The Met Gala of Fashion Tech returns for Season III! Runway in the Cloud, is a premier refined technical soirée blending innovation and style, this annual experience brings the brilliance and creativity shaping the future of technology and fashion. Attendees will journey through a self-guided evening of exploration with emerging fashion technology, an industry panel exchange, and brand activation.
The evening wouldn’t be complete without our signature innovation gallery of fashion tech designs from our hackathon finalists. This event showcases the intersectionality of fashion and technology while supporting The Next IT Girl’s mission to increase access to technology opportunities and multidisciplinary tech careers that blend creativity, social impact, and innovation.
We’re bringing the ecosystem together for an unforgettable night of exemplary fashion technology. Join 80+ of Atlanta and surrounding areas leading technologists, executives, designers, fashion technologists, community leaders, entrepreneurs, and more!
This year’s innovation theme, ‘AI in Fashion’ showcases how emerging technology can transform the way we design, create, experience, and use fashion to address real-world challenges. Highlighting how AI is transforming both the design and user experience process in fashion from rendering garments to streamlining design, and more.


























* Fashion-Tech Immersion
* Fashion-Tech Exchange
* Fashion-Tech Innovation Gallery
* Bites and Beverages
*Curated Gift Bags

FOUNDER, THE NEXT IT GIRL
The Met Gala of Fashion Tech! Runway in the Cloud, is a premier refined technical soirée blending innovation and style, this annual experience brings the brilliance and creativity shaping the future of technology and fashion.
Executives, Technologists, Fashion Technologists, Fashion Designers, Community Leaders, Educators, Founders, and Entrepreneurs.
Fashion-Tech Immersion, Fashion-Tech Exchange, Fashion-Tech Innovation Gallery, Brand Activation, Bites and Beverages, and Gift bag
Holiday Cocktail: Stylish, Festive
Yes, parking options include free and metered street parking and monitored parking lots. *Rideshare is HIGHLY encouraged and suggested*
Runway in the Cloud is benefiting the innovative technology education programs at The Next IT Girl. Your support is funding and enhancing program quality and development opportunities. The Next IT Girl is providing students with unique digital programs, career readiness opportunities, exposure to industry trends, and access to like-minded peers and professionals in the technology field.
The Next IT Girl is a technology education company introducing young women experiencing limited access to technology opportunities to multidisciplinary tech careers that blend creativity, social impact, and innovation—across fields like fashion tech, sports tech, and data science. We equip them with the skills, exposure, and confidence to pursue and excel in these fields.