Fashion × AI: When Style Meets Algorithm

Photo by Jenny Kay Pollock

What happens when fashion, health, and technology share the same runway?

On October 10, that question came to life at Fashion × Tech: Fashion, Consumer, and Creator, a highlight of SF Tech Week 2025.

Hosted in San Francisco and co-organized by WOMEN x AI, the evening gathered nearly 300 guests for a celebration of creativity, entrepreneurship, and innovation at the intersection of AI and consumer culture.

The Scene

SF Tech Week Photo by Jenny Kay Pollock

The event opened with an intimate networking session as designers, founders, and investors filled the room with an energy equal parts elegance and experimentation.

AI x Fashion Panel Photo by Reut Lazo

The agenda flowed from a panel discussion on how AI is transforming the creator economy to a startup showcase featuring women founders who are reimagining what it means to design for real lives, not algorithms. Among the evening’s featured guests were Maria Lence, Founder of For Women’s Health, and Dhivya Vijayakumar, Founder of Velvee, who both demoed products that are AI powered to help the end user.

WOMEN x AI (WxAI) co-founders Jenny Kay Pollock and Reut Lazo, along with WxAI community members Jasmeen Bal, Robyn White, Annie Deihl and Ruby Vitatoe on the importance of visibility and community in innovation. Reut and Jenny supported the event and captured these insights from the front lines of AI innovation and inclusion.

The Conversations

The panel of women leaders spanned founders, investors, and creators. They explored how AI is unlocking new opportunities across fashion and consumer ecosystems while challenging long-held assumptions about creativity, authenticity, and ownership.

1. AI as a design partner. AI tools are helping creators prototype faster, test new aesthetics, and personalize experiences for every customer. The message: machine learning can extend human imagination, not replace it.

2. Consumer empowerment. From fit prediction to ethical sourcing, technology is giving consumers more control and transparency in their choices.

3. The new creator economy. AI is reshaping how creators monetize their work. Data, content, and design are merging into new business models where creative voices hold the power.

4. Health and fashion are converging. Innovations from For Women’s Health and Velvee showed that fashion can be functional, personal, and transformative.

Why It Stood Out

Unlike traditional panels, Fashion × Tech felt like a community gathering. Every conversation circled back to one idea: the future of AI is collaborative. Designers need technologists. Founders need storytellers. And women are redefining both.

What’s Next

The showcase captured what made SF Tech Week special—people from different industries building a shared vision for what technology can do when guided by creativity and care.

WOMEN x AI is enjoyed seeing the excitement around AI and to support founders from our WxAI community Maria Lence (For Women’s Health) and Dhivya Vijayakumar (Velvee), both reimagining how AI can be built into products to help women. They are turning bold ideas into real-world impact. For the bigger picture, read our SF Tech Week 2025 Recap or Top Takeaways from Boston AI Week from Moha Shaw. Or dive deep to see how AI is transforming another tradition-bound field in our coverage of the Aparti.AI Salon: The Future of Law Meets AI.

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