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Additive Manufacturing and Smart Textiles

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Digitalization in the Luxury Fashion Industry

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Abstract

This chapter elucidates how new digital technologies are shaping the fashion industry. The chapter allows:

  • understanding how additive manufacturing, 3D printing and smart textiles are entering the fashion industry, their potential and challenges;

  • understanding whether and how these innovations are compatible with luxury fashion traditionally dominated by craftsmanship with a focus on luxury shoes production;

  • understanding different properties and applications of smart textiles;

  • discussing how also small-medium sized firms can approach the digital transformation.

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Notes

  1. 1.

    https://www.dezeen.com/2013/06/24/nowhere-nowhere-two-gaze-activated-glow-in-the-dark-dresses-eye-tracking-ying-gao/.

  2. 2.

    https://www.irisvanherpen.com/about.

  3. 3.

    https://news.nike.com/news/nike-debuts-first-ever-football-cleat-built-using-3d-printing-technology.

  4. 4.

    https://xiaomi-mi.com/news-and-actions/xiaomi-introduced-smart-shoes/.

  5. 5.

    https://feetz.com.

  6. 6.

    https://iovado.com.

  7. 7.

    https://www.volumental.com.

  8. 8.

    https://www.fitstation.com/.

  9. 9.

    https://www.adidas.com/us/futurecraft.

  10. 10.

    https://www.adidas.com/us/speedfactory.

  11. 11.

    https://manuelitaitaly.com/en/.

  12. 12.

    http://www.technica.net/NF/Caratteristiche_&_Prestazioni/elastomeriche.htm.

  13. 13.

    https://news.nike.com/news/track-field-nike-pro-turbospeed-uniforms-and-nike-zoom-spikes.

  14. 14.

    https://www.gore-workwear.co.uk/.

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Cabigiosu, A. (2020). Additive Manufacturing and Smart Textiles. In: Digitalization in the Luxury Fashion Industry. Palgrave Advances in Luxury. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-48810-9_6

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