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Trusst Uses 3D Printers To Design A New Type Of Bra

May 8, 2015

Trusst Lingerie Bra 3D Printed Support

Trusst Lingerie has designed a new type of bra aimed at offering better support to bustier women. The technology behind the bra comes from the engineering world; the two women behind the project looked at the trusses that support bridges from underneath and sought to apply the same concept to a bra. Their design relies on the ribcage for support instead of the shoulders. The company, currently Kickstarting their first production run, relied heavily on MakerBot 3D printers to prototype and design the support for the undergarment. The entire support structure was modeled on a computer and then printed. Using the 3D printer, they were able to quickly and inexpensively tweak the design and test it with a wide variety of body shapes. It is exciting to see the fashion industry find new, out-of-the-box, and unexpected uses for 3D printers, creating items that would not have been possible only a few years ago.

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by Doug Parker
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Livia Firth Met Ball 2015 "Green" Dress
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Livia Firth’s Met Ball Dress Made Of 100% Recycled Plastic

May 6, 2015

Livia Firth Met Ball 2015 "Green" Dress

Outlandish, elegant fashion is the name of the game at the Met Ball. This year’s “China: Through The Looking Glass” theme brought a wide range looks, from Anne Hathaway’s Ralph Lauren hoodie dress to Beyoncé’s barely-there Givenchy gown. Livia Firth decided to stand out from the crowd via the “green”-ness of her striking red dress by Antonio Berardi. The dress is completely composed of Newlife fabric, a textile woven from yarn spun from 100% recycled plastic bottles. The dress is an adaptation of a garment Berardi create for Firth’s Green Carpet Challenge in 2012, reconstructed with a Chinese twist.

For more of the gala’s fashions, check out Vogue.com’s impressive gallery.

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Emotia Belty Smart Belt
Fashion, Wearable Technology

Belty, the Auto Adjusting Smart-Belt

January 14, 2015

Emotia Belty Smart Belt

We didn’t know we needed a smart-belt until we saw it but now it is on our list. Sure Emiota’s Belty is able to track your daily activity, vibrate when it is time to move, and monitor changes in your waist line. It also connects to your phone via Bluetooth 4.0. These are all great things to have built into a belt, which you would need to be wearing anyways. But the attention grabbing feature is straight out of Back To The Future 2; the belt will auto adjust when you sit, stand up, or eat too much, maintaining a consistent tightness. Simply put Belty on, tighten it so that it is a comfortable tightness, and double tap the buckle to let it know that is how tight you like it. Belty will then work all day to maintain the same tightness in the belt. The device on display at CES was an early prototype but Emiota is hopeful is can bring a more polished (and miniaturized) version of Belty to market by the end of the year.

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Design Collective Sensoree Shows Off Mind-Reading Fashion

September 12, 2014

Sensoree NEUROTiQ

This past week at New York Fashion Week, design collective Sensoree showed off NEUROTiQ. Sensoree tries to create things that push intimacy outward, “extimacy.” The rather odd looking headpiece is designed to change colors based on your state of mind. For example, red indicates sleep and orange signals calm. The core structure of the piece is knitted and the spheres are 3D printed. The colors are driven by a consumer level EEG sensor with 14 different contact points. All told, the headpiece took over 130 hours to create. While it is more than likely you will never own or see a headpiece like this, the technology driving it is what is truly being shown off. The $400 Emotive Epoc EEG sensor is controlling NEUROTiQ’s mind-reading wizardry and it is able to accomplish this without shaving a model’s head to place the electrodes.

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Ralph Lauren Uses 4D Tech Instead Of Runway Show

September 10, 2014

Ralph Lauren Polo 4DWith the opening of Ralph Lauren’s flagship Polo store occurring this week, the company decided to create a large scale spectacle for its NYFW Spring 2015 show. Instead of models and a runway, the company is utilizing a new water projection technology to show off its collection. Water is sprayed approximately 5 stories into the air and images are projected from behind onto it. The effect is a video that feels holographic. Head past the break for a video of it in action. Models were shot wearing the clothing against a green screen and then a virtual New York City environment was created for their surroundings. The cost of the show is said to be substantial but experts believe the expense is likely worth it.

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