Fashion goes fast with speedier adoption of 3D

THE fashion world has embraced 3D modelling software faster than expected, notes French 3D software developer Dassault Systemes.

When the company launched a fashion-focused research arm, FashionLab, in late 2011 to get a headstart over the competition in the fashion space, it forecast that it would take fashion designers five years to adopt 3D design technology.

But now, just two years down the road, most designers in the world's fashion capital of Paris have already moved from 2D sketches to incorporating some form of 3D technology in their workflow, FashionLab director Jerome Bergeret told BizIT.