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How designers can stand out on the virtual runway

“Fake free. Couture curious” reads Nila’s Instagram bio. India’s first virtual model, represented by talent management agency, Inega, just might replace Bollywood showstoppers as the fashion industry goes virtual in the aftermath of the pandemic. With many designers forgoing models — thank social distancing and cancelled events — she could play a big role (along with older CGI models such as…

Fashion Fast Forward: The Predictable Future of the Luxury Industry

Virtual fashion weeks, eCommerce, sustainability, local manufacturing. These were some of the hard adaptions the fashion industry drags its feet to acknowledge. The luxury subset is notably one of the most resistant to change. In recent addition, call-outs over racialized ad campaigns and merchandise (exasperated memories that Gucci noose print); treatment of women in the workplace and other…