3D wearable clothes could be generated within minutes, through new technology installed at Manchester Met University.
The University is collaborating with digital fashion technology specialist, Style3D, which can instantly create a 3D design using AI.
The software can visualise, design, cut and produce entire outfits using life-sized avatar models with real-time editing.
“Our students will have access to new emerging industry standard digital fashion technologies that don’t exist anywhere else. There are no other companies that have got the same advanced and sophisticated software and it is going to be used here at Manchester Metropolitan University,” explained Anita Mitchell, Section Head of Fashion Design at Manchester Met.
“Having this strategic partnership located in our institute means that the fashion industry is going to be engaging with our students, with our academics and with our researchers.
“We’ve got everyone we need in one space including the fashion industry, higher education and the tech developers and that is what is going to drive digitalisation and sustainable fashion practice in the fashion industry and graduate employability here.”
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Styleverse will be based on the campus at Manchester Fashion Institute and is Style3D’s first operation in the UK. The Chinese company has offices across 4 contents, but its head office is in Hangzhou – the home of Alibaba and DeepSeek.
“I am delighted to be working with Manchester Met. I think that Manchester is a centre of fashion, from fashion businesses to manufacturers. It has given me a lot of inspiration because it has very innovative technology. I think it is quite similar to a city like Hangzhou, in that they have really integrated science technology with the fashion industry,” explained Eric Liu, CEO of Style3D.
“We’re going to present the world’s latest fashion technology and software at Manchester Met. The students will get a head start in real industry development and see the future of the fashion industry.”
Previously, creating a 3D wearable garment has required the time and skills of a creative pattern cutter, a profession that can take years to develop.
Style3D’s software takes an AI generated pattern and instantly creates a wearable design, which can be showcased on life-sized customisable screen avatars.
“Our vision at Manchester Fashion Institute is to be celebrated as a force for change within and beyond the fashion industry, and this partnership with a globally leading company like Style 3D, which brings together fashion, and tech, with Higher Education in partnership, is a fantastic example of how we are taking fashion further,” added Professor Liz Barnes, Director of Manchester Fashion Institute at Manchester Met.
