3D Models, the Future of Runway Fashion?

In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, entire industries have had to innovate and even accelerate their digitization and automation plans. One of them is the fast-changing and fast-paced fashion industry, which like the Mercedes Benz Fashion Week Mexico had to figure out how to present its new collections virtually.

Designer Anifa Mvuemba showed her followers a preview of what the ´new normal´ runway would look like while presenting her latest Hanifa brand collection using 3D models through Instagram Live. The collection included garments from the Pink Label Congo collection, which is a tribute to the Congo, Mvuemba´s native country, while models with three-dimensional headless bodies began to parade around the screen.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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“Designing content using 3D models and now an entire collection has been a complete game-changer for me. It requires an even greater amount of attention-to-detail for the clothes to fit and look just right,” said Anifa in an interview with Teen Vogue.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Mvuemba designed this collection to raise awareness for Congolese mines, where underaged children and women work in these mines under harsh conditions which include physical abuse.

The Future COVID-19 Holds for the Fashion Industry

Fashion Week Mexico FW 2020 which was held in April, designers  Pepa Pombo, Pink Magnolia, Vero Díaz, Olmos y Flores, Alfredo Martínez, Kris Goyri and Benito Santos, let their creativity flow to present their fall-winter 2020 collections through YouTube. Approximately about 7 million people watched the show over the weekend.  

“Since the release of Fashion Week Mexico´s first video on March 31, it has had an approximate increase of 2,000 percent in subscribers, reaching more than 160,000 views, with the largest amount generated last week. I find it fascinating that a content partner like Fashion Week has put into practice recommendations of creating a channel from start, they really implemented a strategy that is like a mirror-image of what they do live and now they do on YouTube," said Alejandra González, manager of alliances with strategic partners of YouTube in an interview with Forbes.