Open AccessAn Exploration of Digital Fashion in Pandemic Italy: Districts, Designers, and Displays
Author(s) -
Paolo Franzo,
Alessandra Vaccari
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
diid, disegno industriale industrial design/diid
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2785-2245
pISSN - 1594-8528
DOI - 10.30682/diid7321k
Subject(s) - grasp , perspective (graphical) , relevance (law) , order (exchange) , relation (database) , field (mathematics) , pandemic , covid-19 , sociology , computer science , political science , business , medicine , mathematics , disease , finance , pathology , database , artificial intelligence , infectious disease (medical specialty) , pure mathematics , law , programming language
Change is at the heart of the definition of fashion, as many theorists, designers and cultural analysts have shown. This article takes up this perspective to question the role of fashion design in the 21st century in the relation to cultural, media and technological changes. Adopting a field research approach, the paper analyses the interaction between fashion, designers and digital technologies that are emerging in Italy in order to re-grasp Made in Italy in a futuring perspective. The case studies were selected for their relevance to the digital in terms of design, production, and display. The paper analyses that the pandemic crisis is having on the Made in Italy, stimulating new ways of designing, understanding, producing, and consuming fashion.