Digital Skin, Phygital Makeup & Regenerative Cotton #9

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This newsletter was originally created and shared on 28.06.2023.

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Source: Unfolding Strategies

#1 Listen to our new podcast episode on digital skins, body tech and innovation design

We're back with a brand new episode of the Fashion Knowledge podcast. Join us as Beata Wilczek talks to designer Scarlett Yang about digital skins in gaming culture, body tech, and innovative design. Tune in and enjoy our latest episode here.

#2 Watch the panel: The Future of Fashion at London’s Web3 Live

Our founder, Beata Wilczek, participated in a fireside chat at WEB3 Live in London together with Marco Marchesi, The Fabricant and Simone Berry, People of Crypto Lab. The conversation tackled emerging technologies, upcoming trends, innovative advancements, and ethical issues. You can watch the panel here.

#3 Dive into Digital with Hypebae Report

Unfolding Strategies contributed to the HYPEBAE report “Diving into Digital,” which explores the influence of digital culture on physical fashion and beauty aesthetics. In this report, Beata Wilczek shares her POV on the Metaverse, alongside other industry experts. You can explore the report here.

#4 Discover Gen Z’s pressing fashion questions

We recently joined a session with fashion communication students at Aalto University in Helsinki. We posed a challenge to the students: create Instagram posts that encapsulate their viewpoints on the most significant fashion-related questions. Displayed here are some of the remarkable outcomes.

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Source: Unfolding Strategies

Digital Skin

The term "digital skin" is predominantly used within the virtual world community. It refers to the appearance and customization of digital characters or avatars.

In the gaming world, we use the term "skin" to provide an official vocabulary for the digital appearance of characters.

Gamers don't refer to it as digital fashion or digital garments; instead, it's simply called "skin" because it becomes a part of the character's body within the game.

(Scarlett Yang, Fashion Knowledge Podcast, E14: Digital Skin, Body Tech & Innovation Design with Scarlett Yang, 2023)