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This chapter introduces the technology innovation transpiring in the field of fashion product design and development by covering the entire industry pipeline. As a potentially transformational industry, it is promising that various leading-edge technologies would play a significant role in designing and developing personalized fashion-related products. This chapter provides the theoretical foundation to analyze the cases of the collaboration between innovative technology and fashion demonstrated in the rest of this book. It also delineates the main innovative technologies (e.g., renewable textiles, 3D printing, wearables, robotics, artificial intelligence, augmented reality) currently employed by fashion companies, starting from the stage of material development, product design and development, production, to end-consumer engagement. The chapter also deliberates on the future of technology innovation in the fashion industry.
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Lee, YA. (2022). Trends of Emerging Technologies in the Fashion Product Design and Development Process. In: Lee, YA. (eds) Leading Edge Technologies in Fashion Innovation. Palgrave Studies in Practice: Global Fashion Brand Management . Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-91135-5_1
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