Research and EU regulation for fashion AI, digested
The Digital Product Passport section of Fashion AI Lab EU.
The EU Digital Product Passport introduces a new data layer that partially overlaps with GS1 identifiers, PIM schemas, and sustainability reporting frameworks—but conflicts with each in ways that demand deliberate migration planning. Here is where the seams are.
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From GS1 identifiers to the CircularID Protocol and EU ESPR delegated acts, six data standards are converging on the Digital Product Passport. This guide maps each one to the DPP data model for technology architects and sustainability data leads.
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Eight documented Digital Product Passport pilot programmes in the fashion and textile sector, with the data architecture decisions, stakeholder challenges, and technical lessons that brands preparing their own implementations can apply directly.
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A practical implementation guide for product, IT, and sustainability teams preparing their first Digital Product Passport for a footwear line, from identifier assignment to downstream data handover.
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The Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation introduces mandatory product sustainability data that AI-based lifecycle tools in fashion must both generate and evidence. This article maps the obligations, identifies where automation helps, and flags what remains unresolved.
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Physical fabric digitisation already captures rich material data—but which parameters satisfy emerging Digital Product Passport requirements, and where do the gaps remain? This article maps xTex measurements against DPP mandates for material developers and sustainability data leads.
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Connecting an existing PLM system to a Digital Product Passport data layer is not a plug-and-play exercise. This article maps the architecture decisions enterprise IT leads at fashion groups must make before the EU's DPP mandates take effect.
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The EU Digital Product Passport regulation will require apparel and footwear brands to expose structured product data via a machine-readable carrier. This article maps the mandatory fields, the phased-in requirements, and what your data architecture needs to handle both.
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