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FIA’s Technology Development Manager, Moin Roberts-Islam, was featured on The Wardrobe Crisis with Clare Press Podcast discussing digital fashion’s potential impact on sustainability.
The ability to make and market a digital garment allows us to go virtually into the designer’s mind with nothing to dismantle or throw away at the other end.
Listen on The Wardrobe Crisis here
Available on Apple Podcasts here
Fashion Innovation Agency (FIA) will host a talk on Friday 24th September moderated by Katie Baron, Journalist / Author / Director of Brand Engagement at Stylus. Joining the discussion will be FIA team members – Matthew Drinkwater, Head of FIA, Moin Roberts-Islam, Technology Development Manager and Costas Kazantzis, Creative Technologist.
Never has the industry been so willing to adopt technology to create and sell fashion, and connect to their consumers, expanding what is known as ‘The Metaverse’ beyond video games.
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FIA’s Technology Development Manager, Moin Roberts-Islam, is featured in Vogue Business discussing the environmental and legal impact of NFT’s within luxury fashion.
“Creating a standalone NFT is a real risk for luxury brands at this point in time,” Roberts-Islam says. He believes that, in addition to environmental concerns of Ethereum-based blockchains, the uncertainty, and legal and storage issues of the current iteration of fashion NFTs means they don’t hold long-term value.
Read the full article here
Matthew Drinkwater is featured in Vogue Business discussing the future of digital clothing and virtual try-on.
Read more here: https://www.voguebusiness.com/technology/why-ar-clothing-try-on-is-nearly-here
Watch this insightful short documentary by Tomorrow about Fashion and Technology, including Matthew Drinkwater, Head of FIA, and other leaders within the digital fashion space.
Created by Georgina Evans and Tom Zambaz, this digital exploration dives into the worlds of augmented reality, cryptocurrency and digital fashion, to provide insight into the ever-evolving challenges, approaches and methodologies within this new digital renaissance.
WATCH THE DOCUMENTARY here: https://tomorrowltd.com/editorial/tomorrow-insight-fashion-and-technology
Matthew Drinkwater, Head of FIA, is featured in Wired’s article discussing luxury fashion and gaming.
“We are undoubtedly entering into an entirely new era of experiential retail,” Matthew Drinkwater
READ THE FULL ARTICLE here: https://www.wired.com/story/luxury-fashion-brands-video-games-shopping/
Matthew Drinkwater, Head of FIA, joined a panel of experts in his avatar form at the Circular Fashion Summit 2020, hosted by Lablaco.
In a historic first, the iconic Grand Palais entered Virtual Reality for Paris Fashion Week where leaders of change gathered to share knowledge, but most importantly to ignite immediate action on three measurable goals to achieve collectively in 12 months worldwide.
This unprecedented year, the summit focused on sustainability and zero waste practices, taking into consideration the social responsibility matter of bringing communities together in a shared physical space during a global pandemic.
Matthew joined a round table of speakers across Design, Technology and Sustainability who are shaping the evolution of fashion.
THE INTERLINE SITS DOWN VIRTUALLY WITH MATTHEW DRINKWATER, HEAD OF THE FASHION INNOVATION AGENCY AT LCF, TO TALK 3D, AI, AND FASHION’S TECH-DRIVEN FUTURE.
READ THE FULL ARTICLE HERE: HTTPS://WWW.THEINTERLINE.COM/03/2020/INTERLINE-IDENTITIES-MATTHEW-DRINKWATER-FASHION-INNOVATION-AGENCY/