BOUDICCA
Today we have a guest lecture Zowie Broach and she is the british designer of the brand Boudicca. The brand named after an ancient British warrior queen—fierce (and fiercely independent) since its inception in 1997.
During the lecture she talked about alot of thing but the only thing stuck with me how much important and influences of technologies toward future fansion. During the lecture I realised how little I know about the use of technologies in Fashion. So I decided to research about it.
Miyake’s most popular collection A-POC is an acronym of A piece of cloth. The hi-tech seamless knitting machinery used in A-POC production produces a tube of farbic that contains an entire outfit, ready to be cut out by the wearer. The idea being that the end product is a garment which the wearer can interact with by altering the shape and length. The A-POC collection made Miyake one of the top fashion ‘revolutionaries/researchers/developers’.
SPRAY ON FABRIC CAN
The naked model is sprayed with Mannel Torres’s Fabric can – a fine mist of coloured cotton fibre that build up layers as and where required. Once a fibre layer is established, it can remainas a second skin or be peeled back to creat volume and drape. Additional details and features can be integrated by placing extra cloth or decoration on the body and spraying over the top to keep them in place.
Transparent Coat 2003
Professor Susumu Tachi of the University of Tokyo demonstrated the principle of optical camouflage with his ‘transparent’ coat. A masked object has a background image (captured with a video camera) projected onto it. This makes it appear transparent and the viewer is fooled into thinking they are seeing ‘throung’ the wearer.
Hussein Chalayan
After Words A/W 2000
Before Minus Now S/S 2000
In his collection Chalayan showed a remote-controlled dress to imply that intangible forces were at work. The hard resin shell suddenly opened to expose a cloud of pink tulle.
KNIT TO FIT
Designer Sandy black used 3D body scanning to creat perfectly fitting knitwear.
BIO-COUTURE
Designer Suzanne Lee uses bacteria to grow a jacket!
MONSTER BALL Oct 4 2011
Move your mouse around the frame to explore Daniel Brown’s interactive based on imagery from Lady Gaga’s Monster Ball tour. 3-D scanning by Kev Stenning at Rapido3D
Follow the Link http://showstudio.com/project/monster_ball#interactive_02
Reference :
Suzanne, L. (2005) Fashioning the Future, Tomorrow’s Wardrobe. London:Thames and Hudson
http://antenna.sciencemuseum.org.uk/trashfashion/home/wearwithoutwaste/cut-it-out/sandy-black/ (Accessed: 15 March 2012)
http://nymag.com/fashion/fashionshows/designers/bios/boudicca/ (Accessed: 15 March 2012)
http://showstudio.com/project/monster_ball#interactive_02 (Accessed: 15 March 2012)
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