AI is bringing out fashion collections and wants to ‘dress you like an alien’

ARTIFICIAL intelligence is thriving in fashion halfway across the world with dozens of alienesque designs hitting the runway in Hong Kong. 

During a December 19 fashion show, attendees were stunned by more than 80 outfits from 14 designers – all of which were created with assistance from an artificial intelligence software.

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The designers relied on AI-based Interactive Design Assistant (AiDA) which was developed by PhD students and other academics at the AiDLab in the region, according to a Reuters report.

From funky shapes, to flowy fabrics and unique face coverings, the futuresque designs appeared to have an “alien” type quality. 

“I think the face covering is definitely alien-like, and exciting,” attendee Cynthia Tse told the outlet. 

Throughout the Fashion X AI : Call For Young Talents 2022 show, the models donned monochrome outfits, down jackets, translucent skits, and more. 

Each design was created with assistance from AiDA, which uses image recognition, detection and image generation. 

AiDLab CEO Calvin Wong has said it was created to work as a “supporting tool.” 

“AiDA is an assistant for fashion designers just to help them, you know, to work together,” he told Reuters. “Designers and AI can work together to come up with the final collection.”

When creating a look, designers can upload their various sketches, materials or color palettes to create a mood board for the design. 

AiDA can then create various blueprints for pieces of clothing that the designers can then adjust to make their own. 

According to Wong, the software can create at least a dozen blueprints within 10 seconds.  

Multiple Hong Kong-based fashion designers have praised the technology, saying they plan to use it continuously in the future. 

“Our relationship is comparable to a romantic relationship in that I seemed to gradually get to know her (AiDA), and she gradually got to know my own designs,” Mountain Yam told Reuters about AiDA. 

“In accordance with my lines, styles, and databases, the system will propose something for me that I may not have ever considered, but she (AiDA) thinks is suitable for me.”

“I think AI is full of possibility and it’s really an amazing opportunity for the students and for the professors to really collaborate with this really interesting field,” designer Yulia Tlili also told the outlet.

AiDA formally launched with the December fashion show and is reportedly available for designers to use in the Asia Pacific and Europe, according to Reuters.