TRENDING:Technology in fashion

In our world today, there is a big bond between fashion and technology. Fashion has adopted technology in every area, such as robots that cuts and sews, the use of artificial intelligence (AI) to predict style trends, design, printing, marketing and so on. Technology has strengthened and encouraged the advancement of talents and aspirations in the fashion industry.

With technology, one can access virtual dressing rooms, purchase and wear temperature changing fabrics and so on.

Design

Technology has provided rooms for designs that were unimaginable before now to be brought to live. Fashion designers are using technology to add functions and interactions between the garments and the environments.

With technology in fashion, 3D files are saved, pulled up and within seconds, changes are made to patterns, sizes and the complete design.

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3D Printing

The use of technology has made it possible to add layers of materials to create a 3d pattern which is later transferred unto the fabric through printing. 3D printing can be used in vast areas of the fashion industry such as on garments, eye wear, and foot wear.

Production

The use of hands-free cutting and sewing equipment has brought another credit to the technology in fashion as it saves time and boosts productivity. It’s finishing and accuracies are also top advantages of technology in fashion in the areas of production.

Marketing

The use of technology to market fashion has been well adopted as buyers spend more time shopping online than in store. This has helped the fashion brands cut down costs on rental spaces, printing of catalogues and broachers and much more.

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Summary

The technology in fashion has made the fashion industry more enjoyable as it saves time from design to saving your work and picking it up again at the required time. It also saves huge time in times of design transition. Rather than moving huge paper files physically around the globe, it is faster, easier and safer to do this electronically through technology.

By Regina Chinyere Nze, HND Technology