Traditionally, clothing manufacturers use sewing patterns to create different shaped parts of clothing and use them as templates for cutting and sewing fabrics. Copying patterns from existing clothes may be a time-consuming task, but now, artificial intelligence (AI) models can use photos to accomplish this task.
According to reports, the Singapore Marine Artificial Intelligence Laboratory trained an AI model with 1 million images of clothing and related sewing patterns, and developed an AI system called Sewformer. The system can view previously unseen clothing images, find ways to decompose them, and predict where to stitch them to generate clothing. In the test, Sewformer was able to reproduce the original sewing pattern with an accuracy of 95.7%. “This will help clothing manufacturing factories (producing clothing),” said Xu Xiangyu, a researcher at the Singapore Marine Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
“AI is changing the fashion industry.” According to reports, Hong Kong fashion innovator Wong Wai keung has developed the world’s first designer led AI system – Fashion Interactive Design Assistant (AiDA). The system utilizes image recognition technology to accelerate the time from the initial draft to the T-stage of the design. Huang Weiqiang introduced that designers upload their fabric prints, patterns, tones, preliminary sketches, and other images to the system, and then the AI system recognizes these design elements, providing designers with more suggestions to improve and modify their original designs. The uniqueness of AiDA lies in its ability to present all possible combinations to designers. Huang Weiqiang stated that this is not possible in the current design. But he emphasized that this is to “promote designers’ inspiration rather than replace them.”.
According to Naren Barfield, Vice President of the Royal Academy of Arts in the UK, the impact of AI on the clothing industry will be “revolutionary” from the conceptual and conceptual stages to prototyping, manufacturing, distribution, and recycling. Forbes magazine reported that AI will bring profits of $150 billion to $275 billion to the clothing, fashion, and luxury industries in the next 3 to 5 years, with the potential to enhance their inclusiveness, sustainability, and creativity. Some fast fashion brands are integrating AI into RFID technology and clothing labels with microchips to achieve inventory visibility and minimize waste.
However, there are some issues with the application of AI in clothing design. There are reports that the founder of the Corinne Strada brand, Temur, admitted that she and her team used an AI image generator to create the collection they showcased at New York Fashion Week. Although Temuer only used images of the brand’s own past styling to generate the 2024 Spring/Summer collection, potential legal issues may temporarily prevent AI generated clothing from entering the runway. Experts say that regulating this is very complex.
Post time: Dec-12-2023