The third edition of The Interline’s milestone annual report on AI in fashion is now available to download – supported by our friends at Fashion By Informa. Across more than 225 pages, it provides a complete and industry-focused picture of how real brands, industry professionals from design to executive leadership, educators, and analysts are approaching a serious turning point in fashion’s digital transformation.
Including profiles and exclusive interviews with 17 AI companies, stories and opinions from 12 different industry perspectives, and real survey feedback from around 100 voices from every level of fashion, bottled and analysed, The AI Report 2026 is essential reading for anyone interested in AI for fashion.
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Contents:
Our biggest downloadable report to date, and the industry’s most comprehensive benchmark of technical progress and cultural attitudes, The AI Report 2026 is split into four sections:
- Introductions and context – An overview of the current context for AI adoption in fashion, which our Editor-in-Chief refers to as a “contentious cultural and technological moment,” followed by a foreword from our headline sponsor, Fashion By Informa.
- Results and analysis of our landmark survey of 100+ fashion professionals – Capturing adoption, maturity, ethics, outlook, and more, this analysis looks at how, where, and why fashion is using AI and what industry feedback tells us about what its next turns will look like.
- Exclusive stories, articles, and opinions from across the industry – A new library of exclusive editorials, written by real professionals who are as close as it’s possible to be to AI implementation, and to the real debates taking place at the frontier of digital transformation:
- A look at the progress of generative image models, from Ben Hanson, The Interline’s Editor-in-Chief
- A real brand’s experience of AI progress, from Daniel Baker, Head of eCommerce & Marketplaces at Blue Vanilla Clothing
- A look at the technology behind fashion’s biggest marketing campaigns, from the team at prestige agency Studio Private
- Two founder’s divergent perspectives on how and where to use AI, from Chloe Grant and Amelia Tombs, Co-Founders of under+beneath
- An examination of how trend forecasting is changing in the age of AI, from Carla Buzasi, CEO of WGSN
- An inside perspective on likeness and identity ownership from Benjamin Hori, Co-Founder and CSO of Spotlite
- A business case for using AI as part of a transformation journey, from Mihai Ursu, Business Development Manager at HYPEDROP
- A consideration of what happens to predictions and forecasts when they meet traditional production systems, from Rahul Verma
- A survey of how current fashion students feel about generative AI, from Sammiya Morshed, a Fashion Marketing grad and Marketing Assistant at Westminster Fashion Agency
- An investigation of what the job description of an AI Lead actually entails, from Nicolas Griffioen, AI Adoption & Transformation Consultant
- A closing argument to ‘turn down the temperature’ of the AI conversation, from Ben Hanson
- Technology vendor profiles and exclusive executive interviews – Spotlights on 17 key technology vendors in very different areas of the AI space – from image generation to 3D gaussian splatting, and from end-to-end enterprise decisionmaking to lifecycle impact assessment. Each profiles includes quantitative and qualitative data, alongside an interview with a senior executive about their ethos and the wider strategic outlook for AI in beauty and fashion:
Following this release, we’ll also be hosting a live webinar to explore the implications of the report in more depth, featuring our Editor-in-Chief, along with representatives from our premium sponsors: Bamboo Rose, VibeIQ, and Voxelo. Look for an announcement and a registration link very soon.
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