Will the AI Backlash Bring More Personality to the Runway?

Earlier this month, Rachel Ojuromi made her runway debut at Chanel. The 22-year-old Nigerian creative had spent the past year posting vivacious fashion videos strutting through streets of Lagos while shopping at the local store, parking her bike or balancing groceries on her head. During a fashion month where robots walked the runway and big tech cozied up to fashion, her story felt profoundly human. In the age of AI, fashion is increasingly shifting towards aesthetics that feel unpredictable, charismatic and alive. The shift reflected across the season’s castings. Designers…