Fashion industry produces 20% of global wastewater and 10% of global carbon emissions.

The following components are needed to create a clothing sample:

A model of a person, which is called an avatar. The designer can set all the parameters of the figure (height, waist, chest circumference). For example, when designing clothes for athletes avatars are used with given parameters, which are typical for this type of sport.
templates. These patterns can be imported in the software packages or can be created from scratch directly in the program. To be able to correctly distribute the components of a product you need to have experience in designing and creating real products.
parameters of fabrics, accessories, prints.

Based on the components, the designer creates the product and simulates the avatar’s behavior (walking down the catwalk, running, dancing) in order to assess how the clothes behave in real life. An important component is the ability to upload patterns for subsequent transfer to production.

Without going into the details of production, let’s divide the traditional process of creating a garment into stages:

sketch/technical drawing;
pattern creation;
Creation of the test sample (sewing of the first piece);
making changes.

Every 3D designer will confirm that the most difficult part of the work is making the product as realistic as possible and then using the patterns to sew the garment on an industrial scale.

Despite all the obvious benefits of using 3D technology, we save a minuscule amount of fabric and resources when creating the first samples of a collection.

In 3D-modeling there is an opportunity to show clothes without a person, which allows the buyer to imagine himself in clothes more accurately. We’re also on the verge of mass use of virtual fitting rooms. All of this reduces the risks of buying clothes online and then returning them or throwing them in the trash.

All of these factors reduce the amount of clothing that is discarded and not properly disposed of for various reasons.

What if people were to create digital clothing without having it sewn

For people who care about showing their uniqueness and taste, it would be much easier and safer for the environment to order a unique digital item than to order real clothes for the production of which uses a lot of energy and it itself has a high chance of becoming garbage.

Thus, humanity can get rid of a surplus of clothes, which at the moment is an indicator of success and sometimes emphasizes the status of the person. Agree that it is more convenient to design for yourself a set of clothes for home, work, sports, and all other ideas to implement in digital samples.

What factors make it impossible to say that 3D-design technology is as close to pure as possible?
When working with complex fabrics, such as fur, the computer needs extra time to process the product and create a photo or video of the result.
Directly rendering a video can take dozens of hours of computer work.
Also, all calculations, images of products and video involves the use of servers to store data.

The development of 3D technologies of clothes creation allows to reduce the consumption of fabrics and the use of fossil energy sources at the following stages of sewing:

Creating the first samples (minimal impact);
reducing the risk of buying unsuitable clothes (medium impact);
transitioning clothing from a real object that can be felt to a digital one (maximum impact).

Observing minimalism in clothing, humanity gets a chance to show its individuality and style by creating digital masterpieces of clothing and trying them on in virtual showrooms, publishing images on social networks. We have to admit that the basic needs in clothing are mostly met for the inhabitants of the planet and at the moment there is a technology that can transfer our desire for beautiful things to the digital world.