[shmatt]

I did something similar in a big fashion company in the past

They had a non-utilized collection of tens of thousands of tagged clothing photos going back to the 80s. I Used DCGAN to generate images of new clothing, then model arithmetic to request specific ("sparkly winter dress") pieces. It was pretty amazing to see the strength with existing photos

The higher ups stared, blinked a few times, and just muttered they don't get it

I have no doubt this is in the future of fashion design in the next 20 years. I just hope those images don't get lost when the company inevitably shuts down

[toper-centage]

Fashion is so diverse that you can hardly ever create something that looks distinctively new. Me with these shoes. They either look weird or regular, and the regular probably exist in a very similar style.