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CURRENT WEEK
| 💡AI Fashion News Fact of the Week Reuters reports that AI-powered tools helped drive record Black Friday online spending with $11.8B in e-commerce sales. AI chatbots and shopping assistants helped consumers find deals quickly, boosting digital fashion and retail commerce this holiday season |
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🤖 +👗This week in AI Fashion – v13 – 1.3.26 by AI Disc Jockey
- AI will change the way you shop in 2026
- Explains how AI isn’t just recommending products anymore — it’s moving toward buying on behalf of consumers and reshaping online retail experiences. Fast Company
- Lane Crawford & AiDLab Launch Interactive AI Stylist
- Hong Kong luxury retailer Lane Crawford announces a new partnership with AiDLab to introduce an AI-powered virtual personal fashion stylist — a sign that AI is moving deeper into customer engagement and in-store digital experiences. Pan Africans Visions
- Are AI-Generated Models Going to Replace Human Ones?
- L’Officiel’s latest piece digs into a pressing debate: the rise of AI generated “models” and what that means for human talent, ownership, and creative control in fashion imagery and branding. L’Officiel Philppines
- How AI Is Transforming Fashion Design & the Entire Supply Chain
- “How AI is transforming fashion design and the entire supply chain” — a new article published today explores how AI is being embedded throughout the fashion value chain. It shows how generative and predictive AI tools are not just creative assistants but powerful essential operational technologies. Economic Times
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LAST WEEK
| 💡AI Fashion News Fact of the Week According to McKinsey & Company, generative AI could add up to $275 billion in operating profit to the fashion and luxury industry annually, primarily through gains in marketing, personalization, design, and supply-chain efficiency. The research highlights that brands adopting AI early are already seeing faster product cycles, higher conversion rates, and reduced inventory risk, underscoring AI’s shift from experimentation to competitive necessity |
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🤖 +👗This week in AI Fashion – v12 – 12.27.25 by AI Disc Jockey
- AI Deployment in Footwear Distribution
- Asian Footwears introduces its own AI engine to boost dealer revenues and supply efficiency — showcasing how AI is moving beyond design into operations. Apparel Resources
- AI in Brand Advertising: Successes & Controversies
- Major fashion brands such as H&M and Guess face backlash over AI model use and campaign imagery — sparking debate about ethics, consent, and unrealistic beauty standards in AI-generated ads. Business Insider
- Generative AI in advertising is trending — but consumers are pushing back
- Brands that leaned heavily into AI-generated ads saw backlash this holiday season. Audiences reacted less to the tech itself and more to how it replaced human creativity in emotionally centered campaigns — a key lesson for fashion marketers about balance and authenticity. Storyboard18
- Prada’s Lorenzo Bertelli: AI Will Elevate the Value of Skilled Hands in Fashion
- Lorenzo Bertelli, chief marketing officer and future CEO of Prada Group, argues that artificial intelligence will drive efficiency and free up creative time—ultimately enhancing the prestige and value of traditional craftsmanship and manual work in luxury fashion. FashionUnited
- AI becomes a core tool in fashion creation & forecasting
- Design teams increasingly use artificial intelligence to analyze fashion shows and social media to predict trending colors and styles, highlighting a shift toward human-AI collaboration in design and trend insights. Korea Herald
- 2025 Fashion Technology Rearview
- A full year recap of the biggest fashion tech stories, highlighting how generative AI, metaverse tools, and digital platforms defined 2025 for brands, retailers, and creatives. The Interline
- Brands are embedding AI tools into training, store execution, and customer service
- Luxury house Longchamp is using AI-powered learning platforms to standardize training across global markets, enabling frontline teams to access real-time product knowledge, visual merchandising guidance, and performance insights. This approach improves consistency, accelerates onboarding, and ensures brand experience stays aligned as collections, campaigns, and consumer expectations evolve faster than ever. PRNewswire
- RELATED TECH NEWS
- Shootify’s New Hybrid Photography + AI Service
- Shootify launches service combining real product photography with AI imagery — a potential game-changer for lookbooks, campaigns and digital catalogs. FinancialContent
- AI Mood Boards Aid Fashion & Design Workflows
- Designers are using AI tools like Copilot to generate visual mood boards, making it easier to brainstorm styles, color schemes, and thematic concepts faster than ever—streamlining early fashion concepting and creative sync. Microsoft
- CodiMe Is Expanding Its AI Fashion SaaS Overseas
- AI fashion image platform Potoo is now expanding into Japan, targeting global markets with its AI-powered creative tools—an example of fashion tech crossing borders. The Manila Times
- Perfect Corp pushes AI beauty & fashion APIs
- The beauty-tech firm plans to unveil a modular developer-focused AI suite at CES 2026, signaling a shift toward customizable AI experiences across retail, e-commerce, and in-store applications. Simply Wall St
- Furrl’s AI-Powered Fashion Discovery Engine
- In-depth interview with Furrl CEO on how AI is shifting fashion ecommerce from product listings to discovery-led personalization — a potential growth strategy for brands. The Economic Times
- RELATED CLIMATE NEWS
- Sustainable Fashion Meets Tech in 2026 Trends
- Highlighting AI and tech as key drivers in reducing waste and improving sustainability — from digital wardrobe apps to 3D printing innovations. Speed
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