# The Digital Runway庐 Futureproof your brand and career at the intersection of Beauty, Fashion Tech & AI with marketing strategy, cultural analysis, trend forecasts, and business insights that bridge creativity, commerce, and innovation. Page: Feed: --- ## [OpenAI's Influencer Trip, Vogue World San Francisco and a $300 AI Donut](https://thedigitalrunway.substack.com/p/openais-influencer-trip-vogue-world) _2026-08-11 路 Janey Park_ OpenAI's Summer Camp influencer trip sparked backlash over optics, water use and layoffs. Why every AI company has a different brand position, and who creators work with next. ## [Friend's AI Necklace 2.0 Costs $249. It's Still an AirTag on a Lanyard.](https://thedigitalrunway.substack.com/p/friends-ai-friend-ai-necklace-fashion-tech-case-study) _2026-08-02 路 Janey Park_ 馃 Fashion Tech Case Study / Friend AI Necklace spent $1.8M on a domain and made \< $400K. Design, ads, sales, and why taste is the white space in wearable tech. ## [Google and Samsung Have the Tech. Gentle Monster Has the Taste. Warby Parker Has Distribution.](https://thedigitalrunway.substack.com/p/google-android-xr-glasses-gentle-monster-warby-parker) _2026-07-27 路 Janey Park_ Runway Report / Google and Samsung showed 4 Android XR AI glasses frames with Gentle Monster and Warby Parker. What's still missing, and the 3 plays I'd run. ## [Is OpenAI's merch actually fashion?](https://thedigitalrunway.substack.com/p/chatgpt-basketball-openai-merch) _2026-07-21 路 Janey Park_ 馃 Fashion Tech Case Study / OpenAI dropped ChatGPT basketballs. 3 strategic moves that would have made this tech merch drop a fashion collection ## [Phoebe Gates, Phia, and the Price of Proximity](https://thedigitalrunway.substack.com/p/what-the-phia-scandal-reveals) _2026-07-12 路 Janey Park_ 馃 Fashion Tech Case Study / Cookie stuffing made the headline. The real story is proximity, and a funding culture that rewards almost everything except building a business that makes money. ## [Q2 Fashion Tech Recap: AI Glasses Went Luxury, Money Bought Taste](https://thedigitalrunway.substack.com/p/q2-2026-fashion-tech-recap-ai-glasses-nfc-nails) _2026-07-07 路 Janey Park_ 馃搳 Trend Forecast / Q2's 3 trends that ran, 3 posts worth rereading, and 3 calls for Q3 ## [Is Meta Building a Maison for AI Glasses?](https://thedigitalrunway.substack.com/p/meta-glasses-kylie-jenner) _2026-06-30 路 Janey Park_ 馃 Fashion Tech Case Study / Meta dropped Ray-Ban, added a Kylie Jenner edition, went private label across 26 AI glasses. Wearable Fashion Tech scorecard, ranked. ## [The Wearable Fashion Tech鈩笍 Guide to Networking](https://thedigitalrunway.substack.com/p/nfc-chip-nails-networking-guide) _2026-06-24 路 Janey Park_ 馃搵 The Playbook / How I turned one NFC Chip Nail into a networking tool. The NFC chip nail networking guide: NFC chip, setup, and my 10 networking rules. ## [Are Fashion Girls Shopping at Best Buy?](https://thedigitalrunway.substack.com/p/best-buy-wearables-fashion-tech-playbook) _2026-06-16 路 Janey Park_ Meta, Nothing, and Google are all at Best Buy. Why Best Buy is the channel, fashion is the strategy, and wearable tech launches need both. ## [Earn crypto from idle GPUs (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/VcXl4ObyxFkU) _2026-06-16 路 **Sponsored**_ Run one CLI command, connect your GPU, and start receiving crypto payouts. ## [Meta's Building an AI Necklace. But Is It Built for the Girls?](https://thedigitalrunway.substack.com/p/meta-ai-pendant-wearable-fashion-tech) _2026-06-09 路 Janey Park_ 馃摪 Runway Report / Meta's building an AI necklace on Limitless. Why wearables are won with fashion, the Prada move, plus Oura Ring 5 and 3 shifts.