Leanne Elliott Young is the CEO & Co-Founder (she/her) of Institute of Digital Fashion (IoDF).
IoDF has 7 industry worlds firsts in metaverse activations and concepts and is the global leader.

Leanne Elliott Young the ‘Metaverse mama’ is noted globally as the lead innovator and commentator on the topics of metaverse, digital fashion innovation, inclusivity in tech, web3 sustainability and NFTs.

Building business cases and creative concepts for the future; an inclusive, diverse, decentralised and sustainable one.

Young is C-suite executive, female founder and academic, that works within strategic creative and bus dev innovation for IRL x URL digital fashion creations and metaverse centric showcases.

The industry lead co-founded IoDF as ‘ an emblem for change’ namely due to frustrations with the industry; the patriarchal structures in tech, the lack of diversity, the failures in innovation, the insipid activations in the fash-tech space, fashion weeks inaccessibility, the questionable sustainable practices and how there is a need to demystify digital craft an artisan.

Young sits as a global leader, key note speaker, and commentator delivering insights and statistics in metaverse futures.

As seen on global platforms such as vogue business, Forbes, vogue, BOF, Jing daily, Face, Dazed, Office nyc, New Scientist and the guardian; As a commentator and writer.

Speaking at a government level for uk trade on the metaverse and web3’s economic potential.

As an educator at Ual, CSM, LCF, Parsons, Harvard, institute Marangoni and Cambridge.

Managed general project budgets over 2.3M. Project managed teams of 20+. Owning, negotiating and writing talent and partnership contracts and handling global territory deliverables.

Spending over 15 years creating strategic concepts for future facing living, fusing the established IRL with progressive URL, youth-centric points. Since graduating has held prestigious contracts with Nike; Global entertainment team on experiential marketing to Selfridges luxury store building retail innovation.

Clients include: meta, Condé Nast, Vogue Italia, Calvin Klein, PVH, Tommy Hilfiger, Farfetch, tomorrow group, Prada, Gucci, BAlenciaga, Richard Quinn, Adidas, Nike, Kenzo, H&M, Auroboros, Decentraland, Clo3d, Daz3d, Snap, Rolls Royce, Lexus, Absolute, Pernod Ricard, British Council, Frieze Art Fair, soho house group, The Selfridges Group, Barbican, The V&A Museum, British Fashion Council.

Clients include: meta, Condé Nast, Vogue Italia, Calvin Klein, PVH, Tommy Hilfiger, Farfetch, tomorrow group, Prada, Gucci, BAlenciaga, Richard Quinn, Adidas, Nike, Kenzo, H&M, Auroboros, Decentraland, Clo3d, Daz3d, Snap, Rolls Royce, Lexus, Absolute, Pernod Ricard, British Council, Frieze Art Fair, soho house group, The Selfridges Group, Barbican, The V&A Museum, British Fashion Council.