The high-tech future of fashion
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 20 ธ.ค. 2018
- Almost every piece of clothing you own was made, in some part, by a person. Clothing manufacturing still lags years behind industries like cars and electronics in automation of labor, but new technologies like lasers and 3D knitting could radically transform how garment factories operate around the world, finally bringing the fashion industry to the tech future.
Quartz fashion reporter Marc Bain explores how the notoriously low-tech apparel industry is now on the cusp of a new era of customizable, mass-produced fashion.
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I would have liked some commentary on the potential impact of these developments on environmental concerns.
Seth Dangle yes they could have been more thorough or add more segments
There's a documentary called "The True Cost" that covers the environmental impacts of fast fashion (I think it's also relevant for this?) :)
As if the fast fashion we have already is not fast enough to pollute the world..
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@@The_Revolutionist Do you actually know what being a special snowflake means?
This might actually be more eco friendly. Think about it. If people order first, then the clothes are made, then there wouldn’t be clothes that just get thrown away. It won’t be the case for everyone, but the more this would happen, the less waste there would be
But not the plastic melting with water thing. That's will likely have some kind of waste.
Fashion is rooted in artisanal craft and demands love in production and design. You don't need faster and cheaper clothing, you need better designed clothing. If you want less waste do more preordering and stop ordering cheap clothes made with terrible quality. People in the past bought well made and quality clothes on occasion and not every two weeks. High tech clothing tech just makes smaller artisanal brands, which we need more of rather than larger companies, harder to start up.
Alex Yu dude. Not everyone can afford to buy high priced clothes whenever they want. The reality is that this is how the demand works in the fashion world today, so we need to find ways that work within that to be more efficient
@@jonah4196 that's also why it's so important to buy second hand clothing. Fashion isn't necessary for survival which gives us all the more reason to be cautious of the footprints we leave with it. Fast fashion is becoming more and more of an environment problem. You can feed the problem and say that you're trying to customize and automate the process by tech improvements but you're still reinforcing the problem that such cheap clothing is terrible quality. They'll intentionally sell you cheap quality for cheap prices to keep you coming back after ruining your pieces in two washes. That's the power of passionless fast fashion brands that give fashion a bad corporate name. Not to mention the jobs that will be lost.
@@jonah4196 and i dont even wanna get started on the fact that the fast fashion culture is digging themselves into worse and worse problematic environmental and ethical holes every season. People need to think about where their clothes have been by the prices they buy them at and where they'll go in the future. Not to mention shameless copying of smaller brands and artisanal brands alike by larger fast fashion companies resulting in loss of profits and increased negative environmental effects.
As soon as you said 'stiffening the fabric with plastic' an environmental alarm sounded off in my head. Great, even more plastic that goes into the landfill.
Good point. Perhaps the same effect could be achieved with a bio-friendly starch.
How can you talk about fast fashion without environment -__-
Use plastics and consume more clean water to make clothing production faster and cheaper...SOUNDS GREAT!
Mass produced customized clothing is actually a really cool idea and will offer people a lot of new opportunities for expression and creativity! I'm looking forward to it!
i think talking about environmental and labor effects is important as well, because moving away from abusive working conditions will definitely be a good thing, but knowing the cost is important too
I feel like the “it’s going to be made to order” segment was a half assed attempt at saying automating fashion wouldn’t just be used by F21, HM and other fast fashion chains to produce more disposable crap. And it also rushes far to quickly through how trends work. Trends don’t just appear suddenly and go away in the blink of an eye. It’s a cycle that could take years to go from innovators to mass market. And large fashion companies work in advance and pay lots of money for trend forecasting resources like WGSN. And they hire design teams for a reason. (And if it’s a basic like a white T shirt or blue jean, they’ll always sell no matter what.)
Coincidentally the human we plan to send to mars is Yusaku Maezawa (the CEO of Zozotown, the company mentioned at the end with the suit scanning thing).
That is a coincidence!
The founder of that last company (with the dot suit) is the same guy going around the Moon in a couple of years, thanks to Space X
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Yes! Clothing today and just about everything associated with it is a net loss. I want cheap replaceable everyday wear, and high-tech recyclable special apparel. I prefer utility to fashion, and while the way something looks is important, the things it can do are more so.
It might be weird, but fashion is going down. People are starting to understand, that its just not only fast fashion, but any kind of "fashion" that is over produced, decreases the quality of the life for your children. They might have in the future maybe just 20 quality pieces through the years, but they can't undo the damage you make to the environment right now. There needs to be total rethinking of clothing and what it's there for, to make it sustainable.
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Good documentary.
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The cost of workers is getting up.. There's no way to go around it. We must get rid of the human workers fast so that we're able to sell them more stuff.
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We really should. Those people are essentially slaves working for meager wages, and these robots could help them out. So that they won't be able to be complacent and they'll get up with fire in their eyes to grow an economy, be that capitalist or otherwise.
@@tanszism I agree with you, yet i was being ironic towards mr. businessman there at 7:41. I very much doubt that what these ''captains of industry'' have in mind is concern over what workers and/or the unemployed are doing. The political and the corporate systems are golems (jewish mythic beings without consciousness), giant robotic organizations that are treading without any conscious care for the beings which are indeed conscious (the living ecosystem). And these golems are powered and steered by a distributed network of small-minded, profit-oriented ceo-s, investors and politicians. Everything being distributed, means that there's no one to point at, no one to hold accountable. The investor only wants profit maximization, the ceo only wants to keep his job and get the bonus, the politician wants his campaign to be funded, etc.. And thus the giant beast treads, and there's no way that the beast becomes conscious and saves the ecosystem, or saves the workers from repetitive work, stops emitting co2 into the atmosphere, etc. People think that apple and amazon will endlessly, till the end of the world, need consumers to keep them running, but it's stupid to think that facebook and google will evolve yet without ever getting rid of their dependence of consumers. Especially when they're the ones who are pushing consumers towards economic instability! There's a great article somewhere saying that the destiny of these giant corporations is exactly the same with that of other succesful golem entities throughout history. Such as the state of Venice, who, once they managed to satisfy their own needs (own fleet, own army, own artisans, etc) they've proclaimed INDEPENDENCE and, like a tick with a belly full of blood, they've separated from the ''host body''. Search the net, because there are already some diehard ''separatists'' in Silicon Valley who maintain independence.
But I want to know the potential sustainability. And automating supply chain globally puts a literally incomparable number of highly skilled and trained workers out of a job. And anyone who’s sewn anything knows it’s not just something you can automate. A simple t shirt is one thing, but try a curved or corner seam. God this just made me angry for so many reasons.
Lots of good points, @Zach T. We learned that the clothing manufacturing industry absolutely needs to modernize, but are these the methods that will bring production into the future. Also, it's worth considering that the fashion industry and consumer habits need to adapt too. (And, yes, automated sewing really does look like it has a long way to go).
Quartz but there’s no incentive or motivation for either consumers or companies to adapt to more environmentally friendly alternatives. They need to. But they won’t. Making Apparel manufacturing faster (or automating it)out only worsens the problem by making cheap clothes more accessible and puts countless skilled workers of a job.
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Yes, automate! Let the future begin
can't wait to have my own 3d knitter at home in a few years!
If it becomes fast enough clothing will only be made when ordered. Less waste. I hope this continues to be developed.
What happens to the plastic after the garment is made? Is it recycled or reuse?
The production of clothing shouldn’t be automated. Garments should be handmade with the finest craftmanship and best materials.
Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso Classique anything but slave labor is fine with me.
A very positive future, as long as its environment friendly to use it on a mass scale, it would make clothing a hell lot cheaper..
Clean video
Yes.
Being in a similar industry (upholstery) this is fascinating. I think for fashion it's still a long way off. But for fabric on furniture? Automated sewing can't be far off surely!?
Thanks for sharing! Amazing that upholstery still feels behind in tech too.
This whole fashion revolution seems to me to be very promising! The future is really cheap clothes made by machines and there will be no one else in the world, however poor, without having a nice new outfit to wear. On the other hand, I see that old hand sewing techniques are also very promising. There will be few skilled people to do this beautiful and handcrafted work. I recently completed my four years training in Tailoring and Couture Techniques and I can make clothes with impeccable fit with polished and luxurious finish. I will be one of the few in the world to perform this technique and for sure my work will be much more valued by those who recognize this art and also those who can afford it.
My fear is as people become more spoiled and pandered to they won’t appreciate your effort and will just want ‘more’ for ‘less’
Why subtitles off? I want to make russian translate.
was expecting graphene based clothing, but still a good video.
Wasn't there a guy on shark tank a while back doing this exact thing, using phones to map your body in order to make custom suits? He was definitively onto something.
I wish I could 3D print my own desings at home
Interesting
Someone did a article about how that suit with dots doesn't work
im down for the jacket making machine , but making shirts with plastic seems bad when we have a plastic crisis already unless he can prove that he reuses the plastic stiffening cover after it's removed but seems doubtful. Very cool stuff.
Good point. Maybe some material other than plastic could achieve the same effect.
Is the company name confidential?
More environmental aspects would have been nice
2:13 how are you a fashion expert when you don't have pants that fit
Oh hi Mark!
I have always found some or the other faults with the off the rack clothes I bought. I'm just gonna wait for the custom fit technology to impress me. Also, this video is more to do with the fitting part and less about the quality of clothing. I feel that perfect fit clothes with poor quality clothing material look better than poorly fitting clothes with good quality material. And when it comes to the environmental issues, the custom-fit technology and the clothes rental company will have an opposite environmental impact.
Poor quality material never looks good. I do clothing alterations and with quality fabric I can provide a great fit but with cheap fabric I can work until I’m blue in the face, it’s still gonna look cheap!
Someone should tell authors of this video that a fast fashion has been a thing for last 30 years.
Customization is still way too expensive for a mass market, for example with 3D knitting. This is and will be a high-end market solution for a while. When it does come more mainstream, it will reduce waste by a lot, since it's wasteless production, and also customized for everyone (less incentive to throw away). The bigger challenges, in my opinion, are in the recycling of clothing. There's a big need for more innovation in that part because if the product loop can be closed, the biggest issues are resolved :)
Good point. There is a lot of waste in the clothing industry - especially post-consumer - that needs to be addressed. But the technology for clothing recycling would most likely be slow and low tech too.
Most People dont want to wear something unique, but go with the trend. Trendy products can be mass produced, and are cheaper, unlike custom clothing.
Japan sure is cool
3 years? That's if the economy doesn't sink into another financial crisis which always does about every 10+ years...Also as the environmental impact becomes worse from these fast fashion, there could be some governments putting their foot down on the fashion industry.
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So uniqlo and Patagonia are already using automated knitting.... Wow they got to make a huuuuge margin of profit... I guess
What about how this impacts workers?
Bill Gates actually has an interesting theory along those lines th-cam.com/video/nccryZOcrUg/w-d-xo.html
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When I start my fashion business I will never use these types of machines. I prefer hand made high-quality clothes.
Until fabric fashion becomes digital, manufacturers are safe.
Full automation is right way to go but the journey will hurt because job will be harder to get and can create regression but the end result would be absolutely the best because human dont need to work if everything is free because everything had been automated including resource extraction and asteroid mining.
This doesn't solve the modern slavery problem, customization in your clothes only means your more specifically demanding an accurate representation of your body measurements, hindering the production line by making more adjustments that are suitable to different sizes, thus creating a multitude of volumes.
Furthermore, developments in the technology reside in the commercial application rather than industrial application, for instance, the use of robotic arms in the assembly line was only implemented in the heavy industry of transportation for only a couple of years, meaning hypocrisy in the digital age is just applied in the sector of Media...
But I'm optimistic to what the impact it will have in this sector once these people implement it though there is going to have consequences...
You can automate a process but cannot automate the soul in clothing design.
HIRE A MACHINE AND U EMPLOY THOUSANDS! THE GREED OF MEN
Those jeans fumes tough...
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@@TheM1ghtyBear what
This will be good for the environment since companies wont need to produce more. Hopefully consumers become more educated about their consumption.
That stitching tech they showed sounds and looks like garbage. The stiffening is going to be a major barrier and potential sustainability/eco-friendly issue. The 3D knitting and laser distressing however, is fucking lit.
I don't think fast-bespoke is going to go mainstream as quickly as we would like . People want things instantly and want to try things on in the stores (shopping as an experience is still something a lot of people enjoy). Going through a fitting process and waiting 4-6 weeks for delivery on goods isn't for everyone.
I think there will be both a traditional in-store market as well as a fast-bespoke market in the near future.
Clothes stiffening with recycled plastic?
Can't wait when automation completely destroys lower class jobs. Thanks, mega crop!
it has already started
Why is that a problem? Those people who were stuck with these lower-class jobs will be phased out, and a high demand for education will be met with more education. And in the end, everyone will have a more fulfilling career with using their big ol' thonker rather than just hammering away their life. At least, that's how I wish to see it :)
PersonalPerson that’s great for the next generation, a higher skill labor force are always welcome. How ever the problem lie with the current labour force, they can’t have another 5 year of education when they barely get by. and judge from our technological progress, cheap machinery will replace them before the next labor force mature; what to do with these low skill labor?
So you would rather keep people earning 10 cents a day [mostly children] from inhospitable conditions? This will force a decrease in population and it's the best that can happen.
Will it not create more new jobs?
Zozo.... Isn't that the guy that wants to go to the moon¿
he is
They're the fast foods of clothing. You can go to mcdonalds or burgerfi.
That may be less wasteful but is less waste worth making millions of people unemployed and deprived of a decent source of employment especially in developing countries? I'm afraid people have to consider the potential societal damage and backlash to such a thing.
So we are not going to ignore that fast fashion is very damaging, even before and after machines...
Dem jobs doe
Hurray, more jobs lost and more garbage for our landfills...
Nope
Maybe people learn real skills and stop whining about losing their jobs to robots
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You're wrong, everyone can learn.
@@The_Revolutionist In first world countries maybe, but in the third world countries that fast fashion brand outsource their manufacturing to not everybody has access to an education that would allow them to learn those new skills
Naud Veldhoen tech companies also outsource high skills job to developing countries (outsourcing coding to India by microsoft and google). When there is a need there will be a market. The logical fallacies of your argument lies in both viewing the job market as a zero sum game and viewing society based solely on the inflexibility of a single generation.
Levi •_•
Seriously the solution is plastic?
Yeah. I thought plastics are I think #1 pollutant on the planet. Just heard, plastic fibers were discovered north of Scandinavia just over over the arctic circle. The last pristine area of the planet has pollution. Those people up there are not happy. Very sad. 😩
And MORE WASTE !
So, low employment, no more creativity, environmentally unsustainable, shallow, boring and meh.. That’s a no from me ☝🏼
How to make people unimployed
okay low-paid jobs are going to go away, replacing them with nothing.
Shame this will damage our environment... smh at the fashion industry.
Im fine. Good ol' unemployment
Oh great more fast fashion to ruin the environment.
Fast fashion is cancer
Cost of materials is going up; labor costs are going up. No kidding. Prices are going up as well. Gasoline used to be $027/gallon in 1974. So what's your point? That poor people will be walking around naked because of inflation?
You talk about this technology coming to mass marketed items. Nope. Customized, high-priced clothing will suck up almost 100% of the machine capability for computer-aided clothing manufacturing because that's the fastest way to pay for those expensive machines and to finance their even better, faster, more versatile and more efficient versions. Have you noticed that 3D printing is not being used to make kids' toys? Right, it's used to do fast industrial prototyping, which is saving tens of millions of dollars every month.
Don't get too far out over your skis with this stuff. We're already oversaturated with techno-teases as it IS.
Fast fashion is killing the planet and killing your wallet
so you guys are like... the new vox. please don't break my heart like they did. their videos suck balls now but the worst thing about them was their president forcing the video team to add short clips of him begging people to get trump out of office. trying to cram his political agenda down their viewers throats was lame enough but then the quality took a massive downward spike. end.
Did they just try to make fast fashion sound pretty and hopeful?! Disgusting honestly
No more job for you
Worst thumbnail of all time.
This is not even a good thing.