AI in Fashion Market Size, Share, Growth, and Industry Analysis, By Type (Apparel, Footwear, Beauty and Cosmetics & Jewellery and Watches), By Application (Fashion Design and Creation, Virtual Try-On and Fitting & Fashion Trend Forecasting) and Regional Forecast to 2032

Updated On: 02 September 2024

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AI IN FASHION MARKET REPORT OVERVIEW

The global AI in Fashion Market Size was USD 821 million in 2023 and the market is projected to touch USD 9.26 billion by 2032, exhibiting a CAGR of 27.2% during the forecast period.

AI in the fashion market is transforming the way brands create, manufacture, and sell their products to consumers, and it provides previous opportunities for customization and speed. The adoption of AI-based technologies is improving convenience for the customer and enabling such features as try-on, size prognosis, and personalized recommendations. AI also enhances supply chains, cutting costs and eliminating inefficiencies; it also drives down the design cycle, therefore rapidly responding to customers’ needs. In the future, AI is expected to reinvent fashion and every process along the lines of design, manufacturing, distribution, consumption, etc.

COVID-19 Impact: Market Growth During Pandemic Due to Market disruptions

The global COVID-19 pandemic has been unprecedented and staggering, with the market experiencing higher-than-anticipated demand across all regions compared to pre-pandemic levels. The sudden market growth reflected by the rise in CAGR is attributable to market’s growth and demand returning to pre-pandemic levels.

The fashion market incorporated AI technologies in its operations due to the COVID-19 pandemic’s effects that caused disruptions in supply chains and increased demand for online shopping. Trends such as the closedown of physical outlets underlined the need for AI-generated virtual fittings, individualized suggestions, and style prediction to name energy the market massively. The measures such as e-commerce and AI were already helping fashion brands survive the pandemic, but also proved that the transformation of the industry is possible and necessary in the future as well. This period can be considered a turning point when AI has emerged as the key growth and development factor in fashion departments.

LATEST TRENDS

"Market growth is driven by AI-powered personalization trends"

The ongoing trend of AI in the fashion market is vertical fashion, which involves the usage of AI-powered tools for predictions of the consumer’s preferences in regards to product selection or for bespoke clothing for a specific customer. This trend is on the rise as companies’ implement AI to drive more interesting and special shopping experiences for shoppers, whether retail touch points or e-tail touch points. Augmented reality and artificial intelligence are applied more and more in virtual try-ons to increase the perceived quality of the final product. This focus on personalization is redefining fashion business and making it more user-oriented and vigilant to the customers’ preferences.

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SEGMENTATION

By Type

Based on type the market can be categorized into Apparel, Footwear, Beauty and Cosmetics & Jewellery and Watches.

Apparel: Implementing AI in apparel has defined the future outlook of the fashion sector by providing virtual trials, precise size recommendations, and fashion prediction; customers’ satisfaction and fewer returns are noteworthy. It also enhances the inventory and supply chain practices and enables the brand to adapt to the market in the shortest time possible. Also, decoupled design applications use artificial intelligence to come up with better and more sustainable wears by considering the customer’s feedback and current fashion trends.

Footwear: In the footwear segment, AI is used for the design of shoes that precisely fit the customer needs, the forecast of the trends, and the facilitation of the shoe buying process on the Internet through the implementation of the virtual fitting and shoe size recommendation. It is also used in the relevant optimization of production factors and inventory issues to minimize waste and increase sustainability. Moreover, AI analytics support brands in predicting consumer demand and, thus, improving the marketing and sales processes.

Beauty and Cosmetics: Technology in the shape of AI has improved beauty and cosmetics in that it offers the client options consisting of custom-made product recommendations, product testing, and skin diagnosis, as well as trying services, thus enriching the shopping experience. It also assists brands in creating marketing campaigns that are more efficient through studying the consumers’ behavior and choices. Moreover, it offers input in the development of the product through the analysis of new trends and formulation of the product that would best suit the beauty needs.

Jewellery and Watches: AI in the jewellery and watches sector is used for improving the design function through generative design tools that enable the industry to provide the best and most beautiful design on the products. It also enhances the customers’ shopping experience through the augmented reality clothes trials and size suggestions according to the customer's style. This leads to smart decision-making concerning inventory as well as the market trends, as brands are informed by AI-driven analytics of the market demands.

By Application

Based on application the market can be categorized into Fashion Design and Creation, Virtual Try-On and Fitting & Fashion Trend Forecasting.

Fashion Design and Creation: Automated Innovations helps the fashion design process by providing options such as generative design and 3D modelling to make fashion design a more effective activity related to creating clothing for people. Using fashion big data to generate new ideas and to calculate tendencies that may help to create a product that customers will like. As a result, AI also enables creation without concerning material waste and how to produce assets faster but more efficiently.

Virtual Try-On and Fitting: Computer vision-based virtual try-on and fitting help the consumers to realize how the clothes and accessories they are planning to buy will actually look and fit them before actually purchasing them online and therefore help reduce the rate of returns. These technologies incorporate the use of computer vision and augmented reality tools in order to realistically capture fit and looks based on the consumers’ body measurements. This personalization does more than nurture customer confidence in what they take but also assists sandwich and convenience shops in aligning with clients’ expectations.

Fashion Trend Forecasting: The importance of timely fashion trend prediction is unveiled through AI fashion trend prediction, which uses machine learning techniques to incorporate data from social media, web searches, and overall consumer behavior to predict the trend with great efficiency. This not only puts brands in a better position in anticipation of their clients’ interests by planning and executing new collections that meet such interests. This means that firms that identify these trends early are able to have better control over inventories because they can avoid either building up too much stock, which they cannot sell, or running out of stock when consumers’ demands prove high.

DRIVING FACTORS

"Market growth is fuelled by AI-driven e-commerce innovations"

Drastically increasing or high growth of e-commerce has opened up the use of AI in the fashion market since fashion brands aim to improve the buying experience of consumers online. Thus, it can be seen that AI technologies such as virtual try-on tools, personalized suggestions, and bots minimize the gap between physical and virtual retail. They enhance interaction with the clients and increase their satisfaction, hence playing a crucial role in the current cutthroat internet-based business environment.

"Market growth is driven by AI-enhanced customer interactions"

The customers are expecting conversationally-driven and natural shopping interactions from brands, which can only be provided with the help of AI solutions. Currently, AI makes it possible to offer the right product with the desired characteristics, give recommendations, and promote certain products or services using the consumer’s individual characteristics and behavioral patterns. It also boosts conversion as well as sales, not only because of the customer loyalty that results from personalization.

RESTRAINING FACTOR

"High costs limit market growth for smaller brands"

A major threat to the AI in Fashion Market Growth is the high costs that are associated with implementation, especially for brands and retail shops that are small. The components of AI, specifically machine learning algorithms and augmented reality tools, are not easy to build and incorporate into a system; a lot of money and time are needed in order to achieve these goals. This cuts across a major barrier that may hinder large uptake, especially by many organizations with less capital investment.

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AI IN FASHION MARKET REGIONAL INSIGHTS

The market is primarily segregated into Europe, Latin America, Asia Pacific, North America, and Middle East & Africa.

"Market growth is led by North America's innovation"

North America takes the largest AI in Fashion Market Share due to the region’s technologically progressive setting and established AI solution providers and fashion labels. And since the consumers of the region are progressive, they are always on the lookout for the next best thing to improve and simplify their daily lives, be it AI-generated recommendations or electronic purchasing. In the same context, increased research on AI and related technologies, incorporation and investment in AI, and favorable government policies offer the facilities to grow the North American market. Altogether, these circumstances enable the region to occupy a paramount position in the context of AI in fashion.

KEY INDUSTRY PLAYERS

"Market growth is fuelled by AI innovation and collaboration of the Key Players"

The important entities of the fashion industry are involved in AI development in the fashion market and promoting innovations like machine learning, augmented reality, and big data analytics. Its strategies in customization in services, logistics, and range prediction were also benchmarks to the rest in the market. This is backed by the collaborations and the acquisitions that amplify the impact in achieving the objective of driving the AI penetration across the fashion industry and the overall market growth at a steady pace.

List of Market Players Profiled

• Microsoft (U.S)
• Google (U.S)
• IBM (U.S)
• Amazon (U.S)
• Oracle (U.S)

INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT

June 1, 2024: H&M Group launched their new AI Trend Analysis Platform. This platform uses advanced machine learning algorithms to analyze fashion trends from social media, online searches, and historical data. It provides real-time insights into emerging trends and consumer preferences, allowing H&M to optimize their product design and inventory management to better align with current market demands.

REPORT COVERAGE

This report is based on historical analysis and forecast calculation that aims to help readers get a comprehensive understanding of the global AI in Fashion Market from multiple angles, which also provides sufficient support to readers’ strategy and decision-making. Also, this study comprises a comprehensive analysis of SWOT and provides insights for future developments within the market. It examines varied factors that contribute to the growth of the market by discovering the dynamic categories and potential areas of innovation whose applications may influence its trajectory in the upcoming years. This analysis encompasses both recent trends and historical turning points into consideration, providing a holistic understanding of the market’s competitors and identifying capable areas for growth.

This research report examines the segmentation of the market by using both quantitative and qualitative methods to provide a thorough analysis that also evaluates the influence of strategic and financial perspectives on the market. Additionally, the report's regional assessments consider the dominant supply and demand forces that impact market growth. The competitive landscape is detailed meticulously, including shares of significant market competitors. The report incorporates unconventional research techniques, methodologies and key strategies tailored for the anticipated frame of time. Overall, it offers valuable and comprehensive insights into the market dynamics professionally and understandably.