AI is not going to revolutionize Japanese fashion today

Amidst all the talk of artificial intelligence taking over the creative industries, there are enough people sitting in the fashion studios who know they are on loan.

The truth of the matter is that fashion as a whole functions on trend aggregation, where a handful of inspirations fall like rain at the peak of high fashion and then cascade down through the various stages of the market eventually becoming a fast fashion stream. This fad process of targeting your chosen market is why we have cohesive trends, but also why some brands achieve a level of individuality.

Thankfully, the human body presents enough challenges to ensure that most design teams are at least safe for now. Using AI to compose mood boards and visualize an idea is possible, but having the ability to refine it by balancing fabric weight, movement, and color requires a bit of fashion sense. Automated production and visualization tools, such as those used to scale clothing patterns, have been around for decades without cluttering the fashion system.