Neuthread, the circular fashion brand developed by UK charity Daisy Chain Autism and Neurodiversity, and fashion technology company Style3D have announced a new collaboration bringing together circular fashion, neurodivergent creativity and digital fashion development.
The collaboration will help advance Daisy Chain’s Neuthread fashion brand, which transforms unwanted and donated textiles into new fashion while creating opportunities for autistic and neurodivergent people to develop skills and experience in fashion and textile production.
Style3D will support the initiative with Style3D AI and Style3D Studio, bringing AI-powered design exploration and 3D garment development into the process.
Neuthread gives discarded textiles a new life by transforming materials that might otherwise go to waste into new fashion products. The circular fashion brand combines circularity with social impact, creating opportunities for creativity, skills development and employment.
Neuthread’s wider circular fashion activity also includes Mend It, Don’t Rag It, a community skills academy focused on repair, reuse and extending the life of clothing.
Neeraj Sharma, CEO, Daisy Chain Autism and Neurodiversity, explained: “Style3D takes Neuthread’s circular thinking right into the design process itself. We already reharvest fabric the earth has produced. Now we can develop, fit, challenge and refine a garment digitally before the first physical cut is made. Great fashion needs experimentation. Style3D gives us the freedom to push the design further without asking precious fabric to carry the cost of every trial. So circularity is no longer only about the material we rescue. It is built into how we create the collection from the very beginning. That is what makes this partnership so powerful.”
Style3D’s technology adds a digital layer to the development process. Style3D AI supports creative ideation, design and digital content creation, while Style3D Studio enables garments to be developed and visualised digitally in 3D.
Elizabeth Brandwood, head of UK operations, Style3D ASSYST, added: “There is a real opportunity to rethink fashion development when circularity and digitalisation come together. We are excited to see what becomes possible when circular fashion meets AI and 3D. Neuthread has created a powerful model that connects textile reuse with creativity, community and inclusion. We are proud to support that vision with digital technology.”
The collaboration also highlights the potential of digital tools to connect different stages of fashion creation – from creative ideation and AI-supported design through to 3D garment development and AI photoshoots.
“The value of AI and 3D goes beyond accelerating individual steps. When digital tools are integrated into the process, they create a more connected workflow and allow ideas to move more seamlessly from concept to digital garment,” said Jiachun Han, commercial director, Europe, Style3D ASSYST.
By combining Neuthread’s circular approach to fashion and textile reuse with Style3D’s AI and 3D capabilities, the collaboration will explore how digital technology can support a different model of fashion development – one where design responds to existing materials, while helping to improve the efficiency, creativity and connectivity of the development process. The partnership will also contribute to Daisy Chain’s wider mission of creating opportunities for autistic and neurodivergent people through skills, creativity and employment.
