Life is advancing toward total digital integration, a process that is affecting every industry around the globe. These technological leaps sometimes seem unthinkable, but it only takes a single spark of innovation to disrupt the status quo. In this interconnected age, technological change happens almost daily, so often we don’t always notice. In fact, many digital technologies are interacting with the industry even now. Fashion is more deeply connected to innovation in digita

Not so flawless From a young age, women are exposed to various media outlets. In these outlets, the ones that are shown most are stick thin, gorgeously airbrushed women. Adolescent women are at such an impressionable age that they begin to look at themselves and think; “Why don’t I look like this”? From this unattainable standard, women are led to believe in order to be seen as beautiful, they must be thin. The scrutiny to attain the unattainable can really damage our mental

Today we are hearing more about models, their mental health and the pressure they are under to look a certain way – and how they cope with this. Just last year, two fashion giants LVMH and Kering (who own brands like Christian Dior and Gucci) announced bold steps to tackle underweight models, as a response to claims that the fashion industry was encouraging eating disorders. The move came shortly after France introduced legislation banning ultra-thin models too. Once taboo, m