23 Feb Fashion’s Future: AI in Fashion Conference

The FEL team, in partnership with InnovateUK KTN and Style3D, were thrilled to be hosting the AI in Fashion conference to discuss and showcase technological advancements to support the fashion supply chain today.

Held at FEL’s HQ in North London the all-day conference took place on 21st February and attendees, braving the typically damp British weather, included individuals from industry brands, FC Designer Workspace, media and education. 

Dr Steve Morris from Innovate UK KTN opened the event along with FEL’s Founder, Jenny Holloway, and throughout the conference attendees heard from:

Dr Steve Morris – Innovate UK KTN, 

Eric Liu – CEO Style3D, 

Anne Toomey – the Royal College of Art, 

Kate Goldsworthy – Chelsea Arts, 

Dr Hilde Heim – Manchester Fashion Institute, 

Peter Witham – Fashion & Lifestyle Creative Director | AI Designer

Paola Masperi – Madeby

Kamal Meesri – Fashion 3DX

Jonathan Smith – Fashion 3DX

The event covered a range of topics such as AI in design, circularity and sustainability, and AI for track and trace, and explored positive uses of AI across the entire garment cycle process.

Attendees from industry and education also got the opportunity to tour FEL’s North London premises, that includes the Styleverse Innovation Centre, Micro Factory, United Repair Centre and Fashion Studio.

Speaker Dr Hilde Heim, Senior Lecturer and Deputy Division Head for Fashion Communication at the Manchester Metropolitan University said: “Thank-you so much for hosting this event Fashion-Enter Ltd. It was great to see some of the brilliant cutting edge research and innovations taking place in AI.” 

Alice Burkitt, Strategic Projects Consultant for UKFT, said: “It was great to see such a large cross section of the industry in attendance and lots of food for thought about how the UK industry can incorporate new technology and adapt to future trends.”

Nichole De Carle, Owner at London Contour Experts added: “It was mind blowing to understand that AI is making 3D design more human-like. This technology combined, will fully replace ecomm and photoshoot campaigns, fast becoming a huge cost saving exercise for brands.”

After the series of featured talks engaging discussion took place about the balance of AI with today’s skilled workforce and how AI is a facilitator rather than a replacer. The Conference went extremely well and it was wonderful to see members from industry and education networking and exchanging ideas, it really is about joining the dots and working together.

Thanks again to InnovateUK KTN and Style3D, all the guest speakers, and to all that attended.

If you are looking to find out more about how technology is innovating the fashion design and manufacturing sector then please visit Fashion-Enter’s Styleverse Innovation Centre and micro factory in Haringey North London. From behind the scenes tours and learning, to design using Style3D Studio, to small run production tap here to find out more.