This text offers a comprehensive and accessible guide to understanding AI's impact on the fashion industry.This volume brings together contributions from leading researchers and industry professionals, providing insights into how AI is being used to create innovative designs, optimise supply chains, personalise customer experiences, and enhance sustainability. It covers the historical development of AI, the key technologies driving its applications, and real-world case studies showcasing successful AI integration. Beyond the technical aspects, the book critically explores the ethical considerations and challenges of adopting AI in fashion, emphasising the importance of transparency, data privacy, and bias mitigation, and considers the broader geographical implications, including the impact on the Global South. Looking to the future, it explores emerging trends and potential opportunities for AI-driven innovation, encouraging readers to think creatively and strategically about the possibilities of AI in fashion.Through practical insights, engaging activities, discussion questions and detailed case studies, this book equips Fashion Management students, academics and reflective practitioners with the knowledge and tools needed to navigate and leverage AI in the fashion industry. It serves as an essential resource for understanding the transformative power of AI in fashion.This book benefits from downloadable support material, including PowerPoint slides and test bank questions available at www.routledge.com/9781032984551
