Digital Futures: Taking Fashion Online

We're taking a behind-the-scenes look at the link between digital design, fashion and sustainability, with Amber Jae Slooten (co-founder and Creative Director of The Fabricant) sharing insights into their design process, as well as her take on the wider role digital design is set to play within the fashion industry and beyond. We covered: - The link between digital fashion & sustainability - The accelerated role of digital in transforming the industry within the current COVID-19 climate and into the future, from different ways to digitise what already exists (shows, samples etc) all the way to creating purely digital garments - An inside look at the Fabricant's 3D design process - Tips for brands wanting to take their designs digital, as well as tips for people wanting to build a career in digital design. - An opportunity to build your own avatar and try out wearing digital design for yourself. Speakers Amber Jae Slooten, co-founder and creative director of The Fabricant As the first to graduate with a full digital collection back in 2016 her work always questions the way in which we will fit, purchase and wear clothing in the future. Unconstrained by the boundaries of the physical realm, The Fabricant creates intriguing and seductive 3D fashion narratives of endless possibility, wasting nothing but data. The Fabricant took part in the Fashion for Good Accelerator in 2019. Georgia Parker, Innovation Manager at Fashion for Good Georgia is responsible for scouti