AI Art Is Making Techwear – Literally
AI art continues to take the digital world by storm, and at this rate, it is becoming just as synonymous in the metaverse as the bygone hot top, NFTs.
We are seeing sci-fi aesthetics merge with 80’s pop stars, retro arcade games being reimagined as lifelike new iterations, and now we are even seeing AI art take on the world of fashion design. Hailing from digital creator NEWFACET, we present to you quite possibly the future of technical design.
Looking at these images tells an expansive story of the potential projection that innovative design may be heading in. Stemming from the digitalized creativity of the incognito designer, NEWFACET, the above images are all created with the AI software, Stable Diffusion. This means that all faces and clothing are in fact not real, despite how realistic and imaginative it all looks.
The garments on show here showcase a marriage of contemporary design with functional playfulness helping to situate them comfortably in today’s vogue of performance-driven apparel. With exaggerated silhouettes, unique colour blocking and patterning, and a new-age urban twist, these garments create a perfect balance of futuristic design yet ready-to-wear formality. NEWFACET even offers us a look into footwear, seamlessly blending what looks to be hikercore boots with more high fashion nuances creating performance-driven steppers that could comfortably tackle sidewalks as well as walking the cosmos.
If you are wondering if the digital creator plans to step into the physical world, NEWFACET explains how they are currently working to bring out these creations as wearable pieces.
This project also takes us even further down the rabbit hole of ethical practice when it comes to Ai art. A common qualm with this creative language is how authentic can the end results be if past images, likely other designers' work, are being used to generate the AI art. It bodes the questions of originality; regardless, we are excited to see what else can come out of this new unexplored universe of AI fashion.
