High tech fashion: A design studio have used 3D printing technology to create an innovative dress customised to a woman’s body – but making the garment takes 48 hours and costs £1,900. Continue reading “Is this the future of fashion? First-ever 4D dress created using a printer is unveiled (VIDEO)”
van Herpen Brings LHC Magnetism to the World of 3D Printed Fashion
Dutch fashion designer Iris van Herpen has established herself as the pioneer of 3D printed fashion, creating a dress that Time magazine declared as one of the 50 Best Inventions of 2011. Working with Materialise and Stratasys, her futuristic designs have become synonymous with the 3D printing industry. Continue reading “van Herpen Brings LHC Magnetism to the World of 3D Printed Fashion”
NEUROTiQ – 3D Printed Headdress Monitors and Exhibits the States of the Wearer’s Brain
Imagine a time in the future when communication is not done through verbal speech, perhaps not even with hand motions or facial expressions. Imagine a time when we can speak to one another, no matter what our native languages are, via signals that our brains send to each other. This may one day be possible, but certainly not anytime in the near future. Continue reading “NEUROTiQ – 3D Printed Headdress Monitors and Exhibits the States of the Wearer’s Brain”
You Can Help Design A 3D Printed Open Source Elements Dress With Anouk Wipprecht
Dutch fashiontech designer Anouk Wipprecht is developing a 3D printed Open Source Elements Dress constructed from modules created by the design community. Simply download the element file, create your custom design and submit the printed part to Wipprecht by 13th September so she can incorporate it into the overall dress design. Continue reading “You Can Help Design A 3D Printed Open Source Elements Dress With Anouk Wipprecht”
What Fashion Designers are doing with the latest developments in 3D Print Technology
Designers and engineers have now been using 3D printers for over a decade to create prototypes, small parts and also just purely experimental pieces. Since 2010, the cost of 3D printers has decreased dramatically to a fraction of the price, now making it possible to buy yourself a desktop 3D printer for your home or studio. Continue reading “What Fashion Designers are doing with the latest developments in 3D Print Technology”
How 3D Printing is Revolutionizing the Fashion World
The 3D printing revolution is here! When I went to MakerBot Studios and uncovered the latest innovations in 3D printing technology. I couldn’t believe all of the products printed using MakerBot’s printers—from figurines to robotic hands to shoes. Continue reading “How 3D Printing is Revolutionizing the Fashion World”
3D Printed Shoes, Inside and Out
With 3D Printing technologies advancing day-by-day, creating a one-of-a-kind wearable product has become easier than ever. Today we’d like to introduce you to some perfectly personalized 3D Printed items made for walking. Read more to find out about the “next step” in 3D Printing. Continue reading “3D Printed Shoes, Inside and Out”
3-D printers create new hype in fashion
Once upon a time in the fashion world, a printed necktie merely meant one that had print on it. Now, it can mean a tie generated from powder, liquid, filaments or sheets of material using 3-D printers. The blue chain mail tie that Pekka Salokannel wore to this year’s Fair was made this way. Behind him, in glass display cases, were earrings, fashion eyewear and eyeglass frames produced in a similar way.
Students Create 3-D-Printed Wrist Splint
Three-dimensional printing is an increasingly important tool for industry and research, and the terminology as well as the technology is creeping into the consumer market. But what is it? And how are UCLA faculty and students using it to create everything from bone splints to stunning fashion? Continue reading “Students Create 3-D-Printed Wrist Splint”
The World’s Sexiest 3D Printing Application?
Manufacturing personalised clothing, the 3D printed digital fabrication of textiles to create a counterpoint to the endless lines of mass produced looks of current high street fashion, could well have a real place in the future of fashion. Continue reading “The World’s Sexiest 3D Printing Application?”