Holly New Demonstrates the Future of AI, VR and CLO at Global Webinar

On June 25th 2026, Holly New, founder of STUDIOOFNEW, partnered with CLO to deliver an exclusive webinar exploring how Virtual Reality, CLO, and CLO AI can work together to create faster, more intuitive and production-ready digital fashion workflows. With an incredible turnout from the global CLO community, the session brought together digital fashion designers, 3D artists, educators and industry professionals looking to discover how immersive technology is transforming the future of apparel design.

During the webinar, Holly demonstrated how CLO AI can be used to accelerate the creative process, from generating fashion concepts and textile ideas to producing AI-assisted textures and experimenting with visual directions before moving into garment development. Attendees also explored CLO AI's image generation, texture creation and AI-assisted ideation tools, showing how designers can reduce repetitive work while maintaining creative control throughout the design process.

The session then explored Holly's signature VR-to-CLO workflow, demonstrating how designers can sketch and prototype accessories in Virtual Reality, import assets into CLO, and refine them into production-ready garments without disrupting existing pipelines. By combining Gravity Sketch, CLO, and CLO AI, designers can move seamlessly from concept to CAD while reducing physical sampling, improving stakeholder communication and accelerating approvals.

Rather than treating AI as a standalone solution, Holly emphasised that the greatest opportunity lies in integrating CLO AI into a complete digital fashion workflow. Her STUDIOOFNEW Method combines CLO AI for concept generation, VR for creative exploration, and CLO for garment engineering, pattern refinement and high-quality visualisation—creating a workflow that is both creative and commercially scalable.

The webinar also covered prompt engineering for fashion, practical applications of CLO AI, and why the future of digital fashion depends on connected workflows rather than isolated tools. From AI-generated mood boards and fabric concepts to VR prototyping and final garment development in CLO, attendees gained practical techniques they could implement immediately.

For designers looking to build confidence with AI beyond the webinar, Holly has also authored a growing collection of ChatGPT for Fashion books. Designed specifically for fashion professionals, the guides explore prompt engineering, AI-assisted design, workflow optimisation and practical ways to integrate AI alongside CLO, CLO AI and immersive

technologies to build faster, more efficient design pipelines.

As one of the leading voices at the intersection of CLO, CLO AI, Virtual Reality and digital fashion, Holly continues to work with global brands, universities and technology partners to demonstrate how immersive design and AI can reshape the future of fashion. Through speaking engagements, consultancy and STUDIOOFNEW, her focus remains on helping designers unlock the full potential of CLO by connecting AI, VR and 3D workflows into one seamless pipeline.