Fashion of the future

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3D technologies have come to the world podiums! More and more designers create outfits and accessories printed on three-dimensional printers.

Modern technology conquers the world of fashion. Increasingly, fashion models appear on the catwalks, similar to the heroines of science fiction films - in dresses that turn over the traditional ideas of tailor's art.
Dresses are laser-welded with feathers, composed of incredible branches and curls, take an amorphous look. 3D technologies allow you to implement such forms and designs that previously fashion designers could only
draw on paper. Singer Lady Gaga, Björk and Dita von Teese turn into living works of art when they demonstrate these creations - for an ordinary person, they do not seem completely wearable, and can’t afford it.
Nevertheless, designers continue to experiment in this direction. And ahead of all - the Dutch fashion designer Iris van Herpen. She painstakingly works together with scientists and architects on the designs of her seamless dresses.
In 2013, at the graduation show of Pia Hinze from Munich, who graduated from the international school of design ESMOD, a gold dress of eight printed parts made a splash. He could also be seen on the catwalks of London, Paris and New York.
Like the British designer Katherine Wales, who is very successful in this area, Pia Hinze is convincedthat 3D printing will revolutionize fashion: size tables will no longer matter, you can better calculate the remnants of materials, each will receive his own “personal tailor”, and someday he will be able to print his own wardrobe ...
In the beginning, of course, all new ideas should undergo a whole series of doubts and experiences. But one thing is clear: without a good pattern, the future of fashion is impossible.

Sketches scanned and processed in a computer program must be very accurate so that the printer can accurately print the specified forms.
This is how 3D printing works.
• Concept First, the object to be printed must be photographed from all sides. A special computer program (for example, TriScatch 3D) converts data into a three-dimensional drawing. There are also programs, such as SketchUp, with which you can create your own drawings in 3D.
• Printing There are several methods, the most common of which works according to the principle of a hot glue gun: the plastic is melted and applied layer by layer to the surface. A 3D shape appears.
• Material Plastic, wood, ceramics, glass, metal, etc.
On a slide show: Katherine Wales works: mask with gilded horns, cape
of 111 printed feathers.
Iris van Herpen: dress with "seaweed", an outfit of printed silicone fibers imitating fur, dress with "tentacles".
Pia Hinze: dress from the Neobaroque collection.
Marieka Ratsma shoes with a bird's heel.
PHOTO: GETTY IMAGES (3); Katherine Wales (3); ANDREW CRICHLOW (1); PR TEXT: LENA CLIPPEL.
Material prepared by Elena Karpova

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