Category
Tech
Delegated Interfaces
Trend cluster
Category
Hi-Tech
Dress
Innovative closet designs help consumers plan perfect wardrobes.
3.4
Trend score
Trend
What is the Hi-Tech Dress trend?
Hi-Tech Dress: Getting dressed may be a seemingly simple act, but to many, it can pose a challenge (even causing stress) while for others, it may be a fun exercise in self-expression. Regardless, innovations that turn basic closets into hi-tech wardrobes are making it easier for consumers to select outfits, mix and match and organize their pieces in the most effective way possible, rendering the act of dressing into an easy experience that meets the needs of both fashion aficionados and normal consumers alike.
Trend themes
Themes within the Hi-Tech Dress trend
Three behaviours holding the trend together01
Hi-Tech Closets
Consumers are attracted to products that help them save time. Smart Closets are items that promote efficiency and appeal to shoppers with hectic lifestyles. Solution may lie in coming out with a greater number of these designs.
02
Digitization of Closet
Items that allow you to photograph or scan every piece of apparel, functionally 'digitizes' your clothes, allowing users to organize their closet and even plan for trips. Digitized wardrobes cater to the consumer's experience by making it easy for them to interact with their possessions.
03
Wearable Storage
Wearable storage is a new trend in the fashion industry. The trend is heading towards backpacks or bags that have been designed to store your entire closet giving consumers the freedom to carry their wardrobe with them wherever they go.
Industry implications
What the Hi-Tech Dress trend means for industry
Where the trend changes the playbookFor
Fashion and Apparel Industry
Companies can create innovative smart closets to render the act of dressing into an easy experience accommodating the needs of both fashion aficionados and normal consumers alike.
For
Tourism Industry
Companies can develop wearable storage in the form of backpacks to enable travelers to carry around their wardrobes with freedom and go hands-free while exploring a new city.
For
Software and Technology Industry
Companies can come up with digitizing closet solutions that allow users to photograph or scan every piece of apparel, functionally 'digitizes' then to save their time and provide greater organization.
Trend signals
Trend signals for Hi-Tech Dress
Trend score 3.4 out of 10, from popularity 52%, activity 43%, freshness 8%.
Popularity52%
Activity43%
Freshness8%
Audience
30%Men
70%Women
- Gen Alpha (not a primary audience)
- Gen Z
- Millennial
- Gen X
- Boomer (not a primary audience)
Market
North America
Evidence
Examples of the Hi-Tech Dress trend
6 featured examples from Jan 26 to Dec 20, 2011CategoryArt & Design
Leafy Lockers
The Ideal Form Team Makes Modern Shelving for Stylish & Practical Spaces
The furniture manufacturing industry can capitalize on the trend of modular shelving by creating customizable and versatile shelving units that cater to different customer needs.
CategoryTech
Click-In Closets
Netrobe is a Handheld Virtual Wardrobe That Will Reorganize Your Clothing
Disruptive innovation opportunity: Fashion tech companies can create virtual wardrobe apps or devices to revolutionize the way people manage and plan their outfits.
CategoryTech
Multimedia Closets
The SupreME Wardrobe Turns Your Duds Digital
Disruptive innovation opportunity: Integrating wardrobe management systems with smart home devices, creating a seamless and personalized dressing experience.
CategoryArt & Design
Outfit-Suggesting Closets
The Snappy Dresser is a Hi-Tech Home Wardobe
The Snappy Dresser aligns with the smart home industry, offering a hi-tech wardrobe solution that leverages common sense reasoning to suggest outfits.
CategoryFashion
Wardrobe Tracking Tools
Cloth App Lets You Mix, Match and Catalog Your Favorite Outfits
Disruptive innovation opportunity lies in creating new tools and technologies that revolutionize the way people manage and interact with their wardrobes.
CategoryWorld
Mini Traveling Closets
Kim Thome's 'Wardrobe in a Suitcase' Design Offers Perfectly Neat Luggage
Designing and manufacturing innovative products that enhance the travel experience.
