Sharing A Vision For Smart, Sustainable Fashion
As technology becomes a bigger fixture at institutional industry events, fashion is finding new sources of support in adjusting to the demands of digital transformation.
Futureproofing Fashion Through Technology
Surrounded by historic challenges and all-new digital opportunities, the industry must lay the right foundations for the future by understanding and intelligently implementing technology.
DPC Conversations: Yazan Malkosh, Founder & CEO, swatchbook
In the quest for futureproof material digitisation, fidelity and flexibility of digital fabrics are set to become top priorities. We talk to one of the biggest names in DPC about how they believe high-quality material digitisation can happen on the supplier's doorstep.
Automation, Action, And Investment: This Week In Fashion Technology
In a difficult climate, the commercial pendulum swings towards cost-cutting and automation. But as robotics scale up behind the scenes, fashion's accountability around human rights is not going anywhere...
DPC Conversations: Dave Monaghan, CEO, Bandicoot Imaging
The near-term future of fashion is going to demand a lot from digital materials. We speak to Bandicoot Imaging about what it means to democratise the creation of future-proof digital fabrics.
DPC Conversations: Renate Eder, Chief Commercial Officer, Vizoo
Digitising fabric catalogues and transforming supplier-brand sourcing relationships is a huge-scale task combining software and hardware. We talk to a leader in both areas about what it means to steer fashion through uncharted waters.
Controlling Risk And Managing Disruption With a PLM-Enabled Digital Value Chain
With risk and uncertainty persisting far beyond the pandemic, fashion’s traditional supply chain structures are proving ill-suited to overcoming disruption. The solution lies in replacing as many analogue links as possible to create a new, all-digital value chain.
2023: Powered by Practicality
After a whiplash cycle of disruption, desperation, and rampant hype, 2023 promises to be a year in which vision and ambition give way to the comparatively mundane realities of implementation, integration, and iteration. But there's still much for fashion to look forward to this year.
DPC Conversations: Will Yester, Director, Kalypso
Against a complex, fragmented backdrop, how should fashion businesses be approaching DPC maturity? We talk to Kalypso to find out.
How PLM Can Calculate GHG (Greenhouse Gas) Emissions For Materials And Products
For fashion to reduce its carbon footprint, it must first find the right tools and processes to quantify emissions across its global, multi-tier supply chains. Sitting at the centre of the product lifecycle, PLM and integrated platforms could hold the key to measurement and management.
Smart Fashion Tech: The Way To Boost Brand Ethos
From adding service layers to garments, to building entirely new channels between brands and consumers, wearable fashion technology will see renewed interest in 2023.
DPC Conversations: André Wolper, Founder & CEO, Embodee
The cost and time involved in creating physical samples are both rising, creating major drivers for 3D adoption. But sample replacement is just the start when it comes to DPC.
DPC Conversations: Grif Von Holst, Principal Product Manager, Centric Software
With the market for digital product creation now reaching maturity, making the benefits of DPC accessible to cross-functional teams is one of fashion's top priorities. We talk to Centric Software to discover why.
On-Demanding A Phygital Reality
Fashion has run headlong towards the vision for all-digital fashion, but could a blended digital-physical strategy be a safer and more sustainable bet?