AI 'no substitute' for fashion designers' creativity, says creator of one system

AiDA was just one of the AidLab projects being showcased in the British capital ahead of London Fashion Week. This file picture shows a fashion show held last year. Photo: AidLab

AI is transforming the fashion world but the fast growing technology will never be a replacement for designers' "original creativity", according to the head of a pioneering project.

Fashion innovator Calvin Wong has developed the Interactive Design Assistant for Fashion (AiDA) – the world's first designer-led AI system.