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How 31 Designers Are Using AI to Put Amazonia’s 1.69M Indigenous People on the Global Fashion Map
11 Sept 2026
Dinis Guarda - Citiesabc - AI.DNA - Humans + Cities + AI Soul Convergence - Newsletter #34
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What if the future of fashion is not being invented in Paris, Milan or Silicon Valley but in the Amazon?
Across Brazil and Amazonia, 31 designers and innovators are showing how Indigenous knowledge, biodiversity, craftsmanship and technology can become part of a new global creative economy. At the same time, Indigenous-led initiatives are proving that protecting nature can generate measurable economic value: the Xingu Seeds Network alone has helped restore 27 million trees while generating more than $1.7 million for local collectors.
Now AI is entering this equation. It can help Indigenous designers reach global audiences, create digital fashion experiences and connect communities traditionally excluded from major markets. But AI can also reproduce patterns, identities and centuries of cultural knowledge at a scale never possible before.
So the question is bigger than whether AI can help put Amazonian fashion on the global map.
Can we build an AI-powered fashion economy where technology amplifies Indigenous creativity without extracting the culture, ownership and value that make it unique?
Editorial highlight
How 31 Designers Are Using AI to Put Amazonia’s 1.69M Indigenous People on the Global Fashion Map
Across the Amazon, Indigenous-led fashion and bioeconomy initiatives are showing how cultural preservation, sustainable livelihoods and forest restoration can become part of the same economic model.
From the Xingu Seeds Network, where around 700 collectors have generated more than $1.7 million while helping restore 27 million trees, to MI.Moda Indígena bringing Amazonian designers to New York Fashion Week, the article explores how local knowledge can reach global markets without losing authorship or cultural ownership.
As AI becomes part of fashion production, the question is not simply how technology can accelerate creativity, but whether it can amplify Indigenous designers while keeping attribution, economic value and decision-making with the communities that created the work.
→ Read more on Citiesabc Impakt: https://impakt.citiesabc.com/ai-powers-the-amazonian-sustainable-fashion-economy
Our Weekly Research
Top Fashion Artisans and Innovators from Brazil and the Amazonn
From Indigenous designers and traditional artisans to contemporary innovators, Brazil and the Amazon are home to a growing creative ecosystem where fashion, cultural heritage, craftsmanship and sustainability intersect.
The list highlights the people preserving ancestral techniques while reimagining materials, design and production for a new generation — connecting local identity with wider conversations around responsible fashion, biodiversity and cultural ownership.
Together, these creators show how innovation in fashion does not always begin with technology. Sometimes it begins with protecting knowledge, materials and traditions that have existed for generations.
→ Explore the full list on fashionabc: https://www.fashionabc.org/fashion-artisans-and-innovators-from-brazil-and-the-amazon
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Andy Ku – Founder & CEO of ALTAVA Group
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Special Highlight
Luiza Brunet Joins the Best of Fashion Awards During New York Fashion Week
Brazilian model, entrepreneur and women’s rights activist Luiza Brunet joins the Best of Fashion Awards programme in New York as a special guest, bringing decades of visibility in Brazilian fashion together with her advocacy for women and social impact.
Her participation comes alongside the presentation of Indigenous designers from Brazil’s Amazon, whose creations are being showcased through an AI-powered digital runway developed with Fashionabc, MI.Moda Indigena, FashionForward and the Best of Fashion Awards. The initiative connects fashion, technology, cultural identity and economic opportunity while keeping Indigenous authorship at the centre.
Luiza will also be part of the wider New York programme ahead of the Best of Brazil Global Awards ceremony on Liberty Island on 12 September.
→ Read more on Citiesabc Impakt: https://impakt.citiesabc.com/ai-powers-the-amazonian-sustainable-fashion-economy
AI Creation Spotlight
The Best of Fashion Awards 2026 brought Indigenous Amazonian fashion to New York Fashion Week through an AI-powered runway presentation developed with Fashionabc, MI.Moda Indigena, FashionForward and BOFA. The showcase combined emerging design talent, technology and global visibility, while keeping a strong focus on cultural authorship, education, entrepreneurship and sustainable fashion.
→ Watch the Best of Fashion Awards at the New York Fashion Week: https://youtube.com/live/gXYL8I5O1XE
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“The world doesn't need one more of the same. They need something that's different, and at least that's what people gravitate to - something that's a little unique a little different finding your specificity.” - Mark Zunino , celebrated Los Angeles-based designer
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Dinis Guarda is an author, entrepreneur, founder CEO of ztudium, Businessabc, citiesabc.com and Wisdomia.ai. Dinis is an AI leader, researcher and creator who has been building proprietary solutions based on technologies like digital twins, 3D, spatial computing, AR/VR/MR. Dinis is also an author of multiple books, including "4IR AI Blockchain Fintech IoT Reinventing a Nation" and others. Dinis has been collaborating with the likes of UN / UNITAR, UNESCO, European Space Agency, IBM, Siemens, Mastercard, and governments like USAID, and Malaysia Government to mention a few. He has been a guest lecturer at business schools such as Copenhagen Business School. Dinis is ranked as one of the most influential people and thought leaders in Thinkers360 / Rise Global’s The Artificial Intelligence Power 100, Top 10 Thought leaders in AI, smart cities, metaverse, blockchain, fintech.
