Utilizing Artistic and Aesthetic Values of Emirati Traditional Women’s Fashion in the Design of Emirati Abaya through Incorporating the Digital Drawing Applications and Artificial Intelligence Techniques | ||||
| International Design Journal | ||||
| Article 30, Volume 14, Issue 5 - Serial Number 63, September and October 2024, Page 393-417 PDF (3.86 MB) | ||||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/idj.2024.296186.1152 | ||||
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| Author | ||||
عُلا الطوخي إسماعيل 
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| Clothing and Fashion Industry Department Faculty of Applied Arts Tanta University – Egypt | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| The current research tackles the traditional costumes of women in Arab United of Emirates that is considered as part of Arab and Islamic Nation aiming at innovating ten designs of women Abaya that fit Emirati women and transferring it from sketch drawn on iPad using Procreate Application into 3D virtual Abaya. The research combines between the technological innovation and traditional professionalism in Costume through using Artificial Intelligence Technique in the process of design, showing and developing the sketch of Abaya Designs as well as utilizing the modern techniques that combine between virtual and material aspects to give consumers a digital view and an integrated virtual marketing through enriching them with 3D iconic image similar to reality. This in turn will decrease the probability of design’s failure and non-acceptance as well as decrease the rate of returns trough analyzing the preferences of the consumers and their trends more accurately from the outset, improve production and design processes by unifying the designers with Artificial Intelligence to create innovative designs that align with the tastes and needs of the targeted consumers. Moreover, In addition, the closest results for each design are used in the show on a number of potential consumers within the United Arab of Emirates and the results of the study shows that there are statistically significant differences among the consumers’ responses to the proposed designs. | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| Emirati Traditional Costumes; Abaya; Artificial Intelligence Applications; Virtual Design | ||||
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