Virtual Couture? Vivienne Tam’s First NFT Dress Struts Around Metaverse Fashion Week
When is a piece of clothing just a piece of clothing, and when is it fashion? If that question is too perplexing, try this one: when should a piece of virtual clothing be considered virtual fashion?
Since Tuesday, leaders of top physical and digital fashion houses, assembled in the metaverse, have put their best answers to that query on display at the second-annual Metaverse Fashion Week.
To some of these designers, virtual fashion is defined by its unique potential to reach as many people as possible without sucking up real-world resources. To others, fashion—even in the virtual realm—is still a…