Fashion in an Age of Technology at The Met

When you look at the first (3-D-Printed) piece made, you can see the fine lines of the print. You can see how the piece has been built up. In one millimeter, there are up to ten lines. It’s almost like a fingerprint - it’s as detailed as your fingerprint… It was inspired by the way limestone deposits from shells. With 3-D printing, I am very much drawn to the organic.

Iris van Herpen

I call this the the Matrix dress!

NEON DANS LA NUIT SUIT 1990/91 hand embroidered with fluorescent stripes

3-D-printed polymer 2014 Noa Raviv “While working (with) 3-D software i was fascinated by the grid shown on the 2-D screen and by the way black repetitive lines define voluminous objects.”

1968 Egg Carton Dress

Modern Egg Carton Dress 2015

MIYAKE DESIGN STUDIO 2010

MIYAKE DESIGN STUDIOS 1990

MIYAKE DESIGN STUDIOS 1990 - same dress flat

My favorite! It is all about the name and it has got spirit.

MIYAKE DESIGN STUDIOS 1994 Flying Saucer Dress

BAHAI 3-D-printed Fractal weave dress - with six degrees of fractal growth.

3-D latticework dress 2015 Iris van Herpen

3-D printed dress using stereolithography. it was built layer by layer in a vessel of liquid polymer. The polymer hardens when struck by a laser beam.

Alexander McQueen 2012

Laser cut white foam 2013

Noir Kei Ninomiya 2015-16

Bye!