Textile Insight

textileinsight.com Spring 2023 ~ Textile Insight • 23 ahead of first sampling requests. Using cloud collaboration tools like Asana sped up product management, provided ongoing transparency and reassured clients that we were on track to meet their vision," the exec explained. Holt works with Style3D which encompasses the full 3D digital product lifecycle, including creating digital fabrics, transforming 2D panels into draped silhouettes and presenting real-time Web 3.0 simulations. Truth be told, tactility is the challenge. We need "digital tools to augment our sensory experiences, rather than simply compete with them," Holt noted. As digital fabrics become more detailed and dimensional, they will appear more real. For now, 3D doesn't fully convey the outcome of physical garment construction just yet – say the interaction of stress, seams and the pure gravity of a garment. If you are fitting a garment on an avatar, it needs to be representative of your fit model. It takes some playing around to get comfortable with the process, but 3D designers from diverse disci- plines – game development, video production and graphic design – are advancing. "Digital media artists are learning 2D pattern making and pattern makers are learning media arts. e hybridity is a huge shi happening under our feet right now," concluded Holt. Brand Impact Luxury lifestyle brand Losano has elimi- nated all physical printouts when preparing for sketch selections. Even five years ago, the sketches were hand-drawn and more recently, digital sketches were printed out and placed on physical boards for presentations. Online work during COVID changed all of that. "We have gone digital completely," said Losano Senior Designer, Sharon Zhang. e designer likes the ability to sketch faster digitally and present a standardized, professional brand image when communicating with vendors. e eco-conscious brand recently paired with Brooklyn-based Tailored Industry to produce an on-demand 3D knitted capsule collection. Six wardrobe pieces (including a dress, cardigan and bra top) were made to order using 3D knitting machines that reduce over-production and waste. As a style goes through the production process, a QR code allows each worker to follow it via an iPad. The collaboration was almost completely digital. While a physical pattern would typ- ically be made, "with Tailored Industry's 3D C ommitted to investing in continuous innovation, Hyosung is looking forward to presenting its latest sustainable textile solutions to meet value chain demands at forthcoming trade shows and mill workshops this spring and summer. Highlighted will be the company's new USDA and SGS-certified creora ® bio-based Black spandex, and creora ® regen Black spandex. Hyosung's creora ® bio-based Black spandex, which is partly made with renewable resources, provides lower carbon emissions compared to the production of conventional spandex. Hyosung's 3rd party-certified, 100% recycled creora ® regen Black spandex, delivers water- saving options for a more sustainable production process. Both fibers provide a deeper, darker black color to help eliminate grin-through, together with the same powerful stretch and recovery benefits as its conventional creora ® Black spandex. "Several brands approached us to develop a water-saving, dope-dyed black spandex with the additional benefits of being partly made from renewable resources or 100% recycled", said Simon Whitmarsh-Knight, Hyosung Global Marketing Director - Textiles. "So, it made perfect sense take the technology used to make our conventional - and successful - creora ® Black spandex and add it to bio-based and 100% recycled versions to meet our customers' diverse needs. You can visit Hyosung at the Outdoor Retailer, June 19-21 and the Functional Fabric Fair NYC, July 18-19 to learn more about its extensive portfolio of recycled, bio-based, and other sustainable textile solutions. Hyosung Introduces New Sustainable Textile Solutions Innovation in motion to help solve brands' bespoke sustainability needs For all the latest trend, event and product updates visit Hyosung at blog.hyosungtnc.com/. "Digital media artists are learning 2D pattern making and pattern makers are learning media arts. The hybridity is a huge shift happening under our feet right now." Stacy Holt, founder, The Holt Co.

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