Helsinki. Futures Platform, a growth company, founded by futurists, offering a world-leading library of future trends and a SaaS solution for strategic foresight, has taken a pivot from a classic start-up tradition: no more team hoodies.

The fashion industry contributes more to climate change than international air and sea travel and shipping combined, yet it has largely managed to slip under the climate-watch radar – until now. A confluence of the pandemic, climate change awareness and technological advances is bringing more sustainable fabrics to the market than ever before.

Attitudes towards gender are changing. Consumers are no longer willing to buy into gender clichés that have been used to promote products and services for decades. To reflect this cultural shift, businesses are turning to gender-neutral design and advertisement.

Imagine that you can buy designer clothes as cheap as £15 per item. But on one condition, they are for social media only.

Fashion and technology don't always appear in the same sentence. But as artificial intelligence makes its way through different sectors, future fashion trends won't remain immune to its effects. Here's how AI may not only determine what you wear, but also pick out your clothes for you.