About Us
FashionTech is a global community hub for innovators and information seekers at the intersection of fashion and technology.
We connect innovators and professionals through various channels and programming while delivering leading industry insights.
We provide immersive and engaging programming through webinars, speaker series, professional networking opportunities, white papers, case studies and ongoing industry analysis.
Our focus is on connecting the emerging fashion technology industries in Toronto, London and New York.
Our Story
FashionTech was founded in 2018 as a Toronto-based industry event series and community platform for professionals in the fashion, retail and technology sector. Since then, FashionTech has grown into a national organization that provides news, analysis and professional networking opportunities for Canada’s growing fashion technology industry.
The goal of FashionTech is to deliver industry news, education, and events that analyze the impact and future outlook of technology on North America’s fashion, retail, and beauty industries.
Ashley Barby, Founder
With over a decade of experience across fashion, retail, and tech, Ashley's work has exposed her to new and emerging fashion and technology markets. From innovating with luxury retailers in Canada, to launching industry disruptive retail technologies in the United States, to establishing fashion innovation partnerships in the UK.
Ashley sits on the both the City of Toronto’s Fashion Industry Advisory panel and on the advisory board for Humber College’s fashion management program. She is also a long-time business and entrepreneurship mentor with Futurpreneur Canada. Previously, Ashley was the founder and CEO of luxury consignment ecommerce company ShopLux, and held a series of leadership roles with luxury retailer Holt Renfrew.