Enter the Metaverse: Dressing Our Avatars | Genies, Ready Player Me, UNXD | MVFW 2022 Panel Series

The first full panel of Metaverse Fashion Week 2022 asks how we dress our avatars and why it matters. David Cash hosts Giovanna Casimiro of Decentraland, Shashi Menon of UNXD, Timmu Tõke of Ready Player Me, Allison Sturges of Genies, and Steven Leaton of Boson Protocol, recorded in Decentraland in March 2022. They cover fashion as identity, avatars that travel between worlds, luxury on the runway, and buying physical goods inside a virtual one. Chapters 00:00 Welcome and panel introductions 01:57 Allison Sturges on Genies 03:37 Steven Leaton on Boson Protocol 04:40 Timmu Tõke on portable avatars 06:50 Shashi Menon on UNXD and fashion as identity 09:06 Giovanna Casimiro on community and the week ahead 13:36 Luxury brands on the MVFW runways 16:53 The Fashion District and physical goods as NFTs 19:42 The Cash Labs Gallery and other activations 21:56 Runway design, pop-ups, and community spaces 26:25 Interoperable avatars and the open metaverse 32:34 Closing thoughts from the panel Key topics • Fashion as a primary way to express identity in virtual worlds • Portable, interoperable avatars that move between many worlds • Creator tools for avatar fashion at Genies • Luxury houses on the first MVFW runways, including Dolce & Gabbana and Etro • Boson Protocol's Fashion District and buying physical goods as NFTs • The Cash Labs Gallery, SHOWstudio's fashion film festival, and community districts • The detail work behind digital couture at UNXD • Wearables that unlock functions inside virtual worlds Speakers • Giovanna Casimiro, Head of Events, Decentraland • Shashi Menon, CEO of UNXD; CEO and publisher, Wired Middle East and Vogue Arabia • Timmu Tõke, CEO, Ready Player Me • Allison Sturges, Head of Strategic Partnerships, Genies • Steven Leaton, Head of Experiences and Environments, Boson Protocol • David Cash, curator of MVFW (host) In their words "we really see fashion as the first killer use case in the metaverse" (Shashi Menon) "It makes sense to have a portable avatar that travels with you across the metaverse." (Timmu Tõke) How to cite APA: Cash, D. (2022). Enter the Metaverse: Dressing Our Avatars | Genies, Ready Player Me, UNXD | MVFW 2022 Panel Series [Video]. YouTube.    • Enter the Metaverse: Dressing Our Avatars ...   Chicago: Cash, David. "Enter the Metaverse: Dressing Our Avatars | Genies, Ready Player Me, UNXD | MVFW 2022 Panel Series." Recorded March 2022. YouTube video, 44:17.    • Enter the Metaverse: Dressing Our Avatars ...  . About the series The MVFW 2022 Panel Series is a set of ten conversations recorded for the first Metaverse Fashion Week, held in Decentraland in March 2022. David Cash curated and hosted the series, produced by his studio, Cash Labs. Designers, artists, technologists, editors, and founders joined him on the main stage to talk about digital fashion, identity, commerce, and craft. The full series is archived on David Cash's YouTube channel. Recording details Recorded: March 2022 Format: Panel and talk series recorded in Decentraland for Metaverse Fashion Week 2022 Length: 44:17 · Language: English Curated and hosted by David Cash, produced by Cash Labs About this record Presented with framing, speaker name tags, and captions added in 2026. Captions were machine-transcribed and reviewed by hand, with names checked against speaker introductions. Speaker roles are as of the recording date and may have changed since. Shared for educational, research, and archival purposes. For corrections, name spellings, or removal requests: david@cashlabs.io Links Cash Labs: https://cashlabs.io Instagram:   / davidcash888   LinkedIn:   / davidcash888   #MetaverseFashionWeek #MVFW #DigitalFashion #Decentraland #DavidCash #CashLabs