3D Fashion Designers
Danit Peleg
Danit Peleg uses loads 3D printing in her work and has helped it become more common in the fashion industry. In her collections she uses more flexible FilaFlex filaments which gives the clothing a more wavy and bouncy look to it which relates much more to fabric rather than the typically seen 3D printed clothing which is very solid and rigid. Peleg said that she wanted to create a ready-to-wear collection that was printed entirely at home using printers that can be brought by anyone that has enough money.
She started off by creating a red jacket from these FilaFlex fibres inspired by a painting called “Liberty Leading The People “ and named it “LIBERTE “. After she made this garment she decided she wanted to challenge herself more by creating more pieces to add to her collection.Each dress in the collection took about 400 hours to print and she even 3D printed the models shoes inspired by Michele Badia so that the models where covered head to toe in 3D printed clothing.
What I think
Looking at her designs and how she created her collection I can tell she's very passionate and thinks in a very unique way and is trying to develop futuristic fashion and has many practical ideas. She discussed how in the future we may be able to 3D print our own clothing and objects at home which I feel would be very useful and practical.Her clothes are very different from other designers who use 3D printing as their designs are more stiff and kind of bulky looking however Peleg has been able to create a look more similar to fabrics.
( I gained this information from 3dprint.com )
Iris Van Herpen
Iris Van Herpen is very well known in the fashion industry and is very inspired by imperfection such as digital glitches and thinks of these errors as being beautiful and intriguing in their own way , as well as this the designer takes inspiration from chaos as well as modern technology. Iris Van Herpen focuses around technology a lot of the time and many of her garments appear very futuristic and strange due to her interest in technology and how this translates into the medium of fashion and design. She often experiments and plays around with her ideas to truly create something unique and one of her goals is to push boudoirs both her own and that of societies and how fashion is perceived..
In her new 2017 collections she developed a new technique where “hand-casted transparent polyurethane is hand painted through injection moulding”. This new technique makes the texture and the movement of the garments very different and Van Herpen describes it as being soft as a fabric yet have properties similar to liquid in terms of movement. She likes people to observe her creations and to really look at the work and even be confused upon first looking at it as confusion creates interest. The amount of detail in the garments is vast and she finds that the process of making the garments is even more important that the final product itself.
What I think
I think Iris Van Herpen is very unique and has some interesting designs and her pieces are very interesting to look at due to the amount of work put into each of the garments and the geometric shapes are very eye-catching and stand out a lot, these exaggerated shapes are very striking and remained me of how most people perceive futuristic clothing.
( I found this information on anothermag.com )