Digital Fashion: Theory, Practice, Implications

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by Michael R. Spicher

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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 “This is an extensive and explorative text on a subject that is not yet widely covered. The chapters address some of the very real and important opportunities and challenges faced by the advent of digital fashion.” ―Gwyneth Moore, Course Leader, BA (Hons) Fashion Marketing & Business, University of South Wales, UK “I've been waiting for a holistic introductory publication on digital fashion to head my course's essential reading list. This is it.” ―Emily Shahaj, Subject Lead, MA Digital Fashion, University for the Creative Arts, UK Michael R. Spicher is a lecturer at both Boston Architectural College and Mass College of Art and Design, USA. He is a writer and philosopher who has spent more than a decade studying aesthetics. Currently he serves as the aesthetics area editor for the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy ; an editor for the Leonardo Electronic Almanac . In addition to scholarly publications on aesthetic taste, aesthetic experience, history of aesthetics, and the sublime, he regularly gives talks and writes for general and specialized audiences. Dr. Sara Emilia Bernat is a sociologist brand strategist specializing in sustainability in luxury and fashion. In tandem with her research, Sara advises private and public organizations on strategic branding and development. Her client list includes Mejuri, Blackstone, Borghese, amongst many others. She has published in a wide array of industry publications, such as Fast Company , Luxury Daily , and Glamour . Doris Domoszlai-Lantner is a New York-based fashion historian and archivist. She is a regular author for various journals and publications, including The Psychology of Fashion, Vestoj, and Fashion Studies Journal, and has been cited and interviewed in major publications such as WWD, The Daily Beast, Marie Claire, and Glamour. She has presented her research as a speaker at international conferences at Oxford University, the University of Lille, France, Columbia College, and LIM, amongst others. Doris has founded and developed several notable private and commercial fashion archives for corporations as well as ultra-high-net-worth individuals.

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