $2.5MM for Luxury and Tech's Next Web3 Frontier with Former Meta Executive Pietro Novelli
    Dec 28, 2023 – 00:57:16
  • Creating the Ultimate Fantasy Fashion House Worn By Lady Gaga, Beyonce, Madonna and Kyle Minogue with Sorcha O’Raghallaigh
    Dec 19, 2023 – 00:52:23
  • Building Fashion's Favourite Party Wear Brand, Cultnaked, with the Unstoppable Ukrainian Entrepreneur Mary Furtas
    Dec 12, 2023 – 00:58:21
  • Shana Chu: Raising €700K to Tackle Fashion's Biggest Issue - Sizing Inconsistency - with CEO of Tech Platform "Tailr"
    Dec 7, 2023 – 00:44:44
  • Bijan Ghorbani: Storytelling Expert Who Trained 9,000 Googlers and Tech Executives Across the Globe
    Nov 27, 2023 – 01:03:57
  • Lauren Ingram: Former #SheMeansBusiness Lead at Meta and Founder of Women of Web3
    Nov 20, 2023 – 00:50:19
  • Heat: The Luxury Mystery Box Backed by LVMH Luxury Ventures - Making Deadstock Desirable with co-Founders Mario Maher and Joe Wilkinson
    Nov 13, 2023 – 00:57:06
  • Michaela O'Shaughnessy: Making it in Manhattan, from MTV to the Met Gala, Teen Vogue and Instagram
    Nov 6, 2023 – 00:53:06
  • From Paris Fashion Week to Everest Base Camp with Ashley McDonnell
    Oct 29, 2023 – 00:47:08
  • IrelandsEye: Where Knitwear and Haute Technology Collide
    Oct 23, 2023 – 00:45:41
  • Pavan Beauty: Opening the World's First Luxury Henna Bar at Selfridge's London
    Oct 16, 2023 – 00:48:34
  • Laurent Piffaut: A Luxury Veteran, from Chanel and Dior to McQueen and Prada - How can Dweet Match Talent with Opportunity?
    Oct 9, 2023 – 00:58:18
  • Carlota Rodben: Former Prima Ballerina, Open Innovation Manager at Chanel and Publishing Two Books Before 30
    Oct 2, 2023 – 00:49:00
  • Niamh O'Donoghue: Trailblazing from British Vogue to Victoria Beckham and Beyond
    Sep 25, 2023 – 01:00:48
  • Paboy Bojang: Surviving the World’s Deadliest Migration Route & Creating In Casa by Paboy
    Sep 18, 2023 – 00:53:43
Recent Reviews
  • sanaalovee
    Great show!
    Highly recommend!
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