Computers in the Fashion

Industry

By Lora Lee

The Fashion Dream

Fashion aspiring persons mostly talk of the dream or selling that dreamTalk of how that dream will be produced is never mentioned.The cut and the construction is not a famous topic when discussing the fashion dream

Production in the Fashion Industry BEFORE computers

• Usually by a team of workers• Each with their own specific job• Usually extremely time consuming• Repetitive work involved

Computer debut into the fashion world

• Computers were introduced to the fashion industry before the 1980’s.

• They were extremely rare

• After the debut, people found computers to be vastly convenient for designers.

Computer Integrated Industry

• Computers are taking over the repetitive jobs

• Used in production to save time• Storage, presentations, and sales supplies• Used to study variations on a certain

design• Ordering fabrics or materials• Used for it’s precision• Used to e-mail samples to different

departments

Fashion Software's in Fashion

• Certain software’s may include stencils, color options, textures, and create images on the screen.

• One of the most popular software’s is CAD, computer aided design

Computer aided design• Apparatus allows factory tailoring on

a body.• Body dimensions are measured and

inspected by a camera.• Camera converts the measurements

to a wire frame representation of the body (exact dimensions)

• Measurement came be used to form mannequins in that size.

• Pattern sizing and color coordination• With a simple clicks of a button, you

can change the pattern of the shirt, color of the shorts, even accessories on different skin tones.

Sketching?• Sketching is still frequently done by

hand. • However, computers can help enhance

the sketch. • Transferring the sketch to a computer

can help you place the design upon an actual body.

• Consider variations that can make the design better.

• Sketching can also be done with a computer’s interface with a sensor equipped pen and tablet.

Computer aided Production

• Development of textiles.• In textile production, plants are monitored by

computers. • As well as the weaving and dying

departments.• Linear programming is frequently used in the

fashion industry

The Price for Computers in the Fashion Industry

• The price can vary differently from where it is purchased.

• Program machinery can be priced up to 1 million francs equivalent to $856,668.1 US dollars.

Books on Computers in the Fashion Industry

Computers in the Fashion Industry by Patrick Taylor

Producing fashion: Commerce, Culture, and Consumers by Regina Lee Blaszczyk

Computer-Aided Flat Sketching for the Fashion Industry by Barbara Sultan

Fashion Computing Design techniques and CAD by Sandra Burke

References• www.freepatentsonline.com, 2004-2008,

November 4• Computers connect with couture, 2008, the

international Herald Tribune. www.iht.com • Fashion Design, 2001-2006, Macmillan Reference

USA, www.bookrags.com• Fashion Technology Program, 2008, Lansing

Community College, www.lcc.edu

• LAN system for computer integrated Textile Manufacturing, 2008, Webmaster Radio FM a Mew

Gen Broadcasting, www.articleonramp.com