Making AI your fashion designer
Dec 30, 2022
Greetings, friends! A lot has happened since we last communicated. The coronavirus, or COVID-19, is creating havoc in the global arena, and our hearts go out to all those who have been impacted -- here in India and around the world.
It's our sincere hope that the impact will weaken over the coming weeks with the concerted efforts of the World Health Organisation (WHO), the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and governments around the world. Meanwhile, panic will not really help. So take all necessary precautions, which we at Mirrorsize are also doing.
Business and life, however, must go on as we all realize. In this spirit, I would like to talk about how Artificial Intelligence (AI) is demonstrating very exciting models in the fashion industry, both for individuals and brands. Consumers, who are increasingly buying apparel and accessories online, are demanding a better fit, better look and better return on investment (ROI). This, even as brands are finding it increasingly difficult to fully meet these requirements.
That said, there's tremendous potential for AI-enabled services in the little over $3 trillion fashion industry, which is fundamentally being transformed by AI and ML in every element of its value chain.
Consider these statistics. The global AI in fashion market size, according to MarketsandMarkets, is expected to grow from $228 million in 2019 to $1,260 million by 2024, at a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 40.8% during the forecast period.
It's a wake-up call for fashion retailers and brands that are progressively adopting AI-based solutions, including platform and software tools such as software development kits (SDKs), application programming interfaces (APIs), and machine learning (ML) models. Yet, the single biggest impediment to scale their business globally is ‘Sizing’, as I have pointed out in my blog https://mirrorsize.com/blog. This, even as the gap between AI-developed designs and human-made ones is closing as the articles we have curated for you, will demonstrate.
Last, but not the least, we at Mirrorsize have a lot of interesting news to share as well. First, we now have a suite of six products to help you and your users get precise body measurements, find accurate sizes, and even advertise your brands on our Mirrorsize app that have been downloaded by thousands of users till date. Second, we have added two co-founders to our leadership team. Third, we have revamped our website to include all the happenings that I have spoken of, and much more
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Arup Chakraborty
Founder & CEO
Mirrorsize US Inc.
Amazon’s AI generates images of clothing to match text queries
Scientists at Amazon describe a Generative Adversarial Network (GAN) that generates clothing examples to match product descriptions, which they say could be used to refine customer text queries.
The Fashion Industry Is Getting More Intelligent With AI
Despite the established nature of the fashion industry, AI is fundamentally transforming the industry from the way that fashion companies manufacture their products to the way they are marketed and sold. AI technologies are transforming the fashion industry in every element of its value chain such as designing, manufacturing, logistics, marketing and sales.
Dressing for the Surveillance Age
As cities become ever more packed with cameras that always see, public anonymity could disappear. Can stealth streetwear evade electronic eyes?
This app can help you pick that perfect dress
Given you don’t have the time or the enthusiasm to do things the old-school way, an app called Mirrorsize may be the solution you need. Mirrorsize is a 3D body measurement solution that uses artificial intelligence (AI), advanced computer vision and deep learning to give you precise body measurements.
US-based tech start-up to scale-up operations; raise a first round of funds
The company offers artificial intelligence or AI-enabled device-agnostic body scanning so that users get “precise body measurements” on tablet PCs and smartphones. It can be accessed via the app (on both iOS and Android) or the website by individual users. It also operates on a licensing model with brands and apparel companies.
AI, Big Data: Game changer in fashion
Merely providing a size chart online is not an effective solution. First, most users do not understand the complex size charts. Second, many users do not feel comfortable or confident enough to order solely on the basis of an online size chart, which they feel is just “a pool of numbers”. Can there be another option to enhance the shopping experience of online buyers, and give them the confidence to buy online?
At Mirrorsize, interns too can become co-founders
New Delhi-based Artificial Intelligence (AI)-powered body scanning platform company, Mirrorsize Inc., is strengthening its leadership team by co-opting as co-founders, two of its employees who started out as interns in the company.