2010 Korea's Electronics Show introduced technologiessponsored by Ministry of Knowledge Economy in textile fashion and IT integration sector. The technologies included 3D virtual fashion show demonstration from the team led by Professor Hyeongseok Go at Seoul National University (Digital clothing center) and virtual clothing using avatar from KonKuk University's Professor Chankyu Parkteam (i-Fashion clothing technology center).
3D virtual fashion show demonstration uses 3D digital clothes production to create a virtual fashion show that highly resembles a real fashion show. By using DC Suite, digital clothing software, it can simulate the user's figure as well as the fabric and pattern according to the user's preference, reducing the time and cost for clothes production. In addition, designers can have a 3D virtual fashion show with these technologies. At the show, in fact, École de Paris showed six clothes that were actually on sale for 2007 F/W season, in digital version, and also held a digital fashion show including "Woonmuwha" and "Rainbow."
Prof. Go's team revealed that they are planning to further develop DC Suite so that users will be able to choose the textile - currently, you can only enter numbers regarding the stretch and bending of the fabric - and apply various patterns of textiles.
Konkuk University's Chankyu Park's team (i-Fashion clothing technology center) introduced virtual clothing technology using avatar, which instantly creates a user's avatar by scanning the whole body before putting on and finally choosing the jean that best fits the body. At the show, the technology was applied to Levis' new product 'Curve ID', developed by the team in collaboration with Shinsegae and Levis, in order to recommend the type of the jean that best fits the customer's figure and subsequently help to choose the jean after checking the fitting on the customer's avatar. In addition, the team also showcased the technology for making customized gloves by scanning the user's hands, and it is currently used in supplying individually customized gloves for the pilots of Korean Air Force.
The IT and textile fashion integration technologies showcased this time are world-class state-of-art technologies benchmarked overseas, expecting a substantial market share when it enters the global market.
