Author Profile

Dr. Alice Payne, Fashion Design program head, associate professor and fashion industry expert with a decade of experience in design, product development and merchandising, Web 3.0 and extended reality strategies, and direct experience with brands such as Calvin Klein, Lacoste and Godiva. Her research focuses on environmental and social sustainability issues throughout the life cycle of clothing. Recent work has examined labour issues in the cotton value chain, as well as technologies to address the problem of textile waste. Alice was part of the Australian Fashion Council-led consortium designing the National Clothing Product Stewardship Scheme. She is author of the book Designing Fashion's Future, co-editor of Global Perspectives on Sustainable Fashion, and is an award-winning designer and educator.

About The Book

AI in Fashion Industry discusses recent developments in fashion forecasting, developing a framework of AI-based fashion forecasting and validates the framework with a qualitative case study and discussions on recent developments of the world's first fashion intelligence companies and the trends. This book studies the relationship between fashion and social media engagement of consumers, before moving on to create a 'conceptual framework of fashion e-forecasting.' The text addresses the forecasting-based business problem of a family owned fashion retail business. This book is unique, suggesting a novel method of fashion product development in the light of data-driven intelligence; documenting some of the rapid developments in the field with the onset of technology and addressing some of the fundamental questions that are becoming more relevant in recent years. This book uncovers the revolutionary impact of artificial intelligence on the fashion world, illustrating how AI technologies are reshaping everything from design and production to marketing and customer experience. This compelling book provides a detailed examination of how AI driven innovations like predictive analytics, virtual fitting rooms, and automated supply chains are enabling fashion brands to enhance efficiency, creativity, and personalization. Through an array of case studies and expert insights, the book offers a comprehensive look at how AI is driving unprecedented transformation and setting new standards in the fashion industry. With an application focused approach, this book provides real-world examples, breaks down technical jargon for non-technical readers, and provides an educational resource for fashion professionals. The book investigates the ways in which AI is impacting every part of the fashion value chain starting with product discovery and working backwards to manufacturing. Artificial Intelligence for Fashion walks you through concepts, such as connected retail, data mining, and artificially intelligent robotics. Each chapter contains an example of how AI is being applied in the fashion industry illustrated by one major technological theme. There are no equations, algorithms, or code. The technological explanations are cumulative so you'll discover more information about the inner workings of artificial intelligence in practical stages as the book progresses.

Table of Contents

Preface
1. INTRODUCTION: FASHION AND AI ...................................................... 1
1.1 Defi nition and history
1.2 How to make machines intelligent
1.3 Fashion and AI
1.4 Concept and design
1.5 Artifi cial intelligence in natural fi ber production
1.6 Production
1.7 Retail
1.8 Artifi cial intelligence and ethics in the fashion industry
1.9 AI in fashion as a partner in the COVID-19 crisis
2. FASHION AND TECHNOLOGY ............................................................. 40
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Digital Transformation & the Fashion Industry
2.3 Artifi cial Intelligence & Fashion
2.4 Machine Learning & Artifi cial Intelligence Use in the Fashion Industry
2.5 Conclusions
3. THE ROLE OF AI IN
SHAPING THE FUTURE OF AGILE FASHION INDUSTRY ................ 84
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Dynamic Capability Theory
3.3 Capability Dimensions
3.4 AI Capability Dimensions
3.5 Contribution of AI
3.6 Conclusion
4. ROLE OF DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES IN
FASHION AND TEXTILE MANUFACTURING ................................... 108
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Traditional Technologies and Challenges
4.3 Digital Technologies
4.4 Benefi ts of Digital Technologies
4.5 Conclusions
5. AUTOMATION VERSUS MODELING AND SIMULATION ............... 126
5.1 Introduction
5.2 The way from idea to technical sheets
5.3 Pattern development
5.4 Basic pattern
5.5 Cutting and printing systems
5.6 Joining systems
5.7 Fitting systems
5.8 Conclusion
6. AUTOMATION IN PRODUCTION OF
YARNS, WOVEN, & KNITTED FABRICS .............................................. 145
6.1 Introduction
6.2 Types of industries
6.3 Global spinning machine manufacturers
6.4 Automation in production of sewing threads
6.5 Automation in production of woven fabrics
6.6 Automation in production of weft-knitted fabrics
6.7 Conclusion
7. AUTOMATION IN FABRIC INSPECTION .......................................... 172
7.1 Introduction
7.2 Fabric inspection
7.3 Conventional fabric inspection techniques
7.4 Automatic fabric inspection techniques
7.5 Commercial automated fabric inspection systems
7.6 Conclusion
8. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND ITS APPLICATION IN THE
APPAREL INDUSTRY ............................................................................. 201
8.1 Introduction
8.2 Types of artifi cial intelligence
8.3 Applications of artifi cial intelligence in apparel industry
8.4 Challenges and future directions of artifi cial intelligence
8.5 Conclusion
9. AUTOMATION IN SPREADING AND CUTTING .............................. 228
9.1 Introduction
9.2 The role of automation in textile material spreading and cutting
9.3 Automation in cutting room work process organization
9.4 Automated spreading methods and machines
9.5 Automated fabric pattern matching
9.6 Automated cutting methods and cutting systems
9.7 Fusing of cut components
9.8 Future trends in automation of textile material spreading and cutting
9.9 Conclusion
10. 3D BODY SCANNING ............................................................................ 257
10.1 Introduction
10.2 Body dimensions and garment sizing
10.3 3D body scanners
10.4 3D body scan
10.5 Virtual fi t of garments
10.6 International standardization activities
10.7 Conclusion
11. APPLICATION OF ROBOTICS IN
GARMENT MANUFACTURING ........................................................... 273
11.1 Introduction
11.2 Automation and robotics for sewing
11.3 Computer numerical control technologies for sewing process
11.4 Sewing automats and sewing units
11.5 Robotics for three-dimensional sewing operations
11.6 Real-time sewing cell with two lightweight industrial robots
11.7 Conclusion
Bibliography .............................................................................................. 292
Index .......................................................................................................... 314