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COMMENTARY
From Mannequins to Avatars

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How Algorithms Are Replacing Humans in the Fashion Industry
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Symbolic image for the change in the fashion industry: a server room as a metaphor for the replacement of real models by algorithms.

From the mannequins of the 1950s to the supermodels of the 1990s: fashion constantly reinvented its icons. Today their names are Shudu, Imma, and Lil Miquela – avatars instead of humans.

COMMENTARY
Click Instead of a Bang

Part 1/3
How Algorithms Are Replacing Humans in the Fashion Industry
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Symbolic image for the change in the fashion industry: a server room as a metaphor for the replacement of real models by algorithms.

For decades, fashion thrived on faces, bodies, and illusions. But today, a mouse click replaces what once required studios, photographers, and models. Algorithms take over – quietly, efficiently, and...

Memory as scenery

Between Fashion and Reckoning: Kilian Kerner’s GDR Collection
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Kilian Kerner’s latest collection takes on the subject of forced adoptions in the GDR – staging historical memory as an aesthetic spectacle. But what does it truly leave behind?

BOOKS
The Subtle Elegance of Aesthetics

An illustrated book about the work of Italian couturier Valentino Garavani
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Cover of the book Valentino. A Grand Italian Epic published by TASCHEN, showing stylized red arms and abstract pink flowers.

Valentino. A Grand Italian Epic is more than a classic fashion photo book: it is a multi-layered portrait of a lifetime achievement. Across more than 500 pages, the story of designer Valentino...

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