Digital fashion : theory, practice, implications / edited by Michael R. Spicher, Sara Emilia Bernat, and Doris Domoszlai-Lantner.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bernat, Sara Emilia, editor.

Domoszlai-Lantner, Doris, editor.

Spicher, Michael Robert, editor.

Spicher, Michael R., editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Wearable technology.

Metaverse.

Avatars (Virtual reality).

Clothing and dress--Computer simulation.

Clothing and dress.

Fashion design--Data processing.

Fashion design.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxvi, 294 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color)

Edition:

1st ed.

Distribution:

London : Bloomsbury Publishing (UK), 2024.

Place of Publication:

London : Bloomsbury Visual Arts, 2024.

System Details:

text file HTML

Summary:

This collection of topical essays by academics and industry professionals brings a unique lens to the issues broached, questions raised, and solutions offered regarding the history and advancement of digital fashion. While digital fashion's roots can be traced back to the development of the Jacquard loom, its modern-day antecedents are found in video games and Instagram filters - allowing users to apply virtual makeup, accessories, and clothes to their posts. With 12 essays and four specialist interviews, this collection begins with digital fashion's origins, its placement in the history of fashion, and its status as an aesthetic object. Part 2 focuses on the practice of making digital fashion, including NFTs, sneaker culture, cyborg vs skins and education. Part 3 provides a critical overview of digital fashion's potential to impact wider society, including questions of social equity, sustainability and African decoloniality and the future of the industry. Interviewees: Julie Zerbo, founder and Editor-in-Chief of The Fashion Law Idiat Shiole (Hadeeart), Web3 startup founder and 3D designer Jonathan M. Square, writer, historian, and curator of Afro-Diasporic fashion and visual culture Matthew Drinkwater, Head of Innovation Agency, London College of Fashion

Contents:

Foreword / by Daria Shapovalova and Natalia Modenova, Founders of DRESSX

An Introduction to Digital Fashion / Michael R. Spicher, Sara Emilia Bernat, and Doris Domoszlai-Lantner

Part 1: Theories and Foundations of Digital Fashion. 1. A History of Digital Fashion : Critical Theories and Turning Points / Doris Domoszlai-Lantner ; 2. Existence, Aesthetics, and Meaning : A PhilosophicalReflection / Michael R. Spicher ; 3. Spooling and Neuroaesthetics : How Technology Helps Fashion Progress / Virginia Rolling ; Interview with Julie Zerbo

Part 2: Practices and Applications of Digital Fashion. 4. Balmain x Barbie : A Fashion NFT Case Study / Petra Egri ; 5. Street to Digital : The Evolution of Sneaker Culture / Mindy Meissen ; 6. Cyborgs vs Skins. Which Will Dominate the Future of Fashion Design? / Idit Barak ; 7. Digital Fashion Education : Towards a Fluid Transition between the Virtual and Physical Worlds / Mingjing Lin ; Interview with Idiat Shiole

Part 3: Issues and Ethics of Digital Fashion. 8. Digital Fashion as the Basis of an Economic Revolution / Daniella Loftus ; 9. Is Digital Fashion Socially Equitable? / Sara Emilia Bernat ; 10. Fashioning Border Spaces : African Decoloniality and Digital Fashion / Erica de Greef with King Debs, Siviwe James, Lesiba Mabitsela, and Sihle Sogaula ; 11. (Im)possible Digital Fashion Dreams : Who Can Deliver on Accessible and Sustainable Digital Fashion? / Beata Wilczek ; Interview with Jonathan M. Square

Part 4: Looking to and Hoping for the Future of Digital Fashion. 12. New Definitions for The Future of Fashion / Leslie Holden ; Interview with Matthew Drinkwater

Afterword / Michael R. Spicher, Sara Emilia Bernat and Doris Domoszlai-Lantner.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781350359659

1350359653

OCLC:

1432099536