Develop, manufacture and brand a new range of products within the luxury high-end fashion accessories market

Ms Josie Steed j.steed@rgu.ac.uk
Associate Dean for Research

From Augmented to Authentic, Weaving the Past into the Future. Feb 14, 2019 - Aug 13, 2019
This project explores ways to educate consumers about the sustainability, craftsmanship, heritage and value of traditional fashion and textile products, using a variety of mediums such as film and immersive technologies, leading to the following ques... Read More about From Augmented to Authentic, Weaving the Past into the Future..

Augmented fashion: immersive interactions for sustainable heritage in fashion and textiles Feb 1, 2020 - Jun 30, 2024
There is increasing pressure to move towards a more sustainable global fashion and textile industry where traditional methods of textile and clothing manufacture, using natural renewable sources that are inherently long-lasting offer a 'slow' fashion... Read More about Augmented fashion: immersive interactions for sustainable heritage in fashion and textiles.

Creating year-round sustainable business demand for the Outer Hebrides textile industry Feb 15, 2021 - Feb 14, 2023
This KTP seeks to develop new innovative Harris Tweed Hebrides textile products and facilitate international market access, providing year-round and sustainable business demand for the Harris Tweed Hebrides brand and the network of 130+ self-employed... Read More about Creating year-round sustainable business demand for the Outer Hebrides textile industry.

Immersive Scotland Research Network Mar 31, 2021 - May 30, 2023
This project will facilitate multi-disciplinary knowledge exchange and exploration of immersive technologies in Scotland.
We aim to establish a network of academics, industries, micro and SMEs and cultural organisations ready for the future of imm... Read More about Immersive Scotland Research Network.

Connecting Threads May 1, 2022 - Oct 30, 2023

The Augmented Fashion project encountered a range of issues including the impact of Covid-19 and the need for project partners to rapidly digitally upskill, and the siloed and gendered nature of computing science and fashion/textile disciplines.... Read More about Connecting Threads.