AI-generated models shake up the fashion industry and raise concerns
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🗓️ 16 August 2025
⏱️ 8 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | The rise of artificial intelligence has touched virtually every industry, disrupting long-established |
| 0:06.6 | workflows and raising concerns about job losses. Now, the fashion world is reckoning with these changes |
| 0:13.1 | as AI takes hold there from customer service chat pots to virtual fitting rooms and AI |
| 0:19.4 | avatars starring in marketing campaigns. |
| 0:22.6 | Ali Rogan explores this refashioning of the industry and why it's raising alarms. |
| 0:28.3 | This August's Vogue magazine may give us a glimpse into the future of fashion. |
| 0:33.9 | This ad features a new model styled in outfits from the clothing brand guests. |
| 0:38.3 | She gazes into the camera with a wide smile and bright eyes, and none of it is real. |
| 0:44.9 | She was generated by AI. |
| 0:47.2 | Right now we're at a point where we can create the same level of quality, of beauty, of compositions with AI. |
| 0:55.6 | And you don't have to do with a lot of logistics. |
| 0:58.7 | So why not utilize it? |
| 1:00.9 | Valentina Gonzalez and Andrea Petrescu are the co-founders of Serafine Valora, |
| 1:06.5 | the AI modeling agency behind the ad that's garnered so much attention. |
| 1:16.6 | We believe that AI is the future of fashion in the sense of supplementing and offering a new avenue of marketing. Some have called for a boycott of vogue for giving it a platform. |
| 1:20.6 | But this ad wasn't the first to use AI models. |
| 1:23.6 | In March, fashion brand H&M experimented with a new marketing strategy by digitally cloning |
| 1:30.5 | actual models with their consent. |
| 1:33.0 | This appeared to be almost more of a campaign for using AI-generated models than a clothing |
| 1:40.4 | campaign. |
| 1:41.4 | Sarah Ziff is a former model who founded the Model Alliance, an advocacy group for workers |
| 1:46.8 | in the industry. |
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