AI Fashion: Hong Kong Designers Are Using AiDA to Create Runway Looks

Artificial intelligence (AI) may just be the future of fashion.

This seems to be the case with Hong Kong designers who are turning to AI to help them design their runway looks.

More than 80 ensembles from 14 designers were featured at the Fashion X AI exhibition in Hong Kong, all of which were produced using the artificial intelligence program AiDA (AI-based Interactive Design Assistant), as reported first by Reuters.

The persons behind the cutting-edge AI software are a group of Ph.D. students and researchers at AiDLab.

AI Tool for Designers

The software, according to Calvin Wong, CEO of AiDLab, was developed as a tool for designers.

It basically serves as a fashion designer's assistant just to facilitate collaboration. AI and designers can work together to create the final collection.

Wong noted that the AiDA system is powered by AI technologies for picture production, detection, and recognition.

The software's algorithm produces blueprints that designers may modify and personalize by uploading rough sketches, materials, and color palettes to a virtual mood board.

According to Wong, the technology can manufacture a dozen fashion templates in less than 10 seconds, saving designers valuable time, especially when they are in a rush for fashion weeks.

He said that AiDa was gradually learning his own designs the more he uses the software. He explains that the systems will suggest idea based on his styles, lines, and databases that is suitable for his fashion taste.

Yulia Tlili, a fashion designer, expressed her desire for AI designs to take center stage in the collection.

They weren't as radical, she observed, as the future collections that she had collaborated on creating when she first began her career but she believes that AI is full of potential.

Designers in Europe and the Asia Pacific can use AiDA, which was formally introduced during the Fashion X AI show.

Will AI Take Over Fashion?

AI has been gradually integrated into our lives for the past few years. We can only anticipate that it will continue to advance various sectors of our society. As for fashion, tools like AiDA show that AI does not really take over the jobs of designers, but rather assists them in enhancing their collections.

In some cases, it also helps people to better understand what outfits suit them best. For example, an AI system that may be used to provide individualized fashion advice has been developed by researchers from the University of Texas at Austin (UT-Austin), Cornell Tech, Georgia Tech, and Facebook AI Research.

The project's name is Fashion++ and was developed on the principle that fashionability should be increased with the fewest possible alterations.

The system evaluates many aspects of clothing, including color, pattern, texture, and shape, and then makes suggestions based on its findings.

For now, it is safe to say that AI will not be taking over fashion but it will surely stay.