Fashion Alert: AI to Disrupt the Runway
- By CDOTrends editors
- January 03, 2023
Think of a future where fashion designers no longer need to laboriously draw up and sketch single designs for their collections. In this futuristic era, the design process is made much simpler with the assistance of Artificial Intelligence (AI).
At the Fashion X AI show in Hong Kong, more than 80 outfits from 14 designers were showcased- all of which were created with the help of the AI software, AiDA. Short for "AI-based Interactive Design Assistant,” PhD students and academics developed the software at the Hong Kong-based AiDLab.
Leveraging AI-driven technologies such as image recognition, detection, and generation, the AiDA system allows designers to easily upload their initial sketches along with materials and color palettes to a virtual mood board. Once uploaded, the software generates blueprints that the designer can handcraft into one-of-a-kind designs.
AiDLab chief executive officer Calvin Wong explained that the software was intended as a “supporting tool” for fashion designers. By utilizing AiDA, designers can generate an impressive dozen fashion templates in a mere 10 seconds, eliminating the need to spend hours on tedious design aspects and allowing them to focus their energy on creating unique masterpieces.
"Design is integral to the fabric of Hong Kong’s heritage, and it is a key component in virtually every industry that contributes to the city’s economic growth. The Greater Bay Area has a well-established collaborative design environment encompassing industry, professional communities and researchers. Such qualities, together with InnoHK’s supportive infrastructure, make Hong Kong an ideal nurturing ground for talent across all disciplines to collectively strive for research excellence," Wong said in a separate conversation.
AiDLab, part of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, aims to use AI-driven technologies to revolutionize the creative industry.
The lab's thematic research programs include Ergonomic and Inclusive Design, which deploys AI technologies to develop innovative body measurement and posture correction solutions to advance fashion design and wearables for health and well-being, and Innovation in Product and Service Design, which focuses on participative, user-centered design research employing co-design methodologies.
Its third research focus is Intelligent Fashion Design and Quality Control, which explores algorithmic design that integrates machine intelligence and human knowledge for fashion and textiles, leading to advances in design, quality control and manufacturing processes.
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