Category: News

CLO Case Study: How CLO has Enabled Ridestore to Streamline Their Product Development Process, Reduce Waste, and Connect with Their Customers Like Never Before

Ridestore is an online-focused retailer of winter and outdoor apparel. Originating as a small e-commerce company in 2006, they have since grown to be a diverse and dedicated global team of over 200 employees based all over the world. Being a remote company with a production office in Gothenburg, Sweden, Ridestore focuses on delivering the best service and products to their international customers. In 2017, they started using CLO and implementing 3D into their product development processes in aims of finding a way to accurately communicate patterns and fit changes. At the time, their garment technician started playing around with CLO, and upon realizing that they could export pattern files from CLO, they jumped into the idea of implementing CLO into their garment development processes with both feet. Very quickly, CLO became their go-to tool, using CLO for everything from initial creation and evaluation to fit and product development. “The ability to change and fix things before going to physical samples was truly a huge leap forward for us in refining our internal processes. The idea of drafting patterns today without using CLO really is unthinkable for the whole pattern team at Ridestore.”  Says Linnea, the 3D Project Leader at…

Read More

Niyazi Erdogan Makes Headlines with First-Ever Digital Runway Show for Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Istanbul created 100% in CLO

This year saw Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Istanbul‘s first digital debut, providing a safer, more sustainable landscape for the industry after Istanbul’s previous season in March being cancelled due to the current pandemic. The event, which was held earlier this month within a virtual space, included panel discussions, podcasts, virtual showrooms and, of course, designers showcasing their latest collections. While most runways were shot prior to the event in various locations, including the city’s port and arts center, one innovative designer had other plans. Niyazi Erdogan, renowned architect turned international fashion designer who has designed collections for the likes of Tommy Hilfiger, Esprit and Pull & Bear, created and showcased his entire collection digitally using solely CLO, catching the attention from audiences around the globe and making ways as the very first designer in Turkey to create a 3D virtual fashion show. Niyazi always had a strong passion for fashion design. After completing his studies in architecture and beginning to work in the field, he decided to listen to his heart and joined a summer school at Parsons in Paris. Following the completion of his fashion courses, Niyazi made it to the finals of the Turkish Young Fashion Designers Competition. From…

Read More

Parsons Fashion Design Students Unveil Final Presentations Using CLO

Parsons School of Design introduced three courses teaching CLO this past fall which will continue through Spring 2020. Francesca Sammaritano (Assistant Professor of Fashion & Director of AAS Fashion Design Program) thought it would be best to introduce CLO in both AAS and BFA programs within the School of Fashion. Students in the BFA Specialized Studio & Design Studio: CLO 3D Collection courses, co-taught by Francesca and Soojin Kang had their final presentations last month to end the semester. The assignment was to produce a collection of 5 designs in CLO and develop 3 of them in muslin on the dress forms, the students truly went above and beyond. The end results were quite impressive and incredible to see as the course was only a mere 15 weeks.  Lauren Lee’s collection entitled The Hidden Beauty was inspired by Hanok—a traditional Korean architecture—and Dancheong—a Korean traditional ornamentation usually found on wooden surfaces. It features colorful and decorative designs through strategic and unique fabrication manipulation techniques.When creating the patterns for this collection, Lauren says that using CLO shaved 5 days off of the normal time it would take for patternmaking. When asked what her favorite thing was about using the software she says, “It looks super realistic and the comparison of CLO to the real product…

Read More

Marvelous Designer Launches Contest Upon New Release

It’s official… Marvelous Designer 9 has released! Equipped with more powerful features such as GPU Simulation, Retopology, Half Pattern Symmetry, and Subdivision, Marvelous Designer 9 will enable more efficient pipelines for creating 3D virtual clothes. It hasn’t been long since the release, but users are already fascinated by all the new features—especially GPU Simulation and Retopology. Check some of them out below: We have also decided to hold a special review contest for users as we are so very thankful for your interest and feedback. Users will have until November 21st to submit their contest entry. The winner of the contest will receive 2 Marvelous Designer 9 perpetual licenses and will be announced on November 26, 2019! To enter, follow the instructions outlined below: For more information and to download Marvelous designer 9 and get started creating, click here. Follow Marvelous designer for all news and updates on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter.

Read More