Digital sampling with FashTech Lab
In this demonstration, the UTS Data Arena will exhibit digital clothing samples and environmental savings from the pilot program in a 360-degree display.
AFC FashTech Lab is a pilot program run by the Australian Fashion Council (AFC) and supported by City of Sydney. The first program in 2022 partnered fashion brands with technology businesses to trial a digital sampling workflow. In this demonstration, the UTS Data Arena will exhibit the lab’s digital clothing samples and environmental savings in a 360-degree display.
The pilot was created to explore alternatives to the physical production of clothing samples, which can take several months as designers test measurements, drape, volume and fit for new garments. Most of these samples are unsellable and end up in landfill, impacting the bottom line for brands and polluting the environment. The program revealed that by producing 30 digital samples in place of physical samples, fashion brands cut their sampling costs by 50 per cent, shortened their sampling time from 12 to 4 weeks, and prevented up to 450 metres of textile waste.
The AFC has licensed WRAP UK's Textiles 2030 Footprint Calculator to quantify the total carbon, water and textile waste saved by the AFC FashTech Lab. The calculator examines the full lifecycle data for garments, from fibre extraction, processing and production, to being used, washed, reused, recycled and processed at end-of-life.
EVENT DETAILS
Tuesday, 19 September 2023
11.30am–12.30pm, 2–3pm
