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What is Digital Fashion? How to Obtain It, Use It and Understand It, Including the Metaverse and NFTs!

Oct 22, 2024 9:00:00 AM
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The fashion industry has long been criticized for its slow adoption of digital trends. But did you know that recently, there's been a rapid shift towards digitalization, with digital fashion—clothing you can’t physically wear—gaining the spotlight?...
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How to Start Up a Digital Design Project! —Case Studies on How to Start-Up Virtual Sampling Operations

Oct 2, 2024 9:00:00 AM
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In our last article, we explored how the use of digital tools can streamline the entire process from design and planning to production. However, many of you might still find it challenging to shift away from the traditional workflow within your...
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Seamless Linkage with Production for More Efficient Sampling!—Transferring Data After Virtual Sampling

Sep 9, 2024 9:00:00 AM
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In our previous article, we introduced how virtual sampling on the SDS®-ONE APEX series design software can be incredibly useful when planning knit products. In this second installment of our six-part series promoting digital solutions in the...
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Key Features for 3D Virtual Sampling of Knitwear! —Dedicated Tools for 3D Modeling and Knitwear Design

Aug 21, 2024 9:00:00 AM
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Ever wonder why it takes so much time and so much money for the clothes you design to be brought to market? Generally speaking, the process of making clothes is said to take a year. Sample making in particular often involves a lot of rework, which...
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Essential Digitalization Tips for the Fashion Industry Revealed! "Overview of Six-Part Series"

Aug 5, 2024 9:00:00 AM
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As part of the digitalization of the fashion planning process, more and more companies are looking to incorporate virtual samples and virtual fashion into their daily operations. However, when it comes time to actually implement such a system, many...
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Slash Work Time by 80 Per Cent! The New Normal for Fashion and Apparel E-Commerce Sites (Case Studies Available)

Jul 18, 2024 9:00:00 AM
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Today we bring you revolutionary new ideas for managing fashion and apparel e-commerce sites. This is a must-read especially for companies struggling with the sheer number of images for their e-commerce sites!
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What is U3M? How to Make 3D Virtual Fashion Even More Realistic!

Jul 8, 2024 9:00:00 AM
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The use of 3D objects and virtual samples is becoming increasingly important in fashion, and enhancing their realism depends heavily on material data. With many different types of texture maps such as alpha map, base color map and roughness map,...
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Revolutionizing Knit Design: APEXFiz or CLO? An In-Depth Comparison of the Latest 3D Software

Jun 19, 2024 9:19:48 AM
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In recent years, the fashion and apparel industry has seen significant advancements in 3D technology. Following the adoption of 3D modeling for woven fabrics, many brands are now focusing on doing the same for knit products. Perhaps you've heard...
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From Planning to Production and Even E-Commerce: Why APEXFiz Design Software is Considered the Ultimate in Realistic Virtual Sampling

Jun 3, 2024 10:03:05 AM
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When planning fashion and apparel products, what software do you use? From CLO3D, Browzwear and Optitex to the familiar Adobe suite, there are certainly many options out there. Today, we introduce APEXFiz®, a design software that is extremely useful...
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