Fashion 2025: The Year Physical Clothing Becomes Obsolete | The Fabricant | PI Apparel

3 Dec 2023 · 35 min
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In this 2023 presentation, the lead representative of The Fabricant outlines the company’s evolution from a niche digital‑only fashion startup to a Series‑A‑funded leader shaping the future of fashion. The talk covers the firm’s history, team, and key milestones (first digital‑only runway, blockchain garment sale, Vogue digital dress, $14 M Series A). It explains how digital product creation (DPC) underpins new B2B sales, marketing, and immersive experiences, showcasing collaborations with brands such as Under Armour, Puma, H&M, and projects in Decentraland, Star Atlas, and the Sandbox. The speaker argues that digital fashion is more sustainable, scalable, and profitable than physical apparel, and introduces Fabricant Studio (Season Zero) – a co‑creation tool that aims to make anyone a digital‑only fashion designer. The presentation delves into Web3 mechanisms (NFTs, secondary‑market royalties, participation economy) and highlights partnerships with DressX, World of Women, and other metaverse platforms. The overarching vision is that by 2025 physical clothing will become obsolete, replaced by a metaverse wardrobe that users can download and swap at will, driven by community‑owned token economies.

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