Archive Archives

9 minute read

A Silly Week Of Tech Hype Is Hiding Long-Tail Challenges Upstream

byThe Interline
February 6, 2026
1.3K views

Data centres in space, chatbots gone wild on dedicated AI-only forums, and new model demos stuffed with painfully familiar spreadsheets all provide comic relief, but behind the scenes there’s nothing funny about the scale of fashion’s systemic supply chain failures.

7 minute read

IInterviews

(Re)defining DPC with Mr. Mitsuhiro Shima of Shima Seiki

byThe Interline
February 5, 2026
1.2K views

SHIMA SEIKI’s President on redefining DPC from the factory floor up — and why grounding 3D in yarn, machines, and producible reality is essential to scaling its impact across the fashion supply chain.

7 minute read

DDigital Product Creation

Practical & Producible – The Role Of Suppliers In Industrialising DPC & AI

byElly Cheng
February 4, 2026
876 views

With more digital talent and strategic vision residing upstream than ever, suppliers are in the unique position of being able to understand what brands are actually trying to accomplish with digital product creation - and to filter the viable and value-creating applications from the rest.

23 minute read

PPodcast

Podcast: The AI Logic And The Business Model Behind Virtual Fit

byBen Hanson
February 3, 2026
1.3K views

A strategic discussion about applying AI to one of fashion’s longest-standing technical challenges - and about testing the results through a business model that hits a lot of disruptive beats all at once.

7 minute read

FFashion Technology News

AI-Native Brands Are Inevitable, But Maybe Not In The Way You Think

byThe Interline
January 30, 2026
1.7K views

While AI has obliterated the bar to generating concepts and consumer-facing images, the AI-native brands that outlast the hype cycle will be those that take full advantage of a platform shift to build completely new routes to, and relationships with, consumers.

5 minute read

OOpinion

Fashion’s Most Underrated Opportunity Isn’t Technology. It’s Process.

byLiza Amlani X Raj Dhiman
January 30, 2026
1.4K views

As leading brands formalise process excellence, the next competitive edge will come from redesigning how we work — with technology cast as an enabler.

6 minute read

IInterviews

(Re)defining DPC with Jaden Oh of CLO Virtual Fashion Inc.

byThe Interline
January 29, 2026
1.5K views

The Founder of CLO Virtual Fashion on how the 3D asset is evolving from a visual tool into the data-rich backbone of product creation, collaboration, and consumer trust.

22 minute read

DDigital Product Creation

DPC Report 2026: Step Inside The 3D Story

byThe Interline
January 28, 2026
2.5K views

An inside perspective on pipelines, process, and advancing the cause of 3D storytelling and content creation, from this year's fashion cover artist.

Examples of AI product listings, as featured in this episode of The Interline Podcast, with New Generation.

29 minute read

PPodcast

Podcast: Preparing eCommerce For The Next Citizens Of The Web

byBen Hanson
January 27, 2026
1.4K views

AI agents, agentic browsers, and language models equipped with tools - a new cohort of artificial shoppers could be on the horizon. But can the technology and the incentives scale fast enough to justify the returns for retailers and brands?

5 minute read

BBeauty

Beauty Shouldn’t Build Technology On Top Of A Data Deficit

byDan Butt
January 26, 2026
1.6K views

To deliver next-generation products and experiences, especially AI-enabled or AI-adjacent ones, beauty needs to address any gaps that remain in its product or customer understanding.

8 minute read

FFashion Technology News

Adverts In ChatGPT Probably Aren’t The Watershed Moment, But The Ad Economy Has Still Fixed Its Next Target

byThe Interline
January 23, 2026
1.5K views

The most popular pricing tier of the most popular AI chatbot is becoming ad-supported, but a new company making a cold start is far less likely to change the landscape of fashion and beauty advertising than the under-assault ad tech giant that also runs its own full AI stack.

7 minute read

IInterviews

(Re)defining DPC with Adam Hankin of Gemell

byThe Interline
January 23, 2026
1.2K views

Adam Hankin, Co-Founder of Gemell, on rethinking digital materials from the fibre up.

6 minute read

DDigital Product Creation

Driving Sustainability Through 3D Digital Product Creation At Patagonia

byKeala Stephan, Iain Finch and Cassandra Casas
January 22, 2026
2.3K views

More than just a different approach to design and development, 3D has become one of the key levers that industry leaders can pull to align talent, technology, and process innovation to strategic objectives and deeply-held business values. But pulling it the right way can take time.

5 minute read

MManufacturing

The Tech Gap No One Talks About: Why Small Manufacturers Deserve Better

byJoanna Maiden
January 21, 2026
1.8K views

A founder’s view from the factory floor on why fashion technology still isn't being built for the small businesses that are actively trialling and proving out a more ethical direction.