It ain't fashion, if it ain't sustainable

Dassault 3D Experience World

Luxury Markets / Tech Prospects

17 March 2025

6 minutes

Computer-aided design (CAD) has transformed the creative process, extending beyond traditional sketches to allow for more intricate, multi-dimensional innovation — bringing to life the ingenuity of human creativity.

When High Tech Meets High Fashion: A Surprising Discovery in the World of Engineering

AI-generated patterns, fabrics, and even full collections are already being produced, but does this diminish the role of designers, artisans, and craftspeople? Technology isn’t just shaping the future of fashion, it’s redefining the very way we design, produce, and experience it. We’ll all be standing by to see how the fashion world adopts and reinvents itself to fit the needs of this ever-changing environment. A first-person report from the recently concluded Dassault 3D Experience World 2025.

By

Catherine Hinderman

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