Ellie.Talks Podcast
Your insight in the world of textiles & fashion
Get an instant boost of inspiration and fresh perspectives on a variety of topics related to sustainability, digitalization, and collaboration in the textiles and fashion industry.

EP19: Maurits Vandeputte, Valvan, Innovation, the fuel for your organization’s future
Innovation / To Innovate. We all know the word “innovation”, but how many of us really know how to “innovate”? How do you put the

EP18: Jo Van Landeghem, Creamoda, the EPR unravelled, what you can already do today.
EPR, Extended Producer Responsibility, also known as UPV in Dutch or REP in French, is probably one of the buzzwords of the past months. But

EP17: Karla Basselier, The power of the young people, sustainability, and female leadership.
For this first podcast episode of the year, we welcome the new leading lady for the Belgian textile industry in the studio. After more than

EP16: Fa Quix, Fedustria, The value of sustainability in times of a crisis
The reality today is that times are tough and many companies in our industry are struggling to cope with extreme cost increases, with many being forced to temporarily suspend production. But there are opportunities that can be seized in terms of sustainability.

EP5: Rosanne van der Meer, N.I.O., Fashion on Demand
For this Ellie.Talks’s episode, we’ve invited Rosanne van der Meer, from New Industrial Order – N.I.O., to talk about Fashion on Demand.
Rosanne is the founder of New Industrial Order, a laboratory for fashion on demand, with the mission to create a circular system for order-made fashion.
During her Talk, Rosanne inspires you with the story of the New Industrial Order, and their vision for the future of the industry, which will be fully personalised, sustainable, and local: fashion on demand in local ecosystems for 3D Knitting.

EP4: Philippe Colignon, Centexbel, Recycling of textile waste streams, the Retex project
For this Ellie.Talks episode, we invited Philippe Colignon, from Centexbel, to talk about Retex, an ambitious partnership for circular economy in the textiles industry in the EU region. The aim of RETEX was to Rethink, Redesign, Reuse, and Reduce textile waste and Stimulate Innovation.

EP3: Jesse Dolstra, RemoKey, Understanding traceability in the textiles & fashion industry
During this interactive session, Jesse Dolstra, from RemoKey, talks about the concept and importance of transparency in the Textiles and Fashion industry.