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25/09/23
Last week, I had the chance to attend the VIP launch of the Style3D Styleverse Innovation Centre in collaboration with Fashion-Enter Ltd, and it was an inspiring evening from start to finish.
Held at Fashion-Enter’s Innovation Lab, the event brought together a fantastic mix of designers, educators, and technologists, all curious about what’s next for digital fashion. The opportunity to connect in person with so many forward-thinking professionals was a real highlight.
Event note: This article reflects the Style3D x Fashion-Enter launch event I attended in September 2023. Style3D and the wider digital fashion landscape have developed considerably since then, so I’ve kept this as a record of what stood out to me at the time rather than presenting it as a current software review.
One of the most valuable parts of the evening was hearing from Eric Liu, the founder and CEO of Style3D. His presentation explored the platform’s functionality at the time and gave us a preview of developments around AI. What interested me was the direction the platform was taking, bringing more of the digital product-development process into one connected environment.
The event also included a hands-on demo of the Style3D fabric scanner and 3D design tools. Being able to digitise fabric information and work with it inside a 3D environment showed how material data could become more closely connected to digital garment development, helping teams explore more decisions before committing to physical sampling.
Looking at Style3D from a more current perspective? I’ve since compared it with CLO3D, Gerber AccuMark and Browzwear, looking at where each platform fits across different fashion roles and workflows.
Read: CLO3D vs AccuMark vs Browzwear vs Style3D
As part of the evening, we were given a guided tour of Fashion-Enter’s Micro Factory, led by Caroline Ash, which helped put the digital tools into a wider production context. We saw technologies including Kornit Digital’s direct-to-fabric printing and Zünd’s digital cutting machinery, showing how digital design information could sit alongside physical manufacturing.
What interested me most was seeing 3D and digital development discussed as part of a connected product process rather than as standalone visualisation tools. The demonstration showed how digital and physical workflows could potentially work more closely together, from development through to manufacturing.
Working across different 3D platforms? I’ve also documented the process I used to export a garment from CLO3D and import it into Style3D, including the checks I made after transferring the file.
What stayed with me from the launch was the idea of digital fashion tools connecting more closely with the wider product-development and manufacturing process.
The interesting question was not simply what Style3D could do as a piece of software, but how digital garments, material information and physical production might work together more effectively.
Looking back from where digital fashion is now, I still think that question is important. The number of tools available has continued to grow, but choosing technology is only one part of digital adoption. What matters is whether it supports the role, product and workflow in front of you, and whether the people using it have the knowledge to interpret the output.
I no longer work regularly in Style3D, but attending the launch was useful in shaping how I think about interoperability and the value of looking beyond individual software platforms to the wider fashion workflow.
A big thank you to the team at Style3D and Fashion-Enter Ltd for hosting such a well-organised and informative event. I’m looking forward to seeing how this innovation centre grows, and how it supports the next wave of digital transformation in fashion.
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