Reflections Blog 1
Throughout the Better Lives unit, I have seen many different lectures that have massively influenced the way I perceive the industry of fashion.
Before starting the unit, I read the information about it and I was quite skeptical that there can be a bright future for fashion because of how unsustainable and resource-consuming it is.
Out of the lectures that I have seen, the two lectures in particular changed my thinking.
The first one is “Emerging Technologies In Fashion” and the second one is “Inclusion”.
Emerging Technologies In Fashion:
This lecture was incredibly interesting to watch, I got the insight on how technologies have appeared, developed, how they are developing now. The interesting thing is that we can not predict what is coming in the future and what technology will appear and change our world as we are only ale to look into the past. However, the reality is that technologies are developing faster and faster – like a snowball.
There are a few ways that would make shopping way more easier and one of them is a program that would allow a user try different outfits without actually putting the clothes on. On the one hand, I thought, this could simplify the procedure of shopping as well as save a lot of time and possibly give an even better perceptive on how the outfit looks on a body as mirrors and lights in clothing stores can often be confusing and inaccurate. On the other hand, however, trying clothes that easily and accurately could increase the consumption levels that are already incredibly high. Customers might start purchasing clothes and other things in larger amounts as it will take way less effort to see how something they liked on a shelf will look on them. Basically, my main concert regarding immersing technologies into fashion industry is that it could bring the problem of pollution to a whole new level.
Inclusion:
This lecture fascinated me because I have never thought or heard of inclusive fashion. Turns out that the whole industry is mainly targeting white male with a certain income. That made me question how unfair it is to all the other people that do not fall into this category. I then realised that I have never seen clothing for people that do not have some part of a body (arm, leg etc). Why does the industry leave so many people behind?
This is the problem to be solved.
If we come up with fashion that could be of use for as many groups of people as possible, we could satisfy the customers as well as massively decrease the pollution as well as the waste.
There are many questions to be answered and we have to think of the future now. These two lectures really made me wonder of what is coming next and how to influence the industry to make it “healthy” and fair for everybody.