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The comprehensive curriculum of the FashionTEX Ateliers provides students with all the essential skills and knowledge for a successful career in digital fashion design.

From foundation courses in digital fashion to specialized training in software such as CLO3D, the modules are the perfect preparation for a career in the fast-paced fashion world. The participants are students from our partner fashion schools. After completing the course, the most promising take part in the FashionTEX Makerspace, an exciting two-week program designed to empower Design and Fashion Students with cutting-edge digital tools and a place to produce their physical fashion piece for the FashionTEX Festival.

The FashionTEX Studios are integrated practical modules at the partner universities, where fashion students learn the fundamentals of 3D fashion design. This includes an introduction to various digital fashion design programs, creating digital pattern plans, preparing and testing virtual fittings, as well as developing collection overviews. Students learn how to create and customize avatars, design their own poses, and create an online runway show featuring their avatar. Basic knowledge of working with AI programs is provided, and new business models within the context of a digital enterprise are explored.

The FashionTEX Studio is a key component in rethinking education and equipping students with the digital skills necessary for their future careers, thereby aligning fashion school training with the evolving needs of the industry.

Creative lab in Chemnitz

The FashionTEX Makerspace is an exclusive, two-week residency program for the most innovative young designers from our European partner universities. This visionary project will take place for the first time in the Chemnitz 2025 European Capital of Culture region and transform the Makerhouse in Schneeberg into a creative hotspot.

Starting September 1, 2025, a total of 24 young design talents from across Europe will meet to turn their digital visions into reality using cutting-edge technology. What initially begins as a bold design will transform into tangible fashion – fresh, experimental, and full of future potential.

The grand finale – the FashionTEX Show.
A spectacular competition that celebrates the results of the Makerspace and offers the young generation of designers a platform to showcase their creativity.

The FashionTEX Festival was a vibrant showcase for the next generation of fashion, providing students with an international platform to present outfits they had developed in studios and makerspaces. At the same time, it served as an inspiring festival that brought together the digital fashion world, including industry professionals, innovative startups, established fashion companies, and students and faculty from the 11 European fashion universities participating in the FashionTEX project.

The festival took place on November 6th and 7th in Chemnitz. The diverse program included high-profile keynote speeches, engaging panel discussions, hands-on workshops, and an impressive fashion show.

The FashionTEX Makerspace 2026 in Riga brings together creative vision and technological innovation: during a two-week residency from August 31 to September 12, new ideas for digital and physical fashion design will be developed in interdisciplinary workshops. This year once again, the Makerspace in Riga combines creative design, hands-on craftsmanship, and innovative technologies in an international, collaborative environment.

During the programme, participants can expect a combination of an online learning phase and an intensive two-week onsite phase in Riga. There, they will work hands-on with experts, use tools such as Clo3D, 3D printing, and other digital production methods, develop their own projects, and exchange ideas with other young designers from across Europe. Students from FashionTEX partner universities can now apply through their respective institutions using this form. All information on participation, requirements, and the application process can be found in the following document.

Download the document, complete it, and send it to your professors.

FashionTEX Festival 2026 – Where Fashion Meets the Digital Future

On September 30 and October 1, 2026, Riga will become a hub for the future of fashion: The FashionTEX Festival 2026 invites you to the Riga Makerspace & LED Unit Studio in Latvia for two extraordinary days filled with fashion, technology, creativity, and innovation.

FashionTEX blends the allure of a classic runway show with the possibilities of the digital world. On the catwalk, virtual models and spectacular 3D fashion designs meet real-world creations—including the latest work from young talents representing 11 partner fashion schools across Europe. It is a fashion experience that redefines the boundaries between the physical and digital realms.

Yet FashionTEX is more than just a fashion show: an immersive exhibition, inspiring talks, and exciting presentations offer insights into the major questions shaping the future of fashion. How is digitalization transforming our creativity? What new opportunities arise from virtual spaces? And how can we shape the digital future of fashion in a way that is innovative, responsible, and accessible to all?

Two days. 11 European fashion schools. One stage for the future of fashion.

Save the Date: September 30 – October 1, 2026 | Riga

The full program and further highlights will be announced soon.

We look forward to two inspiring days and to experiencing the future of fashion together in Riga.