On day three of the Dezeen 15 festival, Amber Slooten of digital fashion brand The Fabricant explained how technology could create an equitable fashion industry that rewards talent regardless of background. More about Amber Slooten reveals her vision for a more inclusive fashion industry in a live Dezeen 15 interview
Technologies such as blockchain and NFTs will usher in a new era of creativity where everyone has an equal chance of success regardless of their background, writes Amber Slooten of digital fashion brand The Fabricant in her manifesto for the Dezeen 15 digital festival. More about "In this future, a kid in Dakar stands as much chance as a kid in Paris" says Amber Slooten
Fashion house Balenciaga has collaborated with video game Fortnite to release a collection of in-game clothes and limited edition physical garments. More about "Authentic Balenciaga looks" released in video game Fortnite
Designer Santa Kupča has created a digital fashion collection of glitching garments through 3D scanning and digitally manipulating her own clothes, which was shown as part of Milan design week. More about Santa Kupča creates pixelated digital clothing line Decrypted Garments
Digital fashion house The Fabricant and designer Toni Maticevski have created the Animator Overcoat, a piece of unisex virtual haute couture that is decorated with claw-like spikes. More about The Fabricant and Toni Maticevski design unisex "digi-couture" garment informed by sea urchins
Digital-fashion house The Fabricant has collaborated with RTFKT to create the gender-fluid RenaiXance collection of digital garments, which were minted as NFTs. More about The Fabricant designs gender-fluid digital clothes informed by the Renaissance
Shoe brand Buffalo London has teamed up with digital fashion house The Fabricant to create a flaming virtual trainer that can only be "worn" in images for social media. More about Buffalo London sets platform trainers ablaze for first digital-only product release
Balenciaga has released its Fall 2021 fashion collection in the form of a video game, which sees players travel through a wonderland-style future world, passing avatars dressed in ripped jeans and metal-armour boots on the way. More about Balenciaga's Afterworld video game takes players to a secret rave in the forest
Interest in virtual fashion has exploded during the coronavirus pandemic as people explore ways of dressing their online avatars, according to digital fashion designer Amber Jae Slooten. More about Virtual fashion will allow people to "go completely crazy" online says Amber Jae Slooten of The Fabricant
Swedish retailer Carlings has released its augmented-reality The Last Statement T-shirt, which can show a variety of political messages. More about Wearers can update political messages on Carlings' augmented-reality T-shirt
Montreal-based fashion designer Ying Gao has created a pair of robotic dresses that respond to their environment by rippling, expanding and contracting as if they are alive. More about Ying Gao's "chameleon-like" autonomous dresses react to their surroundings
Louis Vuitton has launched versions of two of its monogram handbags with built-in flexible OLED digital screens at its Cruise 2020 show. More about Louis Vuitton premieres "cutting-edge" bags with flexible screens
Black Panther took home the 2019 Academy Award for Best Costume Design for outfits that included an intricate collar and crown created using 3D printing. More about Black Panther's Oscar-winning costumes include 3D-printed designs
Basketball fans will soon be able to get the latest news and scores from their favourite teams by simply tapping their phone against Nike's new NBA jerseys. More about Nike's connected NBA jerseys update fans with news about their favourite teams
These miniature robots can crawl over fabric to personalise garments, adapt clothing for different climates, and perform other helpful tasks. More about Kino "living jewellery" roams across the body as a tiny personal assistant
Sports brand Adidas has unveiled designs for trainers with latticed plastic midsoles, which are shaped using a new additive-manufacturing technique that "overcomes shortcomings" of 3D printing. More about Adidas shapes Futurecraft 4D shoe soles using light and heat
This smart denim jacket, revealed at the 2017 SXSW conference by Dutch fashion designer Pauline van Dongen, strokes the wearer's back in response to touch. More about Pauline van Dongen's touch-sensitive denim jacket gives intimate back rubs
These responsive garments by Yves Béhar's studio Fuseproject feature "electric muscles" that assist elderly wearers to walk, stand up and climb stairs. More about Yves Béhar's Aura Power Clothing helps the elderly with mobility
Young girls that suffer from spinal curvature will soon be able to wear lighter and more stylish 3D-printed braces to treat their condition. More about 3D-printed back brace offers "fashionable" solution for scoliosis sufferers
Parsons School of Design graduate Kailu Guan has created a range of garments that present three-dimensional shapes and moving patterns when viewed on a digital device (+ movie). More about Kailu Guan shows augmented reality apparel at New York Textile Month