\n\tAlexis Mabille caught guests at his show by surprise by presenting his spring collection without live models \u2014 or even physical clothes, for that matter.<\/p>\n
\n\tLarger-than-life models appeared on wraparound screens at the Lido theater, their images running on a loop down the 110-foot space. It took some a moment to realize this was more than a pre-spectacle warm-up. In a first for a fashion house, the entire show was created through AI.<\/p>\n
\n\t\u201cI wanted to work with artificial intelligence in a different way. Usually, it\u2019s used in a degenerative way, feeding it ideas and it creates for you,\u201d he said ahead of the reveal. \u201cHere, we did it different: it was like having an extra person in the team in the studio.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\tOver the course of several months Mabille worked with French studio Glor\u2019IA to create the silhouettes, which ranged from a red crepe frock coat with an embroidered shawl-collar, to a tracksuit-dress in blush pink with bejeweled drawstrings \u2014 right down to the sheen of micro-pearls embroidered on a collar.<\/p>\n
\n\tAnimating the lineup was a step he likened to new virtual walk-throughs created in interior design and architecture, the other facet of his career.<\/p>\n
\n\tThe result was surprisingly realistic, even in motion. Back at the studio, toiles for each silhouette have been developed ahead of client fittings, the designer said. <\/p>\n
\n\tOpening the show was supermodel and longtime friend Diana Gartner, while the final exit was Mabille\u2019s mother Mireille, given a throrough digital makeover.<\/p>\n
\n\tThe brand, which said last year it\u2019s seeking investors, has been experimenting with various formats for its couture showcase over the years, from full-scale runway shows to portrait sessions with famous friends.<\/p>\n
\n\tMabille stressed that this wasn\u2019t a cost-cutting measure. What was not spent on a cast of live models was used on the long-haul digital process, which required a team of up to 10, and a whole suite of tools. And the process wasn\u2019t smooth sailing, given AI isn\u2019t exactly a model coworker and needs to be trained repeatedly, he added.<\/p>\n
\n\tWhile it left some discombobulated or downright skeptical, amid debate about the difference between watching couture online or considering it an intimate physical experience of clothing, Mabille offered a reminder that it is, above all, a place to experiment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Alexis Mabille caught guests at his show by surprise by presenting his spring collection without live models \u2014…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":262071,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[137762,146,11062,85,46,133247],"class_list":["post-262070","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-alexis-mabille","tag-entertainment","tag-fashion-show-reviews","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-paris-couture-week"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/262070","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=262070"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/262070\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/262071"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=262070"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=262070"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=262070"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}