New Media Artists Fashion @ Nervous System

          The creators over at Nervous System have done something revolutionary that it will impact the future of the fashion industry and the way that fashion is made in the future due to 3D Printing. This will eventually directly affect me because as a commercial photographer I have the opportunity to shoot commercial fashion on multiple occasions through out the year. The amazing group over at Nervous Systems has created a 3D printed dress. While you might think a dress is something easy but when you think about how it was created you would be surprised. The dress had to be created in a 3D mapping program and created in such a way that it doesn't require being put together. It is one solid piece designed in such a way that it is hinged together.

Computer Generated Image of the dress in its beginning shape to the actual dress

 The dress is then sent from the computer to the printer and the printer prints for two days to make something amazing come out of it. The amount of 3D modeling that such a person had to go to school for to learn how to use these programs is amazing. The to take into account fashion and clothing making added into the mix and both harmonize so well that it becomes apparent that these genres of art aren't very far apart because they both can create something cohesive and beautiful but keep in mind that this dress is still hard plastic and the dress is designed to feel very natural.

The Gif above shows the process of bringing the dress from its natural shape into a flatter piece.

It takes make different aspects to make this dress happen, many kinds of technology as well as a artists mind to take it from paper to a computer to reality. This new form of dress making and tech is going to change the future of fashion as we know it. Many other fashion designers have teamed up to make these kinds of elegant dresses. 

While the one im talking about above costs only 3,000 US. The one made by Swarovski and Michael Schmidt for Dita Von Tease cost well over 100,000 US to make.

I find that this is correct and it could be the future of clothing as we know it because the applications are now possible and I think we are becoming fully aware of what 3D printing can do for us especially with the materials that we can now 3D Print.

http://www.wired.com/2014/12/dress-made-3-d-printed-plastic-flows-like-fabric/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63Xozzh_uHM

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