The last time knitwear experienced seismic change was during the Industrial Revolution. Automation and large-scale machinery increased quantities and overall accessibility of fabric. Since then, there’s been little progress. “It hasn’t developed in decades,” Wei Lin—founder of the womenswear label PH5—says with a sense of frustration. “Well there was Alaïa,” she adds. But, apart from the late “King of Cling,” very few luxury labels can …
An algorithm developed by Amazon can create clothing designs based on images of various other items of apparel. Developed by Amazon Lab126 (the R+D arm of the company), this tech is most probably for fast fashion—so that Amazon’s AI can analyze new styles and craft similar pieces quickly. As The Verge says, “Amazon’s reach coupled with consumer desire for cheap, trendy clothes could one day …
Facebook’s News Feed algorithm is an ever-evolving beast, being tirelessly tweaked to keep users on the site as long as possible. The personalized stream of content eschews chronological order to essentially bring the most interesting, relevant content on top and the social media giant announced last week that bigger changes are coming to achieve this. Over time, people have become used to articles from publishers …
