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Shades of Green Pop Up at New York Fashion Week
Eco-conscious clothing has been gaining momentum in the mainstream fashion industry. Green fashion designers create earth-friendly designs that are ethically produced, use organic, recycled, or vegan materials, and enforce fair-trade and fair-labor practices. Read more about how sustainable fashion is showing up at major events like New York Fashion Week.
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Picture Imperfect — Digital Image Manipulation Ethics
Digital image manipulation is a routine practice in photography. The range of changes that photo editors can make varies from correcting background lighting to transforming a human model's body type. Ai InSite examines the ethical dilemma that poses for the industry.
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Tech Accessories Add Glamour to Gigabytes
The digital age finally is catering to geeky fashionistas with a wide variety of tech accessories for laptops, cell phones, mp3 players, and more. The briefcase has become defunct and designers have taken notice. Ai InSite learns some of the history behind this trend as well as speculation for its future.
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Fabric Technology Works to Enhance Performance at Winter Olympics
The elite athletes training for the 2010 Winter Olympics don high-tech, high-performance fabrics to strengthen their skills on the slopes. The Vancouver events, including skiing, snowboarding, and other winter sports held on snow or ice, require athletes to cover themselves in cold-weather gear that won't slow them down.
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Web 2.0 Creating a Digital Revolution for Fashion
To compete with the hierarchical fashion establishment, fashion’s digital generation is using everything from blogs and live streaming of runway shows to e-commerce, social networking sites, and video uploads. Learn how emerging designers, bloggers, and fashion followers are taking advantage of the interactivity of Web 2.0 to reach each other.
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Going for the Gold — In Style with Olympic Fashion
The fashion world will be watching when athletes convene next year for the Winter Olympic Games. Some of the world's most beautiful and sculpted bodies will appear on a world stage to compete for the gold. Learn about the Olympic fashion style and why for some, the athletes' attire will be almost as important as the medals they end up wearing.
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