In a Nutshell

Geraldine is a multidisciplinary futurist working at the intersection of emergent innovation across sectors, behavioural and societal shifts, futures thinking, culture, design and systems change.

Awards + Affiliations

  • Geraldine is a Fellow of the Royal Society of the Arts. The RSA Fellowship is a unique global network of change-makers enabling people, places and the planet to flourish in harmony.

  • Geraldine is a member of the United Nations Conscious Fashion + Lifestyle network, committed to the Sustainable Development Goals 4, 12 and 13

  • Geraldine was awarded the Inspirational Speaker Award by the London College of Fashion, part of the University of the Arts

Geraldine has been interviewed and featured in

“Every time we have worked with Geraldine, she has genuinely blown every member of the team away (as well as our clients) with her unique, fresh thinking and cultural references which unfailingly expand our horizons and awareness.”

THE PINEAPPLE LOUNGE - Gemma Martinez, Project Director

Radio, Podcast YouTube and Television interviews

Book features

  • Marketing fashion by Harriet Posner

  • Menswear Trends by Aki Choklat

  • How to Research Trends by Els Dragt

Full Feature Interviews

Contributing writer

  • DAZED BEAUTY is where Geraldine profiles future beauty tribes and questions the boundaries of being human as a contributor since 2018.

Quoted Thought Leadership

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Personal Story

I grew up in Paris and am bi-cultural / bilingual French American. Going to movies from the time I was a toddler shaped my futures narratives approach. My father is an experimental film maker and my mother a teacher and entrepreneur.

My first love was fashion design and streetwear. I moved to New York in late 1999, equipped with my design portfolio and 400 dollars. There I joined cult streetwear brand Triple 5 Soul.

For over a decade, I helped global fashion brands create best-selling collections in streetwear, lifestyle and denim sectors in New York and Los Angeles.

Then, in 2010, I started to question everything.

So, I decided to walk away from my high-paying executive designer job and moved to London without anything lined up.

I felt disillusioned as a fashion designer churning out hundreds of designs a year and how wasteful this was.

In 2011 I joined the world's largest fashion trend agency, anticipating a shift towards creativity and purpose. But it was the same incessant chase for the next fashion trends. 

Believing in the potential of future fashion forecasting to contribute positively to society and the planet, I established my own futurist practice in 2013. 

I hosted my first sold-out macro trend seminars at the British Library in 2013 on topics ranging from biomaterials to virtual worlds. People back then were dubious about sustainability and thought it was a passing trend but I explained this was here to stay and would someday be enforced by legislation.

This started me on the path to equip people and organisations to be ahead of the curve, not just follow current trends.

My passions besides my work: Reading fiction at night, dancing, sparking conversation, bright graphic and textile design, tiny space and home design, listening to bird songs and (not ambitious) the future of humanity.

My genius zone: The ability to articulate novel ideas clearly and compellingly, inspire people, listen and focus.

My mission: To support visionary thinking and action serving the greater good of the people and planet.

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