HELLO FRIENDS!! i hope you guys enjoy our romp into digital fashion!! honestly, even though i started off thinking it was kind of dumb -- i ended up liking some of the looks we ended up with 👀 lol don't kill me. what do you guys think of our digital looks?? also, just to clarify -- these looks that we bought are *not* NFTs, and most of dressx's looks are not NFTs -- they seem to dipping their toes into that space, but for now it's mainly just photoshopping individual images! xoxo, saf
Why their photoshop is so bad, tho? For a paid service it should be much better 🤔 What you did here was a public service, now we know it's not worth the investment yet
The lighting in the pictures isn't exactly right. I feel like they should ask for a panorama of the environment you're taking photos in: in order to get better lighting and reflections on the clothes.
Too few ping-pong balls for real-time, I'm betting. And, they're never going to get a true skin tight look at this level. It's always going to look like something stretched over a plastic mannequin. That ping-pong ball technology is desperately going to need an upgrade.
@@minipop1032 They are a long way away from matching lighting to the environment. I just watched how VFX experts do that over on the Corridor channel, and it's a labor intensive process involving multiple stages of captures. It's just not going to happen in the next decade. That said, the flouncy stuff looks pretty good, at least at the places where you expect to be flowing away from the body.
It’d be nice if normal brand websites had this VR feature to “try on” clothes before buying to see if a style would actually look good on you before buying. It could probably reduce shipping waste and the returns conundrum where returned items just sit in a warehouse somewhere (think Amazon…)
I really like this idea. Of course you will still run into the issue of the item simply not being made the way you thought in some instances, but likely far less often. I would really love some new pants, for instance, but at 4'11" buying pants in the actual store is just as much of a struggle as online.
I can't believe we've actually arrived at "digital clothes for your Internet persona because what you seem like on social media is so much more important than real life" stage of dystopia already.
As a 3D artist, I find it really interesting how many people didn’t see right through the outfits right away, since the photoshop jobs weren’t bad for the price paid, just….. not very good in terms of consistency and lighting. To me they all looked fake from a mile away, but not necessarily awful, just strange.
The thing with that is like, if you don't come into it knowing there's photoshop involved then it's just like there's something weird here but Idk what it is
I think on social media people are wont to overlook shoddy/ unprofessional photoshop since everyone edits the photos they post. But yeah as a graphic designer i can totally tell especially with the lighting angles and shadows, and the different resolutions between the photos and the 3D render. The shadows and blending the edges of the render into the photo are just atrocious
@@Rose-jz6sx definitely! Of course that happens with many people. It’s just easier to spot specific reasons why it looks “off” when you’ve done similar things yourself. :)
@@k80_ oh yeah, I totally agree XD I wonder what sort of pipeline they have for all of this, professional editing is expensive and time consuming, I don’t know how these price points are lining up with a big company involved, either o.O
I think there’s a possibility that people who are online more consume so many edited images it just doesn’t occur to them to question things as much anymore-There’s a possibility they know that everything is retouched to some level or another, so they just assumed that it was a bad retouch job as opposed to an actual fake outfit. I think there’s also a culture of it being almost rude or mean to point out when someone you like is retouching their photos, which might keep people from saying something. I was pretty disturbed by some of the photoshop jobs though-it worries me that this company is contracting out the editing to some kind of digital sweatshop where an artist gets paid 2 cents an image or something. That’s the only reason I can think some of these would have been done in such a mediocre fashion. That would also match generally with how we know the tech industry treats creatives-They love to middleman between us and our customers so that they can make most of the money and deliver a suboptimal experience to people on both ends. (Edited for spelling error).
I'm a digital artist and I have to say; I hate this entire concept, lol. What it entails is that these companies hire someone to make a 3D Model of a dress or outfit that they cause edit in a 3D software such as Blender/etc and "form it" to you. They come in all sizes because they can easily be deformed in these programs. Once the dress is shaped to your photo, someone takes that crop and brings it into photoshop and they edit it on to the model in the photo, and from the looks of it, they're not very good at it. They don't even account for lighting/atmosphere or even add shadowing to make the fabric appear is if it's actually on your body; it's just a very basic rush job in Photoshop that you get to pay for. This is why actual digital artists exist; because we have the ability and knowledge to make a "photoshop job" have some layer of believability. While I respect the creativity in this Hussle, it's still pretty much a scam in my honest opinion. While yes, someone is taking the time to design and render these outfits, in the end it's for the sake of giving you a very lazy product that you could probably ask your teenage kids to do for you and get something equally as believable.
Totally. They make you feel like you're buying the flashy fashion, but what you're actually purchasing is a digitally altered photo of yourself, and that product appears to be rather sub-par.
I totally agree! none of the photos looked realistic at all, and it bugged me to no end that she kept saying they're so realistic even when i can see it from a tiny thumbnail and KNOW its photoshopped on badly. its so bad i really hope this isnt what fashion turns into
@@Rubarbleh Nah, you misread me; I was saying most teenagers are probably better at photoshop than the companies she paid. The average teen knows far more about photo editing/etc than older generations. I said that people would be better off paying their teenagers to do this because they'd do a better job 😂
As a digital artist shouldn’t you be in on this too? This can be profitable for your line of work. I don’t understand why you creat digital art and hate photo bashing simultaneously
As an artist, it kills me that they didn't shade the clothing or Saf's legs/body to match the newly-draped clothes. It's definitely contributing to the fake appearance for most of these. EDIT: Stop replying to this. It's old. I don't need criticism. If you don't like my comment, just ignore it.
This is EXACTLY what i was thinking of.. I saw it instantly and I am just kind of mediocre in skill. It is pretty bad photoshopping imo. Looks like a rushed job to me. Or maybe done by people not very familiar with the surrounding tones, lighting and shadow.
i dont know whats more frightening the idea that safiya spent actual money for these god awful photoshops or that the majority of her instagram audience didnt realize the god awful photoshop
For me the first one wasn’t too too bad (I still could see that it was photoshoped) but after that it became more and more obvious…I do understand tho people saying it looked good in the sense that if she did have the real clothes it’d be cute but the editing itself was awful 🥴
I think my issue is that it’s paying for a picture when in the reality you don’t have that outfit or clothing piece, you don’t own it, which feels like we’re playing even more into what can you show off online to give the illusion you have more. Personally I like altering my clothes and learning how to adjust for weather or the occasion, it’s helped me cut down on buying new clothes, specifically fast fashion outlets. And I slowly learn a new fashion skill
I'll just screen shot a pick of the item and do it myself. Free and would turn out better than what they did. This is ludicrous. I know Saf is super polite, but all of this was garbage for the price it demanded. A few bucks? Sure, pay 5 dollars to photoshop on for one picture (and badly for that matter) to wear an outfit that would likely not actually work on a human body or be wearable. But 35 dollars? I can go have a nice meal, or get a new jacket for that price. I'd get it if we lived mainly in VR wherein your avatar actually wears the outfit and you pay for the 3-D model and it's permenantly on your account or something, but this? This feels like the world went mad. I don't understand why people aren't calling it out for what it is, a scam. You get nothing you couldn't of done/gotten yourself.
@Phoenix 𝙾𝚙𝚎𝚗 𝙼𝚢 PROFILE It's commissioned art, price depends on the expected creativity and beauty of the result. This level of service used to be for really rich people only.
I agree with you, but to a certian extend. For fast fashion, modelling and high off brands like LV , this would be a great substitute for real clothes. Since these companies create millions of waste by only creating cheap clothing that is trending and then throwing it away once a new trend arrives. It's less wasteful and less exploitive. And let's be real here. Fashion is fueled by blood. Sweat shops, millions of underpaid, "workers" slaving away in a factory for fast fashion, only for their product which they made 0.20 cent from to be worn 2 times and then added to the waste and pollution the world is already facing.
This is equivalent to just paying for someone to photoshop something for you. I mean it is. I don't really see the parallel of not owning it as you are mostly just doing it to post on social media which is the only use case for it
I love this concept for enabling designers to fully go wild with their creativity and make garments that needn't conform to the constraining laws of physics, and I can totally see this as something that would be amazing for influencers and photographers to use instead of wasting clothing. I also imagine for new designers who maybe don't have the money to bring their clothing to life irl, this could allow them to profit off their work anyway, which is rad. However, I don't really see how it's useful for the average person, since most people want to actually wear they things they buy multiple times, but there's nothing wrong with this being more a tool for artists/aspiring artists I guess.
idk about the new designers thing, digital arts programs can be pretty expensive specially 3d ones. I agree with everything else though, it's a tool for artists as well as a good way for fashion influencers to get to show and try a lot of clothes without contributing to the giant mountains of clothing trash we've been having a problem with in the last decade or so
I could envision a near future where they finally nail AR glasses and businesses pop up where you buy clothing that shows up in AR. Like you sell clothing with qr codes on it that link up to a digital clothing brand and you can digitally wear the clothes irl. It's hard to explain lol
This concept is cool for a digital spin on high fashion, all the guests watch the models with VRs and such. But even that can be considered problematic because haute couture is quiet prominently about breaking through the challenges and limitations imposed by the materials, that's why it's a form of Art.
Oh my god. Okay so i work in quinceañera, and currently because of the pandemic there's been an uptick of people wanting those huge poofy ball gowns solely for photos. I can imagine using that for. The girls that only want to do a photoshoot and don't want/can't do the huge party. It would be so useful.
I look at this kind stuff as the most useless "what is the point" kind of companies. It blows my mind that people would spend money on virtual clothes... especially so much money... So I give you props for doing this so those of us who would never get to see the experience and judge if we're missing out on something. In this instance, I did not think the photos were worth the cost.
Why is it so mind blowing to you? It can make sense for a lot of stuff. People who make a living out of fashion pictures could use this instead of overconsuming, and since it doesn't exist there's no limit to the creativity. One comment mentioned that in the movie industry it's pretty common to dress up actors in virtual clothes. I just think it's a super cool thing
@@giuliad223 But wouldn't it be cheaper to pay professional photoshop artists to draw clothes for you? Not to mention that they could photoshop it properly with all the shading etc. Paying thousand of dollar (Some of them) seems a bit much to me.
I couldn't agree more. I don't see the point in it either. People are letting technology run their lives way too much. We need to get back to the simpler life we had like in the 80s and 90s. Those were much happier times, and not so complicated. (Jan Griffiths).
@@Scrizal you're forgetting the design. That's what you're actually paying. Yes you can ask a photoshop expert to do it and it would be cheaper but it would be a graphic tee and that's not the point. I will agree that the photoshop on the cheap ones looks botched, what can you expect though? You can't have an original design and a good photoshop job for only 30$
I see that this channel is incredibly popular, but I’m new here 😂 I love the friendship between her and her husband (he’s the videographer right?) When they have little side conversations, it’s just a really cool little window into their closeness.
I can see this being realistic as a cheap sustainable source of cute looks for Instagram, memories, etc. but the price would need to be waaay lower for it to be accessible.
Unfortunately the process of making the files for virtual clothing uses up so much energy that it is actively harming our environment. NFTs are not sustainable.
I think it’s very, very sad…like….you’re paying to have a fake dress put on you so you can post a picture on Instagram…? How can someone be so obsessed with socials and self-image to reach such a level? It’s honestly scary…
Idk. The way it's photoshopped on is not necessarily the way it would fit in real life. It would definitely need to be disclosed at the very least that it's digital. So people aren't mislead.
The concept of digital clothing is so interesting and I get why it's a thing - but at the same time I expected that by purchasing "an item" you'd get the digital file and might even be able to photoshop it into photos yourself. While I applaud the mentality to be environmentally conscious, it does seem nonsensical to pay +1000$ for a single photo with a mediocre photoshop edit. But this is propably just the beginning and I am excited to see where this might go in the future.
Yeah I think with some advancements it could be as simple as like using a program to do it for you. Similar to how people create vtubers and such. You sort of buy a 3D render of just clothing items and you can change it. Which this could actually come in handy for things other than just pictures.. as I said, you could use it for vtubers, VR avatars, etc. Like literally buying a digital wardrobe you could use in many ways.
Do you really think someone that spends money just to have a picture with a different outfit is going to have a small sustainable wardrobe in real life? Someone shallow enough to do this is going to continue to buy multiples of everything People like talking about being sustainable while always using the latest technology. Is switching your phone every few months or even a year sustainable? Traveling all the time? Eating avocado toast that has to travel a long way to you, etc?
Very true! My thought is that once it catches on, cheaper alternatives will be around and likely more advanced technology too, sort of like face filters. Maybe even free! Which would be great for the environment.
Actual cheap dresses are 30 bucks nowadays.... they must buy some expensive rich people brands in the most luxurious places of new york to think 30 bucks is "cheaper"
Just to be clear if this company does end up doing NFT's, the electricity one dress would burn would be more harmful to the environment than if you bought a physical version, flew it to you, and just threw it out immediately.
Thank you, for real, thank you. I pretty much just a few days ago learned about NFT's... and why they're harmful, and it's just so crazy to me that even on that level, we can fuck the environment. Like, I learned from this acrylic pouring artist that did a few of those, just what those were, and I'm just here wondering... why? And I wonder if this is going to be the next generation (if theres one by the time we reach our older years...) technology that will just confuse us immensely when we get older. I doubt it, I think that the impact they have is just too much, but at the same time, when have they ever cared about it? I still havent been able to grasp the concept fully as of now, specially since many of the people that talk about them just absolutely dismiss the impact that they have, but, time will tell I guess.
This is such an incredible waste of money, but I appreciate the idea, since you're paying for a service. However, their photoshop abilities are ROUGH, and I don't understand why they'd be offering a service that isn't very good? Maybe I'm overthinking things, because we pay for digital services all the time, but other than reducing clothing waste (which there are other, more fiscally responsible and easier to access options for), what's the point?
@@chrisbailey7384 Cgi already exists though? Most movies have a separate team for it. A movie would literally never use this kind of app for its special effects and neither would a runway.
The AR-thing could be used as a virtual changing room to let you try before buying online, in fact that's been a thing for ages. The actual service seems more like a service for influensers and they already upload obviously doctored photos so I don't think quality is much of a concern there.
Can we please talk about how harmful NFTs are for the environment and how the fashion is preying on consumer’s lack of knowledge to sell these products??
This feels like an elaborate prank in the vein of "The Emperor's New Clothes" fable. Either that or I've finally just gone insane. I give it a 50/50 probability.
I feel the same about this whole digital art thing, when I first learned about it I felt pranked and still kinda think I'm in crazy town anytime I see someone selling NFTs for hundreds of dollars.
@@sonjapersch6074 digital clothes vs digital art is completely different.. the clothes make actually no sense-like you still need clothes whether we’re a digital age or not. digital art, however, is something so needed in our also digital society. believe it or not, the computer doesn’t do shit for you when it comes to drawing (unless you use stamps and stuff which i very much hate). art (i’m referring to painting and digital painting and such medias) will always require creativity, talent, and effort, all of which digital art still requires. i don’t understand how people can criticize digital when other art like abstract exist (which i know you didn’t say that, i’m just putting that out there). nfts are a great way for artists work to not go unappreciated in this digital age, since people harness the idea that digital =/= art, which just isn’t true. i can definitely see how it looks that way though, considering things like digital clothes exist, but once you become more accustomed to digital art, you can understand the effort behind it.
@@sophie6744 there's no way you're trying to justify digital art while saying that digital clothing - which is a form of digital art - is ridiculous? At least with the digital clothes no one else can use it, so I'd argue NFTs are even stupider. I'm not saying digital artists shouldn't be paid, I mean: good for them! But it's just unbelievable anyone WOULD spend money on a jpg.
so im not the only one who immediately thought of that story??? at the risk of sounding like a boomer its 2021 and i can still barely stomach the concept of paying for reusable cosmetics in a video game...... and now we're paying for single use cosmetics for our actual selves ???? for what??? insta likes???
this concept is absolutely horrifying in all contexts EXCEPT for those girls on tiktok that call themselves fAsHiOn InFlUeNcErS but just buy thousands of dollars of shein and throw it all away within a week. 100% support this for THEM.
Thing is, why do they even feel the need to show off? Even if digital clothing is more sustainable (we still waste electricity), it still supports their low self-esteem, shopping addiction or any worse mental illness.
man... on the one hand some of these outfits are honestly gorgeous and so cool, and i love the creative space that digital fashion affords designers because you can get REALLY wild with art in the digital space. on the other hand, it really is just online fashion - it's not real clothes you can wear to feel fun or sexy or pretty on a night out, or even put on just to wander around the house because it's your favorite dress and you like it. it's exclusively to show *other people* that you're wearing something, which gives me big second life/IMVU/gaia online/other virtual avatar vibes. a thousand dollars for pixels that someone photoshops on your body sounds crazy. still, i can see the appeal of having a photo of yourself in a REALLY avant-garde or reality-defying outfit. it's almost like being in an art exhibition, and i almost wonder if there's an idea there - sharing digital fashion to be worn by a bunch of people and turning the results into a collection of some sort. but the idea of "wearing" this as more than just a novelty just sounds completely unrealistic and pointless for non-influencers.
I understand the concept of paying per image as you're paying a digital artist to work on the photo for you (plus some amount towards the 3D model of the clothing), but I also don't think those prices are justified currently based on the quality of the photoshopped images. Honestly every single one is very clearly photoshopped, there are areas lacking shadows, harshly cut lines around the clothing, etc.
I understand how it seems expensive from the outside POV, when you only get one photo for that money. But you also have to consider the cost of 3d software that was used to model, texture, pose and render that 3d garment PLUS photoshop. The amount of labour that goes into making one photo is sadly something that people who are outside 3d industry do not consider. YES its not best edit, and YES it is on a pricier side, but honestly paying 40$ for 2 - 4 hours of work is not that much.
The concept is pretty cool, and I especially love the idea of having the fun of fast fashion without the environmental impact, but the photoshop needs a lot of work. The unrealistic light and shadows are the biggest issue to me. But to be fair, looking at these pictures on a small phone screen in Instagram hides a multitude of photoshop sins, especially if all I do is casually scroll through.
NTF’s just as bad for the environment as plastics. I was the one who “Berated” Saf on YT. One evil is not worse than the other. There is still a huge Carbon footprint when making e fashion.
@@jennifercriss1897 The energy issues with NFTs only happen with the blockchain/cryptocurrency aspect that makes them "exclusive". This digital fashion is not exclusive, it's just photoshop - no more energy than digitally drawing something or editing a video. Actual crypto/NFTs suck ass, but this isn't them.
I love how possitive her instagram comments are, it doesn't matter how crazy, ugly or outrageous the outfit is, everyone expects it from Safiya and they just support her weird fashion choices 😂❤
They should definitely charge a lot less for re-using an outfit - especially for the expensive ones. Maybe a subscription model would make sense, or just charging for the editing skills as you already bought the digital asset license.
I'm thinking they should sell by sets of pictures, like, pay for 3, 5, 7 or 10 pictures, with basically no expiration limit. If the piece is really basic, in the sense that the model wont change that much, like sunglasses, earrings, or shoes, maybe sell by the dozen, but if the garment is harder to model and adjust, then sell by smalled bulks. It would be more like renting an outfit but instead of hours, it's pictures.
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This feels like when games start pumping out in app purchases with new skins, that you never see unless you go to your profile and check it. It seems so weird
As other digital illustrators have chimed in on this, I think to me every single one of these was painfully obvious in it's photoshopping. A few of them are worse than Snapchat filters. I don't say this as a way to put down the overall concept, but it seems to me that most people won't be fooled by these. And at their pricing level, the only people who could possible afford this anyhow are people with so much excess that they don't know what to do with it. Maybe one day this is a concept that can be revisited at a much more affordable price (one that most people could afford) - because this is the sort of thing that would mostly see success from the average person having access to it and wanting to use it on their Instagram etc.
I think the main market is influencers. They can easily access perfectly fitted high end outfits in a single photoshoot. I've heard of some of them buying and then returning clothes just for a shoot.
@@weatherboyderogatory5054 To be honest a lot of influencers have some photoshop experience, so they'd probably do a better job. Buying the assets normally would probably be cheaper.
Yeah!! I wouldn’t even say some, I’ve heard from a lot haha I have a photographer friend and she told me about one who just returns hundreds of outfits per month just to take photos
To be quite honest the only possible scenario where I could think this could be useful or have a market is with influencers 🥴 and maybe when improving their video one, possibly with red carpet events like met gala perhaps
Digital fashion has many applications. We are creating digital samples to approve look before production and creating look books as digital campaigns and I believe that we all will be able to use more digital clothing in our day to day as we are expending so much time in digital worlds !!
When I was little my aunt made magnetic paper dolls of me and my cousin that we put on the fridge and we had different dresses that would go on top and stick with the magnets. This is giving me that energy.
As someone who does 3d modeling and illustration and art each one, the shading was what got to me... The shading did not always match the lighting for where you were. Some shadows just bugged me. ... I think dress x should get into cosplay outfits as well.
Seems like an idea that exceeds the capabilities of mass technology at this time. I’ve seen this pulled off really well in the fashion industry for quite a number of years, but it’s generally accomplished by extremely proficient photoshop artists, 3D modelers and skilled photographers that know how to photograph specifically for an edit. There’s definitely a workflow that starts before the camera even gets turned to the model for this to become the sublime imagery that this product wants to be. Edit: my conclusion is that we’re not in a place to be offering products like this except as an expensive boutique process, not the weird factory vibes that this is presenting.
Yes, it definitely feels done by a machine with very mild tweaks rather than even a half way adequate graphic designer. The neck and arms were often particularly bad. With some work and extra customisation, the avant garde pieces could look really good
Yeah. It's very obvious that the sample pictures of them photoshopped onto models had a lot of care put into them. They probably employ a decent amount of photoshop artists to do this stuff, and $35 dollars to edit a picture is honestly crap pay(that's like friends and family price), so you're not gonna get even close to the kind of quality they have on the sale page. That definitely shows in the price of the items, as well. the $1000 dress was obviously done by someone much more skilled, while the long longsleeve edit was something I could have pulled off in like 20 minutes. Because of that, I feel it's a bit of false advertising in the state it's currently in, since most of the people looking to buy this stuff are obviously not going to know what's really required(work load/price/posing/etc) to pull this off at such a high level.
@@J_Lynn yeah, it’s a very bad rate, and that doesn’t even include the commission to the designer, who I presume gets a percentage, probably in the 20-30% range, I’m guessing, then the company takes their cut, THEN the retoucher gets paid. It’s possible they’re not even paying based on commission and could be outsourcing to a retouching house, which could be essentially an unregulated sweatshop depending on where it’s located.
I make little edits like this for my job, where I make mockups. I know how long this would take, and where corners were cut. This makes me think they have a full time design staff - no way else they would be able to charge this low. They likely have a 3d "person" template which they pose over the photo and then do some minor retouching. I bet the expensive one went to the lead designer.
The concept is interesting, but even if the finished product was unbelievably amazing, paying over $1000 for what is essentially a snapchat filter you can only use once is just ridiculous. Any half decent photoshop artist would have been able to deliver much higher quality picture for a fraction of the price, with far more creative input from yourself.
I'm not one to tell anyone how to spend their money, but this will be a Nah from me dawg. I would be onboard for fashion influencers using this as it wouldn't have the damaging impact fast fashion does. Great video!
I agree. This would be great for things like photoshoots, ads, etc. But as for the rest of us regular folks, it doesn't seem to have much of a purpose right now.
To be fair, I imagine only fashion influencers would pay for the stuff, or at least they would represent the majority of the users. Also people who are, like, rich and can comfortably throw away money. I think most of us common folk wouldn't really receive it well, you can look at the comments to see that hehe
What hurts about the editing is that they could’ve fixed some lighting aspects and toned down the clothes colors (or amplified the first photo I guess) and it would’ve looked so much more natural
The Photoshop is so funny, it’s obvious that they took the 3D model, screenshotted from a vaguely relevant angle and slapped it on there with no regard for lighting, reflections or even feathering.
One thing I find really interesting about this concept is that one of the value propositions (at least according to the marketing) of this service is that the clothing can fit any size, yet any photos I've seen of this service are on straight sized people. I don’t think I've seen any examples of these being "sizeless" because any examples I've seen have been of people that are roughly the same size.
It’s a great idea for things like modeling and just more creative things in my opinion. Not really the average joe. You wear it once and that’s kinda it. It sounds great for a fantastical photo shoot kind of a thing. We use digital outfits for movies all the time. It’s a great way to make something that just can’t exist in the real world. Opens up a lot of doors for creativity
@@milyluv16 i think its more like terrible for the environment since E currency is terrible for the environment. So its a lie its helping product waste its actually creating way more waste.
I'm not sure it would be good for modeling/photography since the the way the fabric moves affects the picture/pose. Without knowing how it will behave, it's hard to bring out the full potential. I feel like the potential is there, but only if you had a team of people with the same goal in mind working on each piece (which isn't the case). Could be a cool concept for virtual fashion shows maybe.
For the price the photoshop jobs were for the most part decent, I can’t imagine they’re paying the artist all that much especially for the pieces worth $30-$50. Most of that money probably goes to the website and the designers :/
@@rhianonmorris5367 yes exactly! Like the only way I feel like it would be a good deal is if it’s your job to take photos in strange clothes for clout.
@@rhianonmorris5367 The frustrating thing about it is the prices, even like $30 for a digital outfit seems too much. How can they charge similar prices to real clothing that can be worn again and again?
I think my biggest issue is the quality of the photoshop done. The quality of it gives me major middle school quality vibes. Some were done pretty well but others were oh so bad
As someone who does 3D modelling for games and loves fashion, I didn’t realise this was a thing, I definitely have a digital library of 3D clothing I made for shortcuts to build concepts. But given I have noticed a rise of my 2D art being stolen and auctioned off, I now worry that my 3D outfits I have done as concepts may be next on the list
You could secure Your art with NFT.. although it's a controversial topic does NFT actually protects ones art and also there's a environmental concerns surrounding NFT's.. its a topic worth looking into though
@@dMi_mi NFTs are very easily stolen from the original artists, that's the point. The Academy Awards had a NFT of Chadwick's 3D rendered head in gold and that was stolen from someone else who had it in realistic colours.
@@dMi_mi yeah like i have already seen the SAME NFT sold on different NFT platforms... protection: zero. And so many artists' works stolen for NFT without their knowledge
The idea is that you need to start selling and branding your creations and curating a portfolio via an online presence. Your work is valuable, that's why others are stealing it.
The photo editing on these looks is so baffling. Like, how is this professional? It was such simple mistakes that could easily be fixed with a bit more effort.
this is lowkey embarrassing to admit but when u posted the pic wearing that purple thing i spent an hour tryna figure out what it was. i even reverse image searched it. I AM A CLOWN LMAOOO 😭😭😭😭😭
Probably a Hot Take: I think people being creative is great and really important. But this is really just a waste of money. It would make more sense to me if the clothing was from designers who were well established in the real world and were allowing people to try out their looks, especially pieces that are way to insanely expensive to purchase. But this is just so silly and ridiculous. The video is well done as they always are, but the subject is just something I cannot believe really exists. This shift where everything and everyone is doing more stuff online, in apps, or gaming is so odd to me. I’m the same age as Safiya and I get we were kind of the first group exposed to social media and many of these new approaches to life and existence, but this is just ridiculous. I don’t condone fast fashion, and working to save the environment is extremely important. But this just doesn’t seem to be the way to do it. It feels very Ready Player One to me and that is frankly terrifying. There is a real entire planet we are living on out here and we aren’t even taking care of that, hiding online behind things like this just seems to add to the “everyone existing in virtual reality” to me and frankly it makes me uncomfortable and worried about the future.
it’s 100% for rich influencers and people with a large social media platform! i wouldn’t benefit at all from this since i never post pictures of my full body anywhere 🤣
This caters to a very specific crowd. If you buy clothes solely to take pictures, I think this is a wonderful option to reduce waste. So what if people want to "hide online"? This doesn't affect you or me really, and it is better for the environment compared to fast fashion options. Its a really creative idea and I think including an estimate of how much water, and power could be saved buy purchasing one versus online would be a good impact and condition people to make better environmental choices when purchasing clothing. There isn't a single way to save the environment, and if this is genuinely more beneficial, why not? I am getting elitist vibes from this comment tbh which is ironic considering the people who would probably purchase these.
If they're paying the designers fairly then this seems like a good thing for digital artists and fashion designers whose work is usually undervalued. Otherwise, I agree with everything else.
It does feel like this company is actually encouraging waste rather than combatting it (regardless of their attempt to convince people otherwise). It's just a different kind of waste. It might even be encouraging people to adopt more of a single-use mentality when it comes to products and fashion by encouraging this "do it for the gram" mindset.
@@AkiraChan24 At this point this company isn't really encouraging it. It's already a thing. "Fast Fashion" has been a thing for decades now. People wearing something for a single "season" and then throwing it out because it is no longer "in style", no longer fashionable. I've personally never been in that crowd, I have clothes I've owned for 15 years, but it's a very real thing and causes a ton of waste. People have also been wearing things once or twice and then tossing it for years. Hell even that one can be said "for decades" to an extent. What is a wedding dress? An article of clothing meant to be worn once. Sure people usually keep them... but eventually that dress you wore a single time has to go somewhere? A thrift store? Most expensive wedding dresses are made to measurement and won't fit the average person going to a thrift shop and if you are buying a wedding dress at a thrift store chances are you aren't going to pay the high price of having a dress made of expensive fabric adjusted to be your size. Though sometimes these dress do go on to be bought by people who give it a second life as something other than a dress. Or if you're lucky and know someone who can adjust the dress for you that is family, buying a second hand wedding dress can be a very viable option. It's just not common that these dresses get bought. Prom dresses and highschool tuxedos land in this same area. Though at least these items are a little easier to find new homes for through second hand stores... but even then... most teenagers don't want to wear something used to their homecoming or prom. What about the amazing dresses and suits you see at red carpet events? How often do you see those items be worn again by those celebrities? What do you think happens to those? In a less "for the gram" kind of sense... there is also the tons of waste caused by people throwing out clothes because they don't know how to repair a damaged article of clothing or how to remove a deep stain. So they donate it.... and because it's damaged it gets tossed by the store... or they just throw it away themselves. Do I think digital fashion is dumb? Yes, absolutely. Do I think it could make an enviromental impact? Maybe. Do I think they are "encouraging" the fast fashion or single wear mindset? No. Because this mindset has been around long before instagram.
@@safiya The one biggest thought i had running through my head watching it was our future descendants living in VR thinking "aww, look how cute they are with their shitty tech" 😂 Yeah I'm not totally opposed to this, I just feel like we're still in our infancy stage with technology and we're all trying new and wacky things to see what works lol
You're basically paying for the photoshopping. If you add in the cost for the design itself, the 30 to 40 Dollar tier isn't even that expensive. I mean, you probably don't whip that up in an hour. That being said: yeah, for us 'normal' people it is indeed a lot of money for nothing.
I love the idea of digital clothing for influencers or other social media users who just take a picture in an outfit for a post and then never or hardly ever wear it again.
I think it says a lot, negatively, about the world we live in when you can pay retail prices for a digital outfit just for social media. As a 3D artist, I can respect the trade and it's supporting creators but for what? More vanity fueled social media? (This is in no way a direct commentary toward you for doing this video by the way, just a blanket feeling about the concept. I have the utmost respect for you.)
I think the app is free though? So it's fun for like using it for "trying" out different outfits (even if it doesn't work well, at least you're not paying for it...not working well anyway) but...what's the point in buying something you don't even own? When you buy ACTUAL clothes (even if expensive if that's your thing), at least you have them in front you but here...you're kinda freeballing it.
@@neelamaxwell6841 it’s not environmentally friendly at all. You can’t wear these if you go out, so this won’t help/stop people from over consuming or shopping. In fact, this to me looks greedy and vain cause you’re only really buying it for a pic for social media.
I want these clothes for real. No way I'm paying even $35 for fake clothes lol. Fashion designers saw how game companies were getting away with people paying money for digital clothes for their characters and were like "hey...".
Them in a board meeting “okay guys. We need to cut costs. Any ideas?” High guy in the back “OH OH OH! I know! Let’s sell the clothes, without actually giving them the clothes”
@@Tornmacaroon well, but you're not an influencer. There's people who buy tens of outfits every month that they never use again, i think for someone like that this would make sence (if the pivtures were more believable though, they all kind of looked photoshoped) Not every service has to be for everyone
@@pamelaguerra3768 Dude, you do realise how much NFTs and stuff pollute the environment, right? it's way worse then buying ten fashion items in a month. Plus the photoshop jobs on these is terrible and a lot of influences have a decent set of photoshop skills.
Bro I get the whole not wanting to create clothing waste thing, but I feel like it’s such a waste of money to spend $50 on an outfit I can’t even wear in real life. I might as well just play a life simulator game😭😭😭
@@elizatoponce9375 for me it seems that it's just a thing for rich people who don't have space in their closets for new clothes, but want cute photos to post 😁
Using the argument of "Not wanting to create clothing waste" is complete garbage to me, for sure a "we are a 100% waste-free company" kind of thing. Total bullshit marketing thing. lol
Their problem with legs is shadows. They don't put any. Same with the back of your neck. Honestly most of their issues would be solved with more natural shadows.
@@jsmith1576 because it's most likely done in India or other third world country for a couple of cents. And a couple of dollars go to the designer as a royalty and all the rest is pure profit for the company.
@@youshimimi lol i get what you mean and it's probably true but it came off a bit wrong with what you were responding to, people from india can do good photoshop too they're not lesser humans. People in india and other third world countries like argentina do a lot of the behind the scenes work for big IT companies like google and apple (both as digital apps designers as well as economical project reviewers and many othe things, this kind of companies are honestly mostly run by people who live in this kind of countries) and you don't know because they are perfectly capable
@@pamelaguerra3768 that's why I specified "for a couple of cents". There are professionals in India, but they don't charge in cents. However thanks to their labor laws, you can also buy very cheap work with low quality from India and other third world countries. That's what most likely happening here. Don't get on a high horse with "lesser humans" lmao. This is about the country's laws about minimal wage, nothing else. And yes, I know what I'm talking about, I'm from the industry and have worked with both professionals from India and people who were charging cents per hour.
i would love to see a designer actually make these outfits come to life. The outfits are so awesome and it would be such a good video getting peoples reactions in public.
Honestly this is just like when Snapchat was starting filters and it was big cartoon silly dog ears... Now just like 6 years later we've got realistic makeup looks and everything under the sun.
Oof, as a graphic designer who has worked on photos of people and had to photoshop designs/clothes and repaint people's hair to make it all work well together... this hurts me. I'm tempted to take some screen grabs of the outfits and making edits to make them look better, but I already have enough on my plate that I probably wouldn't have the time. They have 3D clothes, they obviously put effort into rigging the clothes into a human model. It's not that hard to put things like hats onto a full rig (at least to the shoulders) so you can get the interior bend of the fur and the perspective on the dangly bits right. ALSO WHERE IS THE AMBIENT OCCLUSION??? You asked for overcast lighting in your pictures, but your clothes still need to adhere to ambient occlusion and alsdhalskjhdashjdkajsh honestly this whole app idea, if they're not putting real effort into making the clothes look real, then it sounds like a content factory for influencers. Like, the designer names that sound more like user handles, seems more like they're inviting artists/handing out invitation passes to make an account and giving them the tools and taking a cut of what they sell. I could be completely wrong, but it feels a bit skeevy to me. A good idea, but some of the practices/mistakes that seem innocent and small enough are raising a couple flags. Also if these designers are not 3D modelers/riggers themselves, then they have to pay someone to model, rig, and paint the design, which can account for the high cost of some of them. I'd really like to know how the pipeline works for DressX and the process the models of outfits and accessories and photos go through once an order is placed. I have a feeling that the designers are not the ones doing the photo work, and so each picture has a price, because each picture requires the same amount of work. And the quality is ultimately up to A) how well designed/rigged the outfit is and B) who the graphic designer is that is going to be editing the photo. Also, as far as photoshopping clothes on people, best practices are, imo when you take the photo, it's best to use a tripod and take a picture without the model so you have a clean version of the background for any discrepancies there. Even if it's a little off, being able to clone a background sampler makes the job easier.
Yes I too felt the need to screengrab the pictures because they are dying for proper lighting, levelling and shadow. I honestly think the clothes on the body are modelled really well (apart from that hat) but colour grading that matches Saf’s environment would make a hell of a difference. It’d be even easier to achieve on the original file because the clothes themselves would be their own layer, it wouldn’t even be that hard to create a clipping mask around it to add these elements. I found this so frustrating! I knew it’d be triggering other photoshop users too lol
So I worked for 15 years on the other end of the production process from you, hair and makeup on set, and I 10 million percent agree with you about the preproduction to make this thing work. There’s a well developed workflow for projects like this, and it sounds like they give their customers the barest bits of that information, making the job of their retouchers harder and the end product worse. As advanced as our creative technologies have become, we’re still not at a place to be offering these kinds of services for these prices. I’d be very interested to find out what the payscale is for the artists completing the work and what their current and projected project quotas are. My guess is that it’s bad and expected to get worse as this becomes more popular.
I feel like this would only be worth it if you wanted something super over-the-top and rare, like the animated clothing and the weird accessories, else why would I want a plain outfit for 35$ that I only get to "wear" once and could potentially be photoshopped horribly on me?
Yeah, i guess most people wont see the value in this. But i guess we're just not in the target audience for this. Influencers may benefit from this more
I think having digital clothes is a cool concept but it's kind of lazy to plaster on digital clothes for a photo rather than actually putting in effort to save money for a physical outfit.
i get the criticism for normal, basic clothes as it gets pretty weird and dystopian, but for more avant garde and physically unrealistic clothes, it seems like a cool art project with high expressive potential
As a designer myself, I felt personally insulted by this company. Unbelievable that people are really spending money with these shitty photoshopped photos. Also, the videos and catalogs photos are pretty different from the "real product", is even more false advertising than the Made in China e-commerce photos. (but awesome video Safiya)
100% agreed! Since I began sewing and making/upcycling clothes I've learned to appreciate the craftsmanship of garments, and this feels... somehow insulting? Especially since the Photoshop is sooo bad sometimes.
Honest to God if I'm not actually able to wear something I spend money on, designer or dollar store, I would blow a gasket, all 12 cylinders and my brains blood vessels because if I'm gonna not be able to fit something and argue with people on return shipping. I would still rather that than missing looking that way in real life because I want the REAL asset. Digital try on, ok kool, digital assessing/ Photoshop remixing for 30$ pluss? 🤷🏾♂️ As much as y'all paying for this and poopy shadows/ no actual blending in photo for INSTA?!?!?! Huhhhhhh..... Idk I'm lost, I'ma just join the Boomer club now lmao.
This concept makes me so irrationally angry. Like it's nothing against Saf or the designers or anything, it's just so pointless. The only way I could see it working is if we all wore some google-glass type thing and you could see people walking around in real-time with it on. Otherwise, you're just paying $40 for someone to photoshop a dress on you which you could learn to do for free with probably better results. The whole point of cool clothes is that they're cool because they defy your expectations for what fabric is supposed to do and how it's supposed to function. I already know a computer can put me in a dress that defies gravity. I want to see what kinds of crazy amazing things people can create with an actually limiting medium like fabric.
i dont think this is the real intention tho. this looks to be targeted mainly at influences (and art fans) and if we can do anything to stop them from buying and throwing away so many clothes im a supporter. Also technically yes anyone can learn anything if they put the time and effort in but the reason we hire services and artisans is BECAUSE not everyone has the time or effort or desire to learn these skills. Also this isnt just photoshop, its 3d modelling, rigging, lighting, texturing, editing etc. another point is, a lot of these look more like art projects than meant to be anything practical. And sometimes art can just exist for the sake of being art. I get very frustatred when people shit on modern tech based art "not practical or sooo fake" because that's not the point of it? the point of it is to look cool and to push technology. (this is not including nfts tho lol those are dumb)
@@Heliocanix sure. But the photos are just poorly done. The shadows are way off in every pic. If I was an influencer I would not be pleased with the outcome
If this could be done with a more convincing algorithm, this would actually be a super amazing way to check out online clothing and preview looks and colors on yourself.
I sincerely hope that this stays as a trend for the influencers and models - I think it’s so cool that they can wear weird stuff without having to buy it and without having to have a closet full of odd items, but I do NOT want this as a trend for normal daily anything. If I pay for my clothes i better actually be able to own them and wear them until they are destroyed. This is so expensive for just getting a picture of you.
A picture that you had to take yourself, too. Awkwardly, because you had to guess off the top of your head the dimensions and character of the clothes.
Yes, that way they have no clothes to donate to the needy anymore. Just a bunch of .PSD files. Super great! Also great to put all the people out of work who work for fast fashion.
The long sleeve shirt was the only one I can recall organically seeing on my Instagram feed and I didn't study it or think twice I just assumed she found a crazy shirt
The only thing that absolutely doesn’t make any sense is the fact that you have to pay for every photo. When you buy an outfit you should have the choice to be edit at anytime in your outfit. They should have some type of membership for it if they want, so that their editors can get payed.
I actually don’t mind that you have to pay for each outfit, but I feel like you should be able to see your picture first. If it were real clothes you would get to try it on first.
@@morganqorishchi8181 I mean you could probably pay an actual tailor about a grand and get something really nice. 200ish for materials and then the man hours for the rest. Assuming maybe they spent a week or so on it.
Being a 3D artist this is really interesting, but the fact that I can tell what can be fixed to make the photoshop look less photoshopped means that they still have some kinks to iron out. I wonder when we could get and SDK to make our own digital clothes.
Kind of interesting that they're trying to sell this as an eco-friendly disruption of the fashion industry, but through terribly damaging and unsustainable NFTs
@@FionaMarie1234 NFTs are the non-fungible tokens - essentially those unique digital Blockchain tokens that can be used to sell unique digital art. However, they are incredibly detrimental to the environment because they are very resource intensive
@@FionaMarie1234 somewhat, but bitcoins and some other crypto have a set limit NFTs do not meaning potentially we could fuggin die because someone wanted to sell a JPEG of a poorly drawn monkey on the internet
You know what? This reminds me of my cardboard dolls, for which I was making paper clothes, when I was 7 years old. A lot more creative, satisfying and free hobby 🤩😊😉🎇
ngl im kinda pissed that long long sleeve is fake i was literally convinced, Saf looked so good with it, i'd manifest it into a physical object if i could
You could make the sleeves by sewing loose ruffles into taffeta (I imagine purple-gold shift or similar would look best), so it would be something you could make and have a magicy colour changing effect to really emphasise the length of the sleeves, maybe get some jellyfish vibes. If I had a working sewing machine, I'd be tempted to try it out, because I imagine hand stitching those sleeves would end me 😂 I'd love to see someone give it a go though!
@@NiaJustNia very tempted to maybe commision this shirt from someone (sadly i cant use a sewing machine either otherwise i absolutely would've made it) it's literally too cool of a piece to not exist physicaly
This honestly just gives me major "Ready Player One" vibes....like we're getting closer to living the majority of our lives in VR, with virtual clothing and everything. Edit: Thanks for all the likes!
I just read about FB groups that are recommending people not go to Emergency Rooms & to take their loved ones out of ICUs in favor of home treatment. Not to mention that some people believe in the "crisis actor" thing - to the point of harassing families. Yes, people are that disconnected from reality.
Yup. Reminds me more of stuff like SAO and digital reality is just going to be used as another escape people focus on instead of improving their habits in reality
I feel that this is a great 'in theory' idea, but the photoshopping looks a little more like photochopping. It needs more finesse, and in the video some of the 'fabric' needs more realism (too many sharp edges that didn't move like actual fabric). Very interesting idea, though - am interested to see how it evolves!
It's because it's cheap lol this tech definitely works but if you want it to look good you gotta pay a good amount of money because it takes alot of work
Well, considering this company uses an automated program with AI and not Photoshop, it's not going to look perfect. It's way too expensive to have a human being do this, 1 photo can run upwards of a few hundred when getting into work like this.
@@orangeradishneo yup although the 1000$ ones should be personalized it's way to expensive to not pay someone to atleast touch it up and add some depth or shadow
Yes! Although I guess you're basically paying for a Photoshop job so, from that perspective, if it's well done, I'd say it's worth it if you're into fashion.
While digital clothes seem like a good idea to see how something looks on you, and seems like a far more sutainable solution to the fast fashion trend, I'm just not sure about something that a company holds onto and lets you "borrow".
It'd be nice if you could download it onto a flashdrive, so it's your's. If it's attached to an online account, that's a downer. I like owning things because all it takes is for the website to go down or for them to remove the item. You're basically renting something.
@@hope-cat4894 The fact that she posted the photos to various platforms would indicate to me that you own and can download the image after it's been sent to you.
The year is 2121. Everyone's walking around in extravangant, expensive looking clothing, or so it seems. In reality they are wearing suits that resemble something of a scubadivers equipment with special tech attached to them. A hologram of any clothing piece they have downloaded to their cloud appears on the surface of their suits, creating fashionable illusions, available for everyone (who can afford it with the cheap price of 9999.99USD)
@@benitaanand6047 Same, but I won't be around at that time (and neither will anyone else alive today), so it won't matter to me. The closest I have to this concept is a pair of reflective sandals. (Jan Griffiths).
That would be awesome tho, because you would own it and be able to used them in the real world were other people can see it as normal clothes, even if they don't exist. It would solve many problems of over consumption, even tho I prefer normal clothing. I would LOVE that these clothes exist in real life, they're very artistic and could really make it in the fashion world
Think of all the wardrobe space you'd save though! They did it with cassette tapes and record collections being digitized onto ipods. It's only a matter of time before pocket wardrobes are a reality... **evil corporate laugh**
So, the problem with the results here, and what makes them look photoshopped, is the lack of shadows added onto the body to mimic clothes being actually on them. With the puffer, you can tell the skin underneath the pillows, and the background as well, are the exact same lightness as they were before; there's just a transparent purple thing on top. In reality, less light would end up passing through so those areas would appear darker. And, for the sleeves and areas near the body, shadows would be cast. Where the puffer ends on the waist, there should be a shadow below, since two layers of puffer "fabric" would be blocking the light from coming through. In the hat example, the hat looks slapped on because the "brim" of the hat produces no shadow on your face, even though the light source is above you. Also, it's an overcast day in that photo, so the colors of the hat should be less vibrant to match. There's absolutely no excuse with that one. Just add adjustment layers and fiddle with them for a minute. It would instantly look more realistic. With the strappy top one where they made you a stomach, they didn't add shadows below the main strap, which doesn't make sense since your boobs should be blocking some light from the lower skin and so should the strap itself. The velvet looking fabric also should be much brighter where the lights are hitting it and less bright on the underside of your arms, where it is getting less direct light. The first photo (without leggings) is by far the best one since they actually bothered to add a bit of shadow to your legs, which makes sense since the skirt blocks the light. In my opinion, it's the only one that passes as realistic, ignoring the reality-defying attributes of some of the clothing items. This is exactly why they specify "even lighting" for submitted photos: so they don't have to put in a small amount of effort to add in some clothing shadows on the skin. They aren't willing to put in the work, or money, to produce quality end results that would appear realistic.
I appreciate this comment so much. I noticed the lack of shadows in some of the images too and you’re right that for the amount of $$$ you’re paying for the clothes to be added on, the shadow and lighting should all match and make sense. I thought these types of things is kind of photoshopping 101 or photography 101 perhaps?? Maybe we’re just asking for a whole lot lololol
Depending on how many hours it would take to apply inconsistent shadows and lighting on each picture, I think you're starting to ask for a lot as most items cost about $35-$50 per photo. How much are you paying these highly skilled photo editing professionals per hour?
@@midsummermuse Definitely would require a higher price for a realistic photo (though the last outfit should have been much better for the price). It looks like they mask out the person already for most clothing items so it wouldn't take long to run a soft brush shadow along the edges of clothing or an adjustment layer over part of the body (perhaps levels or contrast) to tone down highlights and then add a transparent tone to mimic shadow (like the legs in the first outfit). For this amount of money, I wouldn't expect something terribly realistic, but I think these two simple aspects could be added into the process and would add a whole lot to the service. It would definitely cost a lot more time for natural lighting where clothing casts shadows that realistically affect the body, but as someone who has done a decent amount of photo editing before, a quick pass of these two things would be easily doable for the price and would make these pieces not immediately recognizable as photoshopped (it would still be somewhat easy to tell with them, but it would be a lot better).
HELLO FRIENDS!! i hope you guys enjoy our romp into digital fashion!! honestly, even though i started off thinking it was kind of dumb -- i ended up liking some of the looks we ended up with 👀 lol don't kill me. what do you guys think of our digital looks?? also, just to clarify -- these looks that we bought are *not* NFTs, and most of dressx's looks are not NFTs -- they seem to dipping their toes into that space, but for now it's mainly just photoshopping individual images! xoxo, saf
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Seems so cool to me honestly, thanks for all the content you :)
This was such a cool video
Hello u should try to buy kpop idol clothes they once wore in a award show or performed in
Tbh before this vid I had no idea what this trend was hihi
Why their photoshop is so bad, tho? For a paid service it should be much better 🤔 What you did here was a public service, now we know it's not worth the investment yet
The lighting in the pictures isn't exactly right. I feel like they should ask for a panorama of the environment you're taking photos in: in order to get better lighting and reflections on the clothes.
Too few ping-pong balls for real-time, I'm betting. And, they're never going to get a true skin tight look at this level. It's always going to look like something stretched over a plastic mannequin. That ping-pong ball technology is desperately going to need an upgrade.
@@minipop1032 They are a long way away from matching lighting to the environment. I just watched how VFX experts do that over on the Corridor channel, and it's a labor intensive process involving multiple stages of captures. It's just not going to happen in the next decade.
That said, the flouncy stuff looks pretty good, at least at the places where you expect to be flowing away from the body.
Why don't people use the actual word "though"?
@@englishatheart why don't people use the actual words "do not"?
It’d be nice if normal brand websites had this VR feature to “try on” clothes before buying to see if a style would actually look good on you before buying. It could probably reduce shipping waste and the returns conundrum where returned items just sit in a warehouse somewhere (think Amazon…)
I really like this idea. Of course you will still run into the issue of the item simply not being made the way you thought in some instances, but likely far less often. I would really love some new pants, for instance, but at 4'11" buying pants in the actual store is just as much of a struggle as online.
@@411blah411 Are you also 4'11" or does your name stand for the actual term 411? The former would be such a coincidence.
Amazon does have this SORT OF already, for like TV's and some furniture and such, so it's not too far fetched tbh
Yes!!!! 100% agree!!! ✨🖤✨ I love this idea!!!
fast fashion sites like shein and fashion nova would benefit greatly with this
I can't believe we've actually arrived at "digital clothes for your Internet persona because what you seem like on social media is so much more important than real life" stage of dystopia already.
These are the exact words to describe the feeling of dread I had watching the video
Absolutely. Dread is the word.
Word.
It's not that social media is more important than real life sometimes it's just for the fun of it lol
@@Juanmaligno if it was just for fun it wouldn't cost 30-1000 dollars.
As a 3D artist, I find it really interesting how many people didn’t see right through the outfits right away, since the photoshop jobs weren’t bad for the price paid, just….. not very good in terms of consistency and lighting. To me they all looked fake from a mile away, but not necessarily awful, just strange.
The thing with that is like, if you don't come into it knowing there's photoshop involved then it's just like there's something weird here but Idk what it is
I think on social media people are wont to overlook shoddy/ unprofessional photoshop since everyone edits the photos they post. But yeah as a graphic designer i can totally tell especially with the lighting angles and shadows, and the different resolutions between the photos and the 3D render. The shadows and blending the edges of the render into the photo are just atrocious
@@Rose-jz6sx definitely! Of course that happens with many people. It’s just easier to spot specific reasons why it looks “off” when you’ve done similar things yourself. :)
@@k80_ oh yeah, I totally agree XD I wonder what sort of pipeline they have for all of this, professional editing is expensive and time consuming, I don’t know how these price points are lining up with a big company involved, either o.O
I think there’s a possibility that people who are online more consume so many edited images it just doesn’t occur to them to question things as much anymore-There’s a possibility they know that everything is retouched to some level or another, so they just assumed that it was a bad retouch job as opposed to an actual fake outfit. I think there’s also a culture of it being almost rude or mean to point out when someone you like is retouching their photos, which might keep people from saying something.
I was pretty disturbed by some of the photoshop jobs though-it worries me that this company is contracting out the editing to some kind of digital sweatshop where an artist gets paid 2 cents an image or something. That’s the only reason I can think some of these would have been done in such a mediocre fashion.
That would also match generally with how we know the tech industry treats creatives-They love to middleman between us and our customers so that they can make most of the money and deliver a suboptimal experience to people on both ends. (Edited for spelling error).
Once we they have the digital fashion line for pets we'll have to do part 2 with Crusty.
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I need this in my life
Pls put iced/cold coffee in the face mask maker (Eve) 🥰
yes
Yes, please
I'm a digital artist and I have to say; I hate this entire concept, lol.
What it entails is that these companies hire someone to make a 3D Model of a dress or outfit that they cause edit in a 3D software such as Blender/etc and "form it" to you. They come in all sizes because they can easily be deformed in these programs. Once the dress is shaped to your photo, someone takes that crop and brings it into photoshop and they edit it on to the model in the photo, and from the looks of it, they're not very good at it. They don't even account for lighting/atmosphere or even add shadowing to make the fabric appear is if it's actually on your body; it's just a very basic rush job in Photoshop that you get to pay for. This is why actual digital artists exist; because we have the ability and knowledge to make a "photoshop job" have some layer of believability. While I respect the creativity in this Hussle, it's still pretty much a scam in my honest opinion. While yes, someone is taking the time to design and render these outfits, in the end it's for the sake of giving you a very lazy product that you could probably ask your teenage kids to do for you and get something equally as believable.
Totally. They make you feel like you're buying the flashy fashion, but what you're actually purchasing is a digitally altered photo of yourself, and that product appears to be rather sub-par.
zayummmm shitting on teenagers smh i see how it is😔
I totally agree! none of the photos looked realistic at all, and it bugged me to no end that she kept saying they're so realistic even when i can see it from a tiny thumbnail and KNOW its photoshopped on badly. its so bad i really hope this isnt what fashion turns into
@@Rubarbleh Nah, you misread me; I was saying most teenagers are probably better at photoshop than the companies she paid. The average teen knows far more about photo editing/etc than older generations. I said that people would be better off paying their teenagers to do this because they'd do a better job 😂
As a digital artist shouldn’t you be in on this too? This can be profitable for your line of work. I don’t understand why you creat digital art and hate photo bashing simultaneously
As an artist, it kills me that they didn't shade the clothing or Saf's legs/body to match the newly-draped clothes. It's definitely contributing to the fake appearance for most of these.
EDIT: Stop replying to this. It's old. I don't need criticism. If you don't like my comment, just ignore it.
hopefully that will be fixed as they work on it more-
This is EXACTLY what i was thinking of.. I saw it instantly and I am just kind of mediocre in skill. It is pretty bad photoshopping imo. Looks like a rushed job to me. Or maybe done by people not very familiar with the surrounding tones, lighting and shadow.
They should shade it to match the surroundings. Shadows aren’t just black
I think as an artist everything kills you
FRRR THIS IS WHAT I THINK ABOUT. Like, why don't they give at least som shading to safiya's skin, or whatever 😩
i dont know whats more frightening the idea that safiya spent actual money for these god awful photoshops or that the majority of her instagram audience didnt realize the god awful photoshop
As a professional retoucher, these guys did a piss poor job of the photoshopping. I'm actually surprised people were fooled by any of it.
As someone who did 3 years of photoshop in high school, I COULD DO BETTER.
especially the final dress? the texture on the chest is so flat and low rez what the heck
as a person w just eyes, it looks very obviously photoshopped
For me the first one wasn’t too too bad (I still could see that it was photoshoped) but after that it became more and more obvious…I do understand tho people saying it looked good in the sense that if she did have the real clothes it’d be cute but the editing itself was awful 🥴
They didn’t even do any shadows. And the sharp edges hurt my eyes
$1000 for a virtual dress... it better come with friends or something
I’d be friends with anyone who wore that outfit tbh
Yeah I need those
Virtual friends 🥰
@@astrokitten9323 perfect :D
@@catlvr-kg9ol Maybe you can buy a digital character. How shallow and dumb.
I think my issue is that it’s paying for a picture when in the reality you don’t have that outfit or clothing piece, you don’t own it, which feels like we’re playing even more into what can you show off online to give the illusion you have more. Personally I like altering my clothes and learning how to adjust for weather or the occasion, it’s helped me cut down on buying new clothes, specifically fast fashion outlets. And I slowly learn a new fashion skill
I'll just screen shot a pick of the item and do it myself. Free and would turn out better than what they did. This is ludicrous. I know Saf is super polite, but all of this was garbage for the price it demanded. A few bucks? Sure, pay 5 dollars to photoshop on for one picture (and badly for that matter) to wear an outfit that would likely not actually work on a human body or be wearable. But 35 dollars? I can go have a nice meal, or get a new jacket for that price.
I'd get it if we lived mainly in VR wherein your avatar actually wears the outfit and you pay for the 3-D model and it's permenantly on your account or something, but this? This feels like the world went mad. I don't understand why people aren't calling it out for what it is, a scam. You get nothing you couldn't of done/gotten yourself.
@Phoenix 𝙾𝚙𝚎𝚗 𝙼𝚢 PROFILE It's commissioned art, price depends on the expected creativity and beauty of the result. This level of service used to be for really rich people only.
I agree with you, but to a certian extend. For fast fashion, modelling and high off brands like LV , this would be a great substitute for real clothes. Since these companies create millions of waste by only creating cheap clothing that is trending and then throwing it away once a new trend arrives. It's less wasteful and less exploitive. And let's be real here. Fashion is fueled by blood. Sweat shops, millions of underpaid, "workers" slaving away in a factory for fast fashion, only for their product which they made 0.20 cent from to be worn 2 times and then added to the waste and pollution the world is already facing.
In the future VR and real life will be one
This is equivalent to just paying for someone to photoshop something for you. I mean it is. I don't really see the parallel of not owning it as you are mostly just doing it to post on social media which is the only use case for it
This is scaring me.
Sometimes I think people forget that Instagram is an accessory to our lives not the basis.
This hit it right on the head. This is a symptom of how there's more effort into looking happy than actually being happy.
People have been getting paid from it forever. Money and attention makes it the real world
I love this concept for enabling designers to fully go wild with their creativity and make garments that needn't conform to the constraining laws of physics, and I can totally see this as something that would be amazing for influencers and photographers to use instead of wasting clothing. I also imagine for new designers who maybe don't have the money to bring their clothing to life irl, this could allow them to profit off their work anyway, which is rad.
However, I don't really see how it's useful for the average person, since most people want to actually wear they things they buy multiple times, but there's nothing wrong with this being more a tool for artists/aspiring artists I guess.
idk about the new designers thing, digital arts programs can be pretty expensive specially 3d ones. I agree with everything else though, it's a tool for artists as well as a good way for fashion influencers to get to show and try a lot of clothes without contributing to the giant mountains of clothing trash we've been having a problem with in the last decade or so
I guess its more for influencers who take lots of photos and cant repeat outfits
I could envision a near future where they finally nail AR glasses and businesses pop up where you buy clothing that shows up in AR. Like you sell clothing with qr codes on it that link up to a digital clothing brand and you can digitally wear the clothes irl. It's hard to explain lol
This concept is cool for a digital spin on high fashion, all the guests watch the models with VRs and such. But even that can be considered problematic because haute couture is quiet prominently about breaking through the challenges and limitations imposed by the materials, that's why it's a form of Art.
Oh my god. Okay so i work in quinceañera, and currently because of the pandemic there's been an uptick of people wanting those huge poofy ball gowns solely for photos. I can imagine using that for. The girls that only want to do a photoshoot and don't want/can't do the huge party. It would be so useful.
I look at this kind stuff as the most useless "what is the point" kind of companies. It blows my mind that people would spend money on virtual clothes... especially so much money... So I give you props for doing this so those of us who would never get to see the experience and judge if we're missing out on something. In this instance, I did not think the photos were worth the cost.
Tbh, this is one of the dumbest things i’ve ever heard
Why is it so mind blowing to you? It can make sense for a lot of stuff. People who make a living out of fashion pictures could use this instead of overconsuming, and since it doesn't exist there's no limit to the creativity. One comment mentioned that in the movie industry it's pretty common to dress up actors in virtual clothes. I just think it's a super cool thing
@@giuliad223 But wouldn't it be cheaper to pay professional photoshop artists to draw clothes for you? Not to mention that they could photoshop it properly with all the shading etc. Paying thousand of dollar (Some of them) seems a bit much to me.
I couldn't agree more. I don't see the point in it either. People are letting technology run their lives way too much. We need to get back to the simpler life we had like in the 80s and 90s. Those were much happier times, and not so complicated. (Jan Griffiths).
@@Scrizal you're forgetting the design. That's what you're actually paying. Yes you can ask a photoshop expert to do it and it would be cheaper but it would be a graphic tee and that's not the point. I will agree that the photoshop on the cheap ones looks botched, what can you expect though? You can't have an original design and a good photoshop job for only 30$
I see that this channel is incredibly popular, but I’m new here 😂 I love the friendship between her and her husband (he’s the videographer right?) When they have little side conversations, it’s just a really cool little window into their closeness.
I can see this being realistic as a cheap sustainable source of cute looks for Instagram, memories, etc. but the price would need to be waaay lower for it to be accessible.
Unfortunately the process of making the files for virtual clothing uses up so much energy that it is actively harming our environment. NFTs are not sustainable.
@@toadfrend3490 these aren't NFTs though, just 3d models photoshopped onto pictures.
Absolutely
@Megan Ryan the fashion industry isn't sustainable either, that hasnt stopped anyone from wearing clothes.
I think it’s very, very sad…like….you’re paying to have a fake dress put on you so you can post a picture on Instagram…? How can someone be so obsessed with socials and self-image to reach such a level?
It’s honestly scary…
This seems ideal for clothing companies to "send" products to influencers to wear once
YES
That's actually genius
Idk. The way it's photoshopped on is not necessarily the way it would fit in real life. It would definitely need to be disclosed at the very least that it's digital. So people aren't mislead.
Or influencers get a “green screen” outfit that can be used for several different outfits several times. The opportunities are endless!
@@karleighelizabethlust4994 they never wear the same thing twice though
The concept of digital clothing is so interesting and I get why it's a thing - but at the same time I expected that by purchasing "an item" you'd get the digital file and might even be able to photoshop it into photos yourself. While I applaud the mentality to be environmentally conscious, it does seem nonsensical to pay +1000$ for a single photo with a mediocre photoshop edit. But this is propably just the beginning and I am excited to see where this might go in the future.
Yeah I think with some advancements it could be as simple as like using a program to do it for you. Similar to how people create vtubers and such. You sort of buy a 3D render of just clothing items and you can change it. Which this could actually come in handy for things other than just pictures.. as I said, you could use it for vtubers, VR avatars, etc. Like literally buying a digital wardrobe you could use in many ways.
100%
Do you really think someone that spends money just to have a picture with a different outfit is going to have a small sustainable wardrobe in real life? Someone shallow enough to do this is going to continue to buy multiples of everything
People like talking about being sustainable while always using the latest technology. Is switching your phone every few months or even a year sustainable? Traveling all the time? Eating avocado toast that has to travel a long way to you, etc?
Would be awesome to be able to use these outfits on VR platforms that you can make your avatar wear.
Very true! My thought is that once it catches on, cheaper alternatives will be around and likely more advanced technology too, sort of like face filters. Maybe even free! Which would be great for the environment.
"Cheaper digital versions of clothes!"
The clothes: $35 for a single dress.
Actual cheap dresses are 30 bucks nowadays.... they must buy some expensive rich people brands in the most luxurious places of new york to think 30 bucks is "cheaper"
@@LilyUnicorn If they're new, yes. But at least you get to wear them more than once.
that’s the price for a pretty cheap dress nowadays tho. Some of the clothes on this website is like 200 bucks tho. maybe that’s a better example?
SMH. These people literally make it into a whole different thing on its own.
$35 for a single *PHOTO* of a dress
Just to be clear if this company does end up doing NFT's, the electricity one dress would burn would be more harmful to the environment than if you bought a physical version, flew it to you, and just threw it out immediately.
@Julia - 𝙾𝚙𝚎𝚗 𝙼𝚢 PROFILE oh wow a supposedly bot account is commenting a serious post
Thank you, for real, thank you. I pretty much just a few days ago learned about NFT's... and why they're harmful, and it's just so crazy to me that even on that level, we can fuck the environment. Like, I learned from this acrylic pouring artist that did a few of those, just what those were, and I'm just here wondering... why?
And I wonder if this is going to be the next generation (if theres one by the time we reach our older years...) technology that will just confuse us immensely when we get older. I doubt it, I think that the impact they have is just too much, but at the same time, when have they ever cared about it?
I still havent been able to grasp the concept fully as of now, specially since many of the people that talk about them just absolutely dismiss the impact that they have, but, time will tell I guess.
There are much more efficient NFT minting options than ETH that relies on proof of work. Proof-of-stake tokens are like 100x more efficient
☝☝☝ NFTs can also die
Yeah its a dumb scam, they never cared about the environment if they are planning to use NFTs
Respect to Safiya for developing seven distinct yet almost completely black outfits here. Very consistent.
Absolutely, it's one of the thing si love about her 😂
This is such an incredible waste of money, but I appreciate the idea, since you're paying for a service. However, their photoshop abilities are ROUGH, and I don't understand why they'd be offering a service that isn't very good? Maybe I'm overthinking things, because we pay for digital services all the time, but other than reducing clothing waste (which there are other, more fiscally responsible and easier to access options for), what's the point?
This idea is great for special effects in movies!
@@chrisbailey7384 also they could make fashion shows/runaways with this kinda of stuff
@@chrisbailey7384 Cgi already exists though? Most movies have a separate team for it. A movie would literally never use this kind of app for its special effects and neither would a runway.
The AR-thing could be used as a virtual changing room to let you try before buying online, in fact that's been a thing for ages.
The actual service seems more like a service for influensers and they already upload obviously doctored photos so I don't think quality is much of a concern there.
Can we please talk about how harmful NFTs are for the environment and how the fashion is preying on consumer’s lack of knowledge to sell these products??
I don't think these are NFTs (or at least were sold to Safiya as NFTs).
@@isabellamorris7902 What Safiya bought was not an nft, they are talking about when she mentioned it
can you explain it better? I don't understand why NFTs would be bad for environments, since it's virtual
@@MariaPaula-uw3ds they way they are bought uses the same amount of electricity a house would use in a day.
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This feels like an elaborate prank in the vein of "The Emperor's New Clothes" fable. Either that or I've finally just gone insane. I give it a 50/50 probability.
I feel the same about this whole digital art thing, when I first learned about it I felt pranked and still kinda think I'm in crazy town anytime I see someone selling NFTs for hundreds of dollars.
No no you’re right
@@sonjapersch6074 digital clothes vs digital art is completely different.. the clothes make actually no sense-like you still need clothes whether we’re a digital age or not. digital art, however, is something so needed in our also digital society. believe it or not, the computer doesn’t do shit for you when it comes to drawing (unless you use stamps and stuff which i very much hate). art (i’m referring to painting and digital painting and such medias) will always require creativity, talent, and effort, all of which digital art still requires. i don’t understand how people can criticize digital when other art like abstract exist (which i know you didn’t say that, i’m just putting that out there). nfts are a great way for artists work to not go unappreciated in this digital age, since people harness the idea that digital =/= art, which just isn’t true. i can definitely see how it looks that way though, considering things like digital clothes exist, but once you become more accustomed to digital art, you can understand the effort behind it.
@@sophie6744 there's no way you're trying to justify digital art while saying that digital clothing - which is a form of digital art - is ridiculous? At least with the digital clothes no one else can use it, so I'd argue NFTs are even stupider. I'm not saying digital artists shouldn't be paid, I mean: good for them! But it's just unbelievable anyone WOULD spend money on a jpg.
so im not the only one who immediately thought of that story??? at the risk of sounding like a boomer its 2021 and i can still barely stomach the concept of paying for reusable cosmetics in a video game...... and now we're paying for single use cosmetics for our actual selves ???? for what??? insta likes???
this concept is absolutely horrifying in all contexts EXCEPT for those girls on tiktok that call themselves fAsHiOn InFlUeNcErS but just buy thousands of dollars of shein and throw it all away within a week. 100% support this for THEM.
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Agreed, as a regular human, I would be smacked by my mom for buying something like this and for what? An instagram pic
Thing is, why do they even feel the need to show off? Even if digital clothing is more sustainable (we still waste electricity), it still supports their low self-esteem, shopping addiction or any worse mental illness.
@@Offensive_Username I suppose it’s their ‘job’ and they make money off of it, however this is far better than buying off bloody shein or Ali express
@@KF-tq2df one of them at least tries to help poor people that needs clothing. the other is just a playground for rich people
man... on the one hand some of these outfits are honestly gorgeous and so cool, and i love the creative space that digital fashion affords designers because you can get REALLY wild with art in the digital space. on the other hand, it really is just online fashion - it's not real clothes you can wear to feel fun or sexy or pretty on a night out, or even put on just to wander around the house because it's your favorite dress and you like it. it's exclusively to show *other people* that you're wearing something, which gives me big second life/IMVU/gaia online/other virtual avatar vibes. a thousand dollars for pixels that someone photoshops on your body sounds crazy.
still, i can see the appeal of having a photo of yourself in a REALLY avant-garde or reality-defying outfit. it's almost like being in an art exhibition, and i almost wonder if there's an idea there - sharing digital fashion to be worn by a bunch of people and turning the results into a collection of some sort. but the idea of "wearing" this as more than just a novelty just sounds completely unrealistic and pointless for non-influencers.
You said it exactly how I was thinking. It’s cool as a concept, but it’s also not worth it for people who aren’t rich and famous.
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Thank you! all I could think of with that $1000 dress was Ready Player One
13:13 the music fitting with the way she's speaking is so satisfying
I understand the concept of paying per image as you're paying a digital artist to work on the photo for you (plus some amount towards the 3D model of the clothing), but I also don't think those prices are justified currently based on the quality of the photoshopped images. Honestly every single one is very clearly photoshopped, there are areas lacking shadows, harshly cut lines around the clothing, etc.
exactly! All of those outfits would've looked better if they added some shadowing. Honestly, for 40-60$ per pic, they could've at least done that...
it's way too much money for someone in their basement. It's a scam.
I feel the exact same way, too expensive for such average photoshop skills-
Yeah i thought the shadows were off for all the photos
I understand how it seems expensive from the outside POV, when you only get one photo for that money. But you also have to consider the cost of 3d software that was used to model, texture, pose and render that 3d garment PLUS photoshop. The amount of labour that goes into making one photo is sadly something that people who are outside 3d industry do not consider. YES its not best edit, and YES it is on a pricier side, but honestly paying 40$ for 2 - 4 hours of work is not that much.
The concept is pretty cool, and I especially love the idea of having the fun of fast fashion without the environmental impact, but the photoshop needs a lot of work. The unrealistic light and shadows are the biggest issue to me. But to be fair, looking at these pictures on a small phone screen in Instagram hides a multitude of photoshop sins, especially if all I do is casually scroll through.
NTF’s just as bad for the environment as plastics. I was the one who “Berated” Saf on YT. One evil is not worse than the other. There is still a huge Carbon footprint when making e fashion.
@@jennifercriss1897 these arent NFTs its 3d models photoshopped onto people
@@jennifercriss1897 The energy issues with NFTs only happen with the blockchain/cryptocurrency aspect that makes them "exclusive". This digital fashion is not exclusive, it's just photoshop - no more energy than digitally drawing something or editing a video. Actual crypto/NFTs suck ass, but this isn't them.
@@jennifercriss1897 but e fashion isn't being sold through crypto is it?
@@jennifercriss1897 girl calm down
I love how possitive her instagram comments are, it doesn't matter how crazy, ugly or outrageous the outfit is, everyone expects it from Safiya and they just support her weird fashion choices 😂❤
I know, I'm sitting here thinking being able to show the awesomeness of her commenters is the only reason this has any real benefit
Why don’t we just start a new era where we all learn how to sew, and upcycle clothes into bonkers new fashion we ourselves invent? 😏
sewing is harddd!!!
@@jester42069 but extremely worth it, I'd say
What a great idea! We'd be like the punks in the 70s/80s, but even weirder!!
lol that’d be hilarious 11/10 would participate
What if ur blind deaf paralyzed and have no Limbs? How will U SEW
They should definitely charge a lot less for re-using an outfit - especially for the expensive ones. Maybe a subscription model would make sense, or just charging for the editing skills as you already bought the digital asset license.
i was thinking like a subscription would make sense!! i think they are pretty new so we shall see how they end up addressing that lol
Yeah, because I get that you pay for both the design and the photoshop-job, but logically you should only have to pay for the design once.
subscription makes sense to me, maybe with a "per month" cap so the photoshoppers dont get overworked
I'm thinking they should sell by sets of pictures, like, pay for 3, 5, 7 or 10 pictures, with basically no expiration limit. If the piece is really basic, in the sense that the model wont change that much, like sunglasses, earrings, or shoes, maybe sell by the dozen, but if the garment is harder to model and adjust, then sell by smalled bulks. It would be more like renting an outfit but instead of hours, it's pictures.
Until the end of the video, I expected the outfits to be added to a virtual closet to be reworn
Digitals clothes just existing
Safiya: Tyler hold my candle
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More like hold my merkin *WHEEZE*
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This feels like when games start pumping out in app purchases with new skins, that you never see unless you go to your profile and check it. It seems so weird
This is such a good comparison
😂😂 I feel like I’m seeing a glimpse into the future…
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Something about Safiya is comforting to me and idk why, I just feel like she is a genuinely friendly person.
As other digital illustrators have chimed in on this, I think to me every single one of these was painfully obvious in it's photoshopping. A few of them are worse than Snapchat filters. I don't say this as a way to put down the overall concept, but it seems to me that most people won't be fooled by these. And at their pricing level, the only people who could possible afford this anyhow are people with so much excess that they don't know what to do with it. Maybe one day this is a concept that can be revisited at a much more affordable price (one that most people could afford) - because this is the sort of thing that would mostly see success from the average person having access to it and wanting to use it on their Instagram etc.
I know of a rising project that is doing just that.
I think the main market is influencers. They can easily access perfectly fitted high end outfits in a single photoshoot. I've heard of some of them buying and then returning clothes just for a shoot.
That's what I was thinking, it just doesn't make sense for the general public. Why pay $40 for a single photoshopped picture?
@@weatherboyderogatory5054 To be honest a lot of influencers have some photoshop experience, so they'd probably do a better job. Buying the assets normally would probably be cheaper.
Yeah!! I wouldn’t even say some, I’ve heard from a lot haha I have a photographer friend and she told me about one who just returns hundreds of outfits per month just to take photos
@@Stettafire Honestly, yeah, I think I agree.
To be quite honest the only possible scenario where I could think this could be useful or have a market is with influencers 🥴 and maybe when improving their video one, possibly with red carpet events like met gala perhaps
YES great point!
I think it's the start of everyone wearing Distopian eye visors and actually wearing all grey but we exist as avatars to eachother
Digital fashion has many applications. We are creating digital samples to approve look before production and creating look books as digital campaigns and I believe that we all will be able to use more digital clothing in our day to day as we are expending so much time in digital worlds !!
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Yeah, and in those cases their pool of clients would be very limited.
When I was little my aunt made magnetic paper dolls of me and my cousin that we put on the fridge and we had different dresses that would go on top and stick with the magnets. This is giving me that energy.
As someone who does 3d modeling and illustration and art each one, the shading was what got to me... The shading did not always match the lighting for where you were. Some shadows just bugged me. ... I think dress x should get into cosplay outfits as well.
All of them look so obvious to me I kinda hate it.
Oh cosplay would be fun
Omg same I'm a early teenager and I've been 3d modeling in blender or I used to...I should get back to doing that.
Seems like an idea that exceeds the capabilities of mass technology at this time. I’ve seen this pulled off really well in the fashion industry for quite a number of years, but it’s generally accomplished by extremely proficient photoshop artists, 3D modelers and skilled photographers that know how to photograph specifically for an edit. There’s definitely a workflow that starts before the camera even gets turned to the model for this to become the sublime imagery that this product wants to be.
Edit: my conclusion is that we’re not in a place to be offering products like this except as an expensive boutique process, not the weird factory vibes that this is presenting.
Yes, it definitely feels done by a machine with very mild tweaks rather than even a half way adequate graphic designer. The neck and arms were often particularly bad. With some work and extra customisation, the avant garde pieces could look really good
Yeah. It's very obvious that the sample pictures of them photoshopped onto models had a lot of care put into them. They probably employ a decent amount of photoshop artists to do this stuff, and $35 dollars to edit a picture is honestly crap pay(that's like friends and family price), so you're not gonna get even close to the kind of quality they have on the sale page. That definitely shows in the price of the items, as well. the $1000 dress was obviously done by someone much more skilled, while the long longsleeve edit was something I could have pulled off in like 20 minutes. Because of that, I feel it's a bit of false advertising in the state it's currently in, since most of the people looking to buy this stuff are obviously not going to know what's really required(work load/price/posing/etc) to pull this off at such a high level.
@@J_Lynn yeah, it’s a very bad rate, and that doesn’t even include the commission to the designer, who I presume gets a percentage, probably in the 20-30% range, I’m guessing, then the company takes their cut, THEN the retoucher gets paid. It’s possible they’re not even paying based on commission and could be outsourcing to a retouching house, which could be essentially an unregulated sweatshop depending on where it’s located.
I make little edits like this for my job, where I make mockups. I know how long this would take, and where corners were cut. This makes me think they have a full time design staff - no way else they would be able to charge this low. They likely have a 3d "person" template which they pose over the photo and then do some minor retouching. I bet the expensive one went to the lead designer.
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The concept is interesting, but even if the finished product was unbelievably amazing, paying over $1000 for what is essentially a snapchat filter you can only use once is just ridiculous. Any half decent photoshop artist would have been able to deliver much higher quality picture for a fraction of the price, with far more creative input from yourself.
the fact that i saw AND liked all these photos and did NOT BAT AN EYE LOLL i just saw this video now and im DYINGGG
I'm not one to tell anyone how to spend their money, but this will be a Nah from me dawg.
I would be onboard for fashion influencers using this as it wouldn't have the damaging impact fast fashion does. Great video!
I agree. This would be great for things like photoshoots, ads, etc. But as for the rest of us regular folks, it doesn't seem to have much of a purpose right now.
To be fair, I imagine only fashion influencers would pay for the stuff, or at least they would represent the majority of the users. Also people who are, like, rich and can comfortably throw away money. I think most of us common folk wouldn't really receive it well, you can look at the comments to see that hehe
I’ll just draw my own 😂 just like I sewed my own clothes before. 🤣
There are digital dresses worth way more than my actual wedding dress. That's enough of society for today
money does not measure worth. it measures how much someone, somewhere is willing to pay for it
we live in a society
For $1000 it better come with an actual dress
$40 for a non-existent dress, I can't
What hurts about the editing is that they could’ve fixed some lighting aspects and toned down the clothes colors (or amplified the first photo I guess) and it would’ve looked so much more natural
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Its like sims CC creators have finally found a way to break into high fashion and make money off their virtual creations.
ive seen better cc than some of the clothes tho. like what was the texture of the first one how did people think its real
Nah, a CC creator could probably do better
How dare you, sims fashion was MUCH better 😂😂😂
Sims CC creators have been slaying though, even their announcements of new creations are better than the advertisement of these digital clothes
So accurate!
The Photoshop is so funny, it’s obvious that they took the 3D model, screenshotted from a vaguely relevant angle and slapped it on there with no regard for lighting, reflections or even feathering.
One thing I find really interesting about this concept is that one of the value propositions (at least according to the marketing) of this service is that the clothing can fit any size, yet any photos I've seen of this service are on straight sized people. I don’t think I've seen any examples of these being "sizeless" because any examples I've seen have been of people that are roughly the same size.
It’s a great idea for things like modeling and just more creative things in my opinion. Not really the average joe. You wear it once and that’s kinda it. It sounds great for a fantastical photo shoot kind of a thing. We use digital outfits for movies all the time. It’s a great way to make something that just can’t exist in the real world. Opens up a lot of doors for creativity
It is dumb and will cause unemployment
@@MiNa-mx4zz lmao yes because obviously were just going to all quit wearing regular clothes and everyone in the industry will lose their jobs
@@MiNa-mx4zz oh man if only shitty rich people werent against implementing ubi
@@milyluv16 i think its more like terrible for the environment since E currency is terrible for the environment. So its a lie its helping product waste its actually creating way more waste.
I'm not sure it would be good for modeling/photography since the the way the fabric moves affects the picture/pose. Without knowing how it will behave, it's hard to bring out the full potential. I feel like the potential is there, but only if you had a team of people with the same goal in mind working on each piece (which isn't the case). Could be a cool concept for virtual fashion shows maybe.
For the price the photoshop jobs were for the most part decent, I can’t imagine they’re paying the artist all that much especially for the pieces worth $30-$50. Most of that money probably goes to the website and the designers :/
Love Safiya. Love seeing her get to go full out with the weird fashion. And yet something in my soul despises that ‘digital clothing’ is a thing.
It honestly just seems like a scam :/
@@rhianonmorris5367 yes exactly! Like the only way I feel like it would be a good deal is if it’s your job to take photos in strange clothes for clout.
@@Tornmacaroon safyia is our whale, trying the weird and impractical so we don’t have to
@@rhianonmorris5367 The frustrating thing about it is the prices, even like $30 for a digital outfit seems too much. How can they charge similar prices to real clothing that can be worn again and again?
Same here, especially seeing just how fake these looked in the video. She looked so cute but these look like worse version of that game covet
I mean, if you think about it, I’m sure in the olden days people had the painter paint them in a marvelous gown and jewels they didn’t have 😂
I think my biggest issue is the quality of the photoshop done. The quality of it gives me major middle school quality vibes. Some were done pretty well but others were oh so bad
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@Phoenix 𝙾𝚙𝚎𝚗 𝙼𝚢 PROFILE I truly don’t know enough about nfts besides the fact I find them confusing to understand so I can’t comment on that part
As someone who does 3D modelling for games and loves fashion, I didn’t realise this was a thing, I definitely have a digital library of 3D clothing I made for shortcuts to build concepts. But given I have noticed a rise of my 2D art being stolen and auctioned off, I now worry that my 3D outfits I have done as concepts may be next on the list
You could secure Your art with NFT.. although it's a controversial topic does NFT actually protects ones art and also there's a environmental concerns surrounding NFT's.. its a topic worth looking into though
@@dMi_mi NFTs are very easily stolen from the original artists, that's the point. The Academy Awards had a NFT of Chadwick's 3D rendered head in gold and that was stolen from someone else who had it in realistic colours.
@@dMi_mi yeah like i have already seen the SAME NFT sold on different NFT platforms... protection: zero. And so many artists' works stolen for NFT without their knowledge
Oh god im so sorry. NTFs need to stop its actually a problem
The idea is that you need to start selling and branding your creations and curating a portfolio via an online presence. Your work is valuable, that's why others are stealing it.
The photo editing on these looks is so baffling. Like, how is this professional? It was such simple mistakes that could easily be fixed with a bit more effort.
I recognize the posing animation and the way the fabric moves...
the definitely made this in marvelous designer
this is lowkey embarrassing to admit but when u posted the pic wearing that purple thing i spent an hour tryna figure out what it was. i even reverse image searched it. I AM A CLOWN LMAOOO 😭😭😭😭😭
Probably a Hot Take: I think people being creative is great and really important. But this is really just a waste of money. It would make more sense to me if the clothing was from designers who were well established in the real world and were allowing people to try out their looks, especially pieces that are way to insanely expensive to purchase. But this is just so silly and ridiculous. The video is well done as they always are, but the subject is just something I cannot believe really exists. This shift where everything and everyone is doing more stuff online, in apps, or gaming is so odd to me. I’m the same age as Safiya and I get we were kind of the first group exposed to social media and many of these new approaches to life and existence, but this is just ridiculous. I don’t condone fast fashion, and working to save the environment is extremely important. But this just doesn’t seem to be the way to do it. It feels very Ready Player One to me and that is frankly terrifying. There is a real entire planet we are living on out here and we aren’t even taking care of that, hiding online behind things like this just seems to add to the “everyone existing in virtual reality” to me and frankly it makes me uncomfortable and worried about the future.
it’s 100% for rich influencers and people with a large social media platform! i wouldn’t benefit at all from this since i never post pictures of my full body anywhere 🤣
This caters to a very specific crowd. If you buy clothes solely to take pictures, I think this is a wonderful option to reduce waste. So what if people want to "hide online"? This doesn't affect you or me really, and it is better for the environment compared to fast fashion options. Its a really creative idea and I think including an estimate of how much water, and power could be saved buy purchasing one versus online would be a good impact and condition people to make better environmental choices when purchasing clothing. There isn't a single way to save the environment, and if this is genuinely more beneficial, why not? I am getting elitist vibes from this comment tbh which is ironic considering the people who would probably purchase these.
If they're paying the designers fairly then this seems like a good thing for digital artists and fashion designers whose work is usually undervalued. Otherwise, I agree with everything else.
It does feel like this company is actually encouraging waste rather than combatting it (regardless of their attempt to convince people otherwise). It's just a different kind of waste.
It might even be encouraging people to adopt more of a single-use mentality when it comes to products and fashion by encouraging this "do it for the gram" mindset.
@@AkiraChan24 At this point this company isn't really encouraging it. It's already a thing. "Fast Fashion" has been a thing for decades now. People wearing something for a single "season" and then throwing it out because it is no longer "in style", no longer fashionable.
I've personally never been in that crowd, I have clothes I've owned for 15 years, but it's a very real thing and causes a ton of waste. People have also been wearing things once or twice and then tossing it for years. Hell even that one can be said "for decades" to an extent. What is a wedding dress? An article of clothing meant to be worn once. Sure people usually keep them... but eventually that dress you wore a single time has to go somewhere? A thrift store? Most expensive wedding dresses are made to measurement and won't fit the average person going to a thrift shop and if you are buying a wedding dress at a thrift store chances are you aren't going to pay the high price of having a dress made of expensive fabric adjusted to be your size. Though sometimes these dress do go on to be bought by people who give it a second life as something other than a dress. Or if you're lucky and know someone who can adjust the dress for you that is family, buying a second hand wedding dress can be a very viable option. It's just not common that these dresses get bought.
Prom dresses and highschool tuxedos land in this same area. Though at least these items are a little easier to find new homes for through second hand stores... but even then... most teenagers don't want to wear something used to their homecoming or prom.
What about the amazing dresses and suits you see at red carpet events? How often do you see those items be worn again by those celebrities? What do you think happens to those?
In a less "for the gram" kind of sense... there is also the tons of waste caused by people throwing out clothes because they don't know how to repair a damaged article of clothing or how to remove a deep stain. So they donate it.... and because it's damaged it gets tossed by the store... or they just throw it away themselves.
Do I think digital fashion is dumb? Yes, absolutely. Do I think it could make an enviromental impact? Maybe. Do I think they are "encouraging" the fast fashion or single wear mindset? No. Because this mindset has been around long before instagram.
It's a super fun concept until I realised that one still has to pay a decent amount of money for basically nothing, lol
its a modern twist on the emperors new clothes! lol
This summarizes everything I feel about this lol
@@safiya The one biggest thought i had running through my head watching it was our future descendants living in VR thinking "aww, look how cute they are with their shitty tech" 😂
Yeah I'm not totally opposed to this, I just feel like we're still in our infancy stage with technology and we're all trying new and wacky things to see what works lol
You're basically paying for the photoshopping. If you add in the cost for the design itself, the 30 to 40 Dollar tier isn't even that expensive. I mean, you probably don't whip that up in an hour.
That being said: yeah, for us 'normal' people it is indeed a lot of money for nothing.
I love the idea of digital clothing for influencers or other social media users who just take a picture in an outfit for a post and then never or hardly ever wear it again.
I think it says a lot, negatively, about the world we live in when you can pay retail prices for a digital outfit just for social media. As a 3D artist, I can respect the trade and it's supporting creators but for what? More vanity fueled social media? (This is in no way a direct commentary toward you for doing this video by the way, just a blanket feeling about the concept. I have the utmost respect for you.)
I think the app is free though? So it's fun for like using it for "trying" out different outfits (even if it doesn't work well, at least you're not paying for it...not working well anyway) but...what's the point in buying something you don't even own? When you buy ACTUAL clothes (even if expensive if that's your thing), at least you have them in front you but here...you're kinda freeballing it.
i mean it's a lot more environmental directly speaking
@@neelamaxwell6841 Maybe real brand must be more "environmental"?
@@neelamaxwell6841 it’s not environmentally friendly at all. You can’t wear these if you go out, so this won’t help/stop people from over consuming or shopping. In fact, this to me looks greedy and vain cause you’re only really buying it for a pic for social media.
Nicely put. Couldn't agree more.
I want these clothes for real. No way I'm paying even $35 for fake clothes lol. Fashion designers saw how game companies were getting away with people paying money for digital clothes for their characters and were like "hey...".
Them in a board meeting “okay guys. We need to cut costs. Any ideas?”
High guy in the back “OH OH OH! I know! Let’s sell the clothes, without actually giving them the clothes”
@@Tornmacaroon well, but you're not an influencer. There's people who buy tens of outfits every month that they never use again, i think for someone like that this would make sence (if the pivtures were more believable though, they all kind of looked photoshoped)
Not every service has to be for everyone
@@pamelaguerra3768 Dude, you do realise how much NFTs and stuff pollute the environment, right? it's way worse then buying ten fashion items in a month.
Plus the photoshop jobs on these is terrible and a lot of influences have a decent set of photoshop skills.
Bro I get the whole not wanting to create clothing waste thing, but I feel like it’s such a waste of money to spend $50 on an outfit I can’t even wear in real life. I might as well just play a life simulator game😭😭😭
Exactly! Why the heck would anyone do this over just wearing normal clothes
Yeah I'll be honest I don't understand digital clothing because you can't wear it out anywhere for its price TwT like we still gotta wear clothes
@@elizatoponce9375 for me it seems that it's just a thing for rich people who don't have space in their closets for new clothes, but want cute photos to post 😁
It costs less to actually make many of these clothes in real life, this feels honestly like some money laundering scheme
Using the argument of "Not wanting to create clothing waste" is complete garbage to me, for sure a "we are a 100% waste-free company" kind of thing.
Total bullshit marketing thing. lol
Can we just appreciate how absolutely beautiful Safiya is? Like she could be a model!
If this company added shadows and contrast to their photoshopped results, it would be perfect
Their problem with legs is shadows. They don't put any. Same with the back of your neck. Honestly most of their issues would be solved with more natural shadows.
Like, if it's so expensive why is the photoshop not the best?
@@jsmith1576 because it's most likely done in India or other third world country for a couple of cents. And a couple of dollars go to the designer as a royalty and all the rest is pure profit for the company.
@@youshimimi lol i get what you mean and it's probably true but it came off a bit wrong with what you were responding to, people from india can do good photoshop too they're not lesser humans. People in india and other third world countries like argentina do a lot of the behind the scenes work for big IT companies like google and apple (both as digital apps designers as well as economical project reviewers and many othe things, this kind of companies are honestly mostly run by people who live in this kind of countries) and you don't know because they are perfectly capable
@@pamelaguerra3768 that's why I specified "for a couple of cents". There are professionals in India, but they don't charge in cents.
However thanks to their labor laws, you can also buy very cheap work with low quality from India and other third world countries. That's what most likely happening here. Don't get on a high horse with "lesser humans" lmao. This is about the country's laws about minimal wage, nothing else.
And yes, I know what I'm talking about, I'm from the industry and have worked with both professionals from India and people who were charging cents per hour.
i would love to see a designer actually make these outfits come to life. The outfits are so awesome and it would be such a good video getting peoples reactions in public.
Honestly this is just like when Snapchat was starting filters and it was big cartoon silly dog ears... Now just like 6 years later we've got realistic makeup looks and everything under the sun.
Oof, as a graphic designer who has worked on photos of people and had to photoshop designs/clothes and repaint people's hair to make it all work well together... this hurts me. I'm tempted to take some screen grabs of the outfits and making edits to make them look better, but I already have enough on my plate that I probably wouldn't have the time.
They have 3D clothes, they obviously put effort into rigging the clothes into a human model. It's not that hard to put things like hats onto a full rig (at least to the shoulders) so you can get the interior bend of the fur and the perspective on the dangly bits right. ALSO WHERE IS THE AMBIENT OCCLUSION??? You asked for overcast lighting in your pictures, but your clothes still need to adhere to ambient occlusion and alsdhalskjhdashjdkajsh honestly this whole app idea, if they're not putting real effort into making the clothes look real, then it sounds like a content factory for influencers. Like, the designer names that sound more like user handles, seems more like they're inviting artists/handing out invitation passes to make an account and giving them the tools and taking a cut of what they sell. I could be completely wrong, but it feels a bit skeevy to me. A good idea, but some of the practices/mistakes that seem innocent and small enough are raising a couple flags. Also if these designers are not 3D modelers/riggers themselves, then they have to pay someone to model, rig, and paint the design, which can account for the high cost of some of them. I'd really like to know how the pipeline works for DressX and the process the models of outfits and accessories and photos go through once an order is placed.
I have a feeling that the designers are not the ones doing the photo work, and so each picture has a price, because each picture requires the same amount of work. And the quality is ultimately up to A) how well designed/rigged the outfit is and B) who the graphic designer is that is going to be editing the photo.
Also, as far as photoshopping clothes on people, best practices are, imo when you take the photo, it's best to use a tripod and take a picture without the model so you have a clean version of the background for any discrepancies there. Even if it's a little off, being able to clone a background sampler makes the job easier.
Wow you definitely know your stuff (: I agree with everything you said!
As someone who has also done a tonne of photoshop, agreed, looks fake as hell.
Yes I too felt the need to screengrab the pictures because they are dying for proper lighting, levelling and shadow. I honestly think the clothes on the body are modelled really well (apart from that hat) but colour grading that matches Saf’s environment would make a hell of a difference. It’d be even easier to achieve on the original file because the clothes themselves would be their own layer, it wouldn’t even be that hard to create a clipping mask around it to add these elements. I found this so frustrating! I knew it’d be triggering other photoshop users too lol
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So I worked for 15 years on the other end of the production process from you, hair and makeup on set, and I 10 million percent agree with you about the preproduction to make this thing work. There’s a well developed workflow for projects like this, and it sounds like they give their customers the barest bits of that information, making the job of their retouchers harder and the end product worse. As advanced as our creative technologies have become, we’re still not at a place to be offering these kinds of services for these prices.
I’d be very interested to find out what the payscale is for the artists completing the work and what their current and projected project quotas are. My guess is that it’s bad and expected to get worse as this becomes more popular.
I feel like this would only be worth it if you wanted something super over-the-top and rare, like the animated clothing and the weird accessories, else why would I want a plain outfit for 35$ that I only get to "wear" once and could potentially be photoshopped horribly on me?
Yeah, i guess most people wont see the value in this. But i guess we're just not in the target audience for this. Influencers may benefit from this more
I think having digital clothes is a cool concept but it's kind of lazy to plaster on digital clothes for a photo rather than actually putting in effort to save money for a physical outfit.
i get the criticism for normal, basic clothes as it gets pretty weird and dystopian, but for more avant garde and physically unrealistic clothes, it seems like a cool art project with high expressive potential
As a designer myself, I felt personally insulted by this company. Unbelievable that people are really spending money with these shitty photoshopped photos. Also, the videos and catalogs photos are pretty different from the "real product", is even more false advertising than the Made in China e-commerce photos. (but awesome video Safiya)
100% agreed! Since I began sewing and making/upcycling clothes I've learned to appreciate the craftsmanship of garments, and this feels... somehow insulting? Especially since the Photoshop is sooo bad sometimes.
Sounds like a great business opportunity for you and others. Imagine what people would pay for high-quality photoshopped designer wear.
Honest to God if I'm not actually able to wear something I spend money on, designer or dollar store, I would blow a gasket, all 12 cylinders and my brains blood vessels because if I'm gonna not be able to fit something and argue with people on return shipping. I would still rather that than missing looking that way in real life because I want the REAL asset. Digital try on, ok kool, digital assessing/ Photoshop remixing for 30$ pluss? 🤷🏾♂️ As much as y'all paying for this and poopy shadows/ no actual blending in photo for INSTA?!?!?! Huhhhhhh.....
Idk I'm lost, I'ma just join the Boomer club now lmao.
This concept makes me so irrationally angry. Like it's nothing against Saf or the designers or anything, it's just so pointless. The only way I could see it working is if we all wore some google-glass type thing and you could see people walking around in real-time with it on. Otherwise, you're just paying $40 for someone to photoshop a dress on you which you could learn to do for free with probably better results. The whole point of cool clothes is that they're cool because they defy your expectations for what fabric is supposed to do and how it's supposed to function. I already know a computer can put me in a dress that defies gravity. I want to see what kinds of crazy amazing things people can create with an actually limiting medium like fabric.
Yes omg I almost just made the same comment verbatim lol
if i’m spending $40 on clothes, they better be real lol
You’re paying 40 dollars for a photoshopped picture that YOU took. Ridiculous !!
i dont think this is the real intention tho. this looks to be targeted mainly at influences (and art fans) and if we can do anything to stop them from buying and throwing away so many clothes im a supporter. Also technically yes anyone can learn anything if they put the time and effort in but the reason we hire services and artisans is BECAUSE not everyone has the time or effort or desire to learn these skills. Also this isnt just photoshop, its 3d modelling, rigging, lighting, texturing, editing etc.
another point is, a lot of these look more like art projects than meant to be anything practical. And sometimes art can just exist for the sake of being art.
I get very frustatred when people shit on modern tech based art "not practical or sooo fake" because that's not the point of it? the point of it is to look cool and to push technology. (this is not including nfts tho lol those are dumb)
@@Heliocanix sure. But the photos are just poorly done. The shadows are way off in every pic. If I was an influencer I would not be pleased with the outcome
For those who want the floaty mint green jacket in real life: buy a mint green rain poncho and go wild with the scissors.
Or a plastic tablecloth.
and stick on some baloons
I laughed so hard!
This made my day, thank you!
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If this could be done with a more convincing algorithm, this would actually be a super amazing way to check out online clothing and preview looks and colors on yourself.
I sincerely hope that this stays as a trend for the influencers and models - I think it’s so cool that they can wear weird stuff without having to buy it and without having to have a closet full of odd items, but I do NOT want this as a trend for normal daily anything. If I pay for my clothes i better actually be able to own them and wear them until they are destroyed. This is so expensive for just getting a picture of you.
A picture that you had to take yourself, too. Awkwardly, because you had to guess off the top of your head the dimensions and character of the clothes.
Yes, that way they have no clothes to donate to the needy anymore. Just a bunch of .PSD files. Super great! Also great to put all the people out of work who work for fast fashion.
This is the latest step in . . . paying for imaginary clothing to convince your imaginary friends how cool you are.
The long sleeve shirt was the only one I can recall organically seeing on my Instagram feed and I didn't study it or think twice I just assumed she found a crazy shirt
Same here! And after watching the video I think that one (and the balloon jacket) was my favorite!
They really need to make these one time purchases and it’s in your “closet” forever
Agree
The only thing that absolutely doesn’t make any sense is the fact that you have to pay for every photo. When you buy an outfit you should have the choice to be edit at anytime in your outfit. They should have some type of membership for it if they want, so that their editors can get payed.
I actually don’t mind that you have to pay for each outfit, but I feel like you should be able to see your picture first. If it were real clothes you would get to try it on first.
@@marciamarciamarcia3117 if they were real clothes leting you try them only for you to not buy them wouldn't be working for free
"I don't want to buy clothes I can't wear" is a statement I thought I'd never say.
But paying a grand for make-believe clothes for a pic for the 'gram is cool, according to a small and unsettlingly dedicated segment of Tiktok.
@@morganqorishchi8181 I would love to be able to afford being cool lol
@@morganqorishchi8181 I mean you could probably pay an actual tailor about a grand and get something really nice. 200ish for materials and then the man hours for the rest. Assuming maybe they spent a week or so on it.
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Being a 3D artist this is really interesting, but the fact that I can tell what can be fixed to make the photoshop look less photoshopped means that they still have some kinks to iron out. I wonder when we could get and SDK to make our own digital clothes.
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@Gay Potato you brought this upon their comment.
@Gay Potato Iron out the kinks is an idiom that means to fix some small problems, but I am not from the US, so it might not be used there.
Long long-sleeved reminds me of the back to the future jacket!! I literally cried laughing at the hat and boots pic, so good!!
Does anyone feel a breath of fresh air when saafiya posts she inspires everyone with her crazy antics 😂 love u saafiya 😝 😘
Kind of interesting that they're trying to sell this as an eco-friendly disruption of the fashion industry, but through terribly damaging and unsustainable NFTs
What’s nft?
@@FionaMarie1234 NFTs are the non-fungible tokens - essentially those unique digital Blockchain tokens that can be used to sell unique digital art. However, they are incredibly detrimental to the environment because they are very resource intensive
@@alyssapfluger4236 oh like bit coins
@@FionaMarie1234 somewhat, but bitcoins and some other crypto have a set limit NFTs do not
meaning potentially we could fuggin die because someone wanted to sell a JPEG of a poorly drawn monkey on the internet
why is NTF harmful to the environment? I don't get it
I love how merken is just still here.
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You know what? This reminds me of my cardboard dolls, for which I was making paper clothes, when I was 7 years old. A lot more creative, satisfying and free hobby 🤩😊😉🎇
ngl im kinda pissed that long long sleeve is fake i was literally convinced, Saf looked so good with it, i'd manifest it into a physical object if i could
i am joining in. it was so good.
@@spookycat1067 THANK YOU
completely unrealted but i love your niki pfp :)
You could make the sleeves by sewing loose ruffles into taffeta (I imagine purple-gold shift or similar would look best), so it would be something you could make and have a magicy colour changing effect to really emphasise the length of the sleeves, maybe get some jellyfish vibes. If I had a working sewing machine, I'd be tempted to try it out, because I imagine hand stitching those sleeves would end me 😂
I'd love to see someone give it a go though!
@@NiaJustNia very tempted to maybe commision this shirt from someone (sadly i cant use a sewing machine either otherwise i absolutely would've made it) it's literally too cool of a piece to not exist physicaly
This honestly just gives me major "Ready Player One" vibes....like we're getting closer to living the majority of our lives in VR, with virtual clothing and everything.
Edit: Thanks for all the likes!
I feel like this is disturbingly dystopian. Are we this disconnected from reality?
RIGHT???!?! no one is talking about it💀💀💀 I'm acually scared. Fahrenheit 451 anyone????👀👀👀👀
I just read about FB groups that are recommending people not go to Emergency Rooms & to take their loved ones out of ICUs in favor of home treatment. Not to mention that some people believe in the "crisis actor" thing - to the point of harassing families.
Yes, people are that disconnected from reality.
Yup. Reminds me more of stuff like SAO and digital reality is just going to be used as another escape people focus on instead of improving their habits in reality
This is literally the emperor having no clothes. Very disturbing. Fun, but disturbing.
@@aina3387 exactly what I was thinking
Photoshop level 1.0 😂🙈 my designer soul is dying right now 😆
I feel that this is a great 'in theory' idea, but the photoshopping looks a little more like photochopping. It needs more finesse, and in the video some of the 'fabric' needs more realism (too many sharp edges that didn't move like actual fabric). Very interesting idea, though - am interested to see how it evolves!
It's because it's cheap lol this tech definitely works but if you want it to look good you gotta pay a good amount of money because it takes alot of work
Well, considering this company uses an automated program with AI and not Photoshop, it's not going to look perfect. It's way too expensive to have a human being do this, 1 photo can run upwards of a few hundred when getting into work like this.
@@orangeradishneo yup although the 1000$ ones should be personalized it's way to expensive to not pay someone to atleast touch it up and add some depth or shadow
This sounds oddly like an Emperor’s New Clothes situation… 😂
I was thinking the exact same thing.
Omg yes!
Deep cut.
Yes! Although I guess you're basically paying for a Photoshop job so, from that perspective, if it's well done, I'd say it's worth it if you're into fashion.
The emperor was just 500-1000 years ahead of his time xD
While digital clothes seem like a good idea to see how something looks on you, and seems like a far more sutainable solution to the fast fashion trend, I'm just not sure about something that a company holds onto and lets you "borrow".
If it’s like digital art, I don’t think it’s very sustainable.
Also paying $$ for it 🤣
Nope
It isn’t borrowing anything, your essentially paying people to photoshop clothes onto you.
It'd be nice if you could download it onto a flashdrive, so it's your's. If it's attached to an online account, that's a downer. I like owning things because all it takes is for the website to go down or for them to remove the item. You're basically renting something.
@@hope-cat4894 The fact that she posted the photos to various platforms would indicate to me that you own and can download the image after it's been sent to you.
This takes fast fashion to a whole new level, and it’s giving me huge Ready Player One vibes lol
The year is 2121. Everyone's walking around in extravangant, expensive looking clothing, or so it seems. In reality they are wearing suits that resemble something of a scubadivers equipment with special tech attached to them. A hologram of any clothing piece they have downloaded to their cloud appears on the surface of their suits, creating fashionable illusions, available for everyone (who can afford it with the cheap price of 9999.99USD)
The possibility of this happening scares me
@@benitaanand6047 Same, but I won't be around at that time (and neither will anyone else alive today), so it won't matter to me. The closest I have to this concept is a pair of reflective sandals. (Jan Griffiths).
Well , it could be a solution to overconsumption , or fast fashion ……😂
That would be awesome tho, because you would own it and be able to used them in the real world were other people can see it as normal clothes, even if they don't exist. It would solve many problems of over consumption, even tho I prefer normal clothing. I would LOVE that these clothes exist in real life, they're very artistic and could really make it in the fashion world
Think of all the wardrobe space you'd save though! They did it with cassette tapes and record collections being digitized onto ipods. It's only a matter of time before pocket wardrobes are a reality... **evil corporate laugh**
So, the problem with the results here, and what makes them look photoshopped, is the lack of shadows added onto the body to mimic clothes being actually on them.
With the puffer, you can tell the skin underneath the pillows, and the background as well, are the exact same lightness as they were before; there's just a transparent purple thing on top. In reality, less light would end up passing through so those areas would appear darker. And, for the sleeves and areas near the body, shadows would be cast. Where the puffer ends on the waist, there should be a shadow below, since two layers of puffer "fabric" would be blocking the light from coming through.
In the hat example, the hat looks slapped on because the "brim" of the hat produces no shadow on your face, even though the light source is above you. Also, it's an overcast day in that photo, so the colors of the hat should be less vibrant to match. There's absolutely no excuse with that one. Just add adjustment layers and fiddle with them for a minute. It would instantly look more realistic.
With the strappy top one where they made you a stomach, they didn't add shadows below the main strap, which doesn't make sense since your boobs should be blocking some light from the lower skin and so should the strap itself. The velvet looking fabric also should be much brighter where the lights are hitting it and less bright on the underside of your arms, where it is getting less direct light.
The first photo (without leggings) is by far the best one since they actually bothered to add a bit of shadow to your legs, which makes sense since the skirt blocks the light. In my opinion, it's the only one that passes as realistic, ignoring the reality-defying attributes of some of the clothing items.
This is exactly why they specify "even lighting" for submitted photos: so they don't have to put in a small amount of effort to add in some clothing shadows on the skin. They aren't willing to put in the work, or money, to produce quality end results that would appear realistic.
I appreciate this comment so much. I noticed the lack of shadows in some of the images too and you’re right that for the amount of $$$ you’re paying for the clothes to be added on, the shadow and lighting should all match and make sense. I thought these types of things is kind of photoshopping 101 or photography 101 perhaps?? Maybe we’re just asking for a whole lot lololol
Depending on how many hours it would take to apply inconsistent shadows and lighting on each picture, I think you're starting to ask for a lot as most items cost about $35-$50 per photo. How much are you paying these highly skilled photo editing professionals per hour?
@@midsummermuse Definitely would require a higher price for a realistic photo (though the last outfit should have been much better for the price). It looks like they mask out the person already for most clothing items so it wouldn't take long to run a soft brush shadow along the edges of clothing or an adjustment layer over part of the body (perhaps levels or contrast) to tone down highlights and then add a transparent tone to mimic shadow (like the legs in the first outfit). For this amount of money, I wouldn't expect something terribly realistic, but I think these two simple aspects could be added into the process and would add a whole lot to the service. It would definitely cost a lot more time for natural lighting where clothing casts shadows that realistically affect the body, but as someone who has done a decent amount of photo editing before, a quick pass of these two things would be easily doable for the price and would make these pieces not immediately recognizable as photoshopped (it would still be somewhat easy to tell with them, but it would be a lot better).
Agreed, none of these were a good photoshop job
@@midsummermuse Explain then the 1k one which was equally terrible.