
Welcome to State of the Art. Here’s What We’re About.
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Welcome to State of the Art. Here’s What We’re About.
State of the Art is an online journal powered by CreateMe. We connect ideas and people at the intersection of fashion, culture, tech, and sustainability to discover how internal and external forces are moving fashion forward.

How to Make On-Demand Manufacturing Work for Your Clothing Brand
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How to Make On-Demand Manufacturing Work for Your Clothing Brand
Fast fashion is in demand. That's why clothing manufacturers are looking for ways to make on-demand manufacturing work for their clothing brands. Learn more.

On-Demand Live Digital Printing Events
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Customization
On-Demand Live Digital Printing Events
Personalization—for both tangible products and merchandise as well as experiences—increasingly drives conversions, sales, and loyalty in today’s marketplace.

How Fashion and Gaming Became a Match Made in Heaven
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Fashion & Culture
How Fashion and Gaming Became a Match Made in Heaven
From mass market to ultra-luxury, brands are getting into video games — quite literally — to engage their existing audience and attract a new one. But how did these seemingly disparate genres become unlikely friends?

From Offshore to American Made: Onshore Manufacturing
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Manufacturing
From Offshore to American Made: Onshore Manufacturing
Manufacturing onshore generates jobs, secures the supply chain, and drives economic growth in the US. So why does so much of it still take place overseas?

How Do You Measure a Brand’s Fashion Footprint?
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Sustainability
How Do You Measure a Brand’s Fashion Footprint?
A company’s environmental footprint is the best way to prove sustainability isn't just a buzzword in a press release. But how do you calculate it? Depends on who you ask. And that's not a good thing.

RL and CreateMe customization collaboration at Wimbledon
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Retail
RL and CreateMe customization collaboration at Wimbledon
Live branded experiences beat online attendance for the first time in a year; Consumer participation in live experiences up to 68% from 4% in 2020

Onshore Manufacturing Has Never Looked So Good
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Manufacturing
Onshore Manufacturing Has Never Looked So Good
Offshore manufacturing used to be a no-brainer for nearly every fashion brand. Then the pandemic renewed demand for onshore production. "Made in the USA" isn't just a PR slogan; it makes financial sense now.

How Quarantine Made Making Cool Again
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Fashion & Culture
How Quarantine Made Making Cool Again
Given an unexpected supply of free time, millions of people started making, remaking, mending, and upcycling clothing during the pandemic. Was it a random side effect of boredom, or will this trend have legs for the long haul?

Social Media Fueled Fast Fashion. Now It Has to Kill It.
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Retail
Social Media Fueled Fast Fashion. Now It Has to Kill It.
Social media influencers helped fuel the rise of disposable fashion. Now they're making a turn toward sustainability, but is it too late to crush the monster they created?

Fashion 3.0: The Multifunctional Apparel of the Future
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Fashion & Culture
Fashion 3.0: The Multifunctional Apparel of the Future
Athleisure that tracks your vitals. Virtual reality apparel. And jeans that help you find your way back to your hotel. The future of fashion is here—and it's built for utility.

5 Key Inventions That Explain the Explosion of Fast Fashion
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Manufacturing
5 Key Inventions That Explain the Explosion of Fast Fashion
How did fast fashion happen? It's easy to blame today's trend-chasing culture, but the seeds were planted centuries ago.

We’ve Seen Fashion’s Future—and It’s Size-Inclusive
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Fashion & Culture
We’ve Seen Fashion’s Future—and It’s Size-Inclusive
Gone are the days of afterthought plus-size collections relegated to a dusty corner. Customers are embracing a new guard of brands that view sizing as it should be seen: an all-encompassing spectrum.

10 Sustainable Fashion Ideas
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Sustainability
10 Sustainable Fashion Ideas
From changing consumer sentiment to the COVID-19 pandemic, sustainability has become top of mind for many fashion players. Here are the most game-changing concepts that have emerged.

Y2K Is Back. Was This Macro-Trend Always in the Cards?
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Fashion & Culture
Y2K Is Back. Was This Macro-Trend Always in the Cards?
Macro-trends can stick around for years or even decades, and they rarely arrive unannounced. Because of their cyclical nature, they leave clues for eagle-eyed fashion enthusiasts to anticipate the next big thing.

Psych 2020: The Year of the Micro-Trend
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Fashion & Culture
Psych 2020: The Year of the Micro-Trend
Today's fashion trends move at the speed of memes, but COVID-19 hit pause, giving us a unique lens into the social psychology of how micro-trends emerge, evolve, and eventually fade away.

The Fashion Industry Needed to Change—COVID Gave It No Choice
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Fashion & Culture
The Fashion Industry Needed to Change—COVID Gave It No Choice
The pandemic made instantaneous, widespread changes to how we do business. For the apparel industry, it highlighted just how sorely a record-scratch moment was needed.