Digital Fashion

<p><b>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. </b><br><br>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. <br><br>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. <br><br><b>Interviewees:</b><br>Julie Zerbo, founder and Editor-in-Chief of The Fashion Law<br>Idiat Shiole (Hadeeart), Web3 startup founder and 3D designer<br>Jonathan M. Square, writer, historian, and curator of Afro-Diasporic fashion and visual culture<br>Matthew Drinkwater, Head of Innovation Agency, London College of Fashion</p>