Is this the future of fashion? First-ever 4D dress created using a printer is unveiled

The London Daily Mail ^ | December 14, 2014 | Bianca London

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As many women know only too well, finding a dress that fits like a glove is no easy task.

But a new dress, created using a 3D printer, may be the answer to every woman's style woes.

A design studio have used 3D printing technology to create an innovative dress customised to a woman’s body.

The dress, which costs a staggering £1,900 ($3,000) to print, features 2,279 printed panels interconnected by 3,316 hinges.

Creators Nervous System call it a ‘4D dress’ as, like fabric, the printed garment can go from a compressed object to its intended shape.

Jessica Rosenkrantz, co-founder and creative director, revealed the garment took approximately 48 hours to print....

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Full title: Is this the future of fashion? First-ever 4D dress created using a printer is unveiled - but it takes 48 hours and costs £1,900 to make

[MUDDOG]

create an innovative dress customised to a woman’s body

I hear it had "printer out" on Mary Landrieu's.

[knarf]

The link is soft porn but the technology SEEMS interesting.

ANY slinky model type can / will look terrific in almost ANY dress.

Show me a HILLARY! type in one of those and THEN see if you can advertise / sell it

[Jack Hydrazine]

They are printing with nylon. The new Lulzbot Mini 3d printer will be able to print with nylon as well as PLA, ABS, tritan, polycarbonate, and t-glass as well as some plastics that mimic wood, stone, and bronze.

[Wyrd bið ful aræd]

What’s at the link?

[Mr. K]

you had me at ‘soft porn’

[Tucker39]

I’ve never been known as a “detail” guy, but, did anyone else notice that the model is pigeon-toed?

[Forward the Light Brigade]

Need four D Shoes that fit the foot perfectly!

[TribalPrincess2U]

At least she has under garments on.
Doesn’t mean everyone will.

[InterceptPoint]

4D!!!
I would prefer 2D or even better yet, 1D. A perfect fit every time. One size fits all.

[MNDude]

You can kind of see the model’s underwear through the dress. Not too porny IMO.

[knarf]

What's fascinating about 3D in general and this pattern in particular is, the dress is "put together" by computer ... many pieces hinged to each other ... then "folded up" (also in the computer) to a compact package that is then scanned and is printed as a smaller bundle (as opposed to a large 5' by 3', flattened out size / shape)

The powder materiel is in a bin about 1 foot cube (not exact, but given as a reference) and the dress is retrieved from the powder, unfolded and worn.

Pretty ingenious.

[shove_it]

... did anyone else notice that the model is pigeon-toed?

NO!

[bgill]

Uh, looks like it left out half the dress.

[Bigg Red]

How many real women are going to wear a dress that looks like that?

Also, there is something odd about the photo. I examined it closely — I am a woman, so it was just curiosity and not prurience— and it looks like the part of the model that is (somewhat) covered by the dress is actually a store mannequin.

[Bigg Red]

She is not really pigeon-toed. For some stupid reason, some models stand in dumb poses like that.

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

Ok...wait...wait...wait. 3D printing produces a product that has height, width and depth. Dimensions 1, 2 and 3.

So a dress that is a 4D dress has an additional dimension in time?

Is that akin to the Infinite Improbability Drive whose inventor was able to make the hostess's undergarments jump 3 feet to the left at a party?

Or...did I not read the salient points in the entire article? (Yes, I am a student of Lazamataz when it comes to posting before reading the entire article.)

[BushCountry]

I could get behind this dress.

[HiTech RedNeck]

That much dough for a plastic basket...

[Tax-chick]

Yeah, really. I thought it might be interesting, but blah.