{"id":647,"date":"2021-02-23T17:25:22","date_gmt":"2021-02-23T16:25:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/02\/23\/digital-fashion-designers-sought-for-uks-first-degree-in-virtual-couture\/"},"modified":"2021-02-23T17:25:22","modified_gmt":"2021-02-23T16:25:22","slug":"digital-fashion-designers-sought-for-uks-first-degree-in-virtual-couture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/02\/23\/digital-fashion-designers-sought-for-uks-first-degree-in-virtual-couture\/","title":{"rendered":"Digital fashion designers sought for UK\u2019s first degree in virtual couture"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Environmental concerns and tech boom have conjured \u2018perfect storm\u2019 for master\u2019s course in fashion and gaming, says professor<\/p>\n<p>The seemingly sci-fi world of digital couture \u2013 in which social media users can buy virtual clothing to be worn online, while gamers can dress avatars in flamboyant \u201cskins\u201d \u2013 is increasingly being hailed as the next big thing in the industry.<\/p>\n<p>Now, virtual clothes designers can take a master\u2019s degree course on the subject, the first of its kind in the UK, at the University for the Creative Arts in Farnham.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/fashion\/2021\/feb\/23\/digital-fashion-designers-uk-degree-digital-couture-gaming-tech\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/8752c865c64c7dcf75cfb9b9ec53fd9fda258134\/0_45_1523_913\/master\/1523.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=851c7026867375c6f5178f738872fce6\" title=\"Digital fashion designers sought for UK\u2019s first degree in virtual couture\" \/>Environmental concerns and tech boom have conjured \u2018perfect storm\u2019 for master\u2019s course in fashion and gaming, says professor<br \/>\nThe seemingly sci-fi world of digital couture \u2013 in which social media users can buy virtual clothing to be worn online, while gamers can dress avatars in flamboyant \u201cskins\u201d \u2013 is increasingly being hailed as the next big thing in the industry.<br \/>\nNow, virtual clothes designers can take a master\u2019s degree course on the subject, the first of its kind in the UK, at the University for the Creative Arts in Farnham. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Environmental concerns and tech boom have conjured \u2018perfect storm\u2019 for master\u2019s course in fashion and gaming, says professor The seemingly sci-fi world of digital couture \u2013 in which social media users can buy virtual clothing to be worn online, while gamers can dress avatars in flamboyant \u201cskins\u201d \u2013 is increasingly being hailed as the next &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/02\/23\/digital-fashion-designers-sought-for-uks-first-degree-in-virtual-couture\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Digital fashion designers sought for UK\u2019s first degree in virtual couture<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":648,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/647"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=647"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/647\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/648"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=647"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=647"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=647"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}