Stratasys partners with designers threeASFOUR
and Travis Fitch at New York Fashion Week to showcase commercial
possibilities of 3D printing directly on clothing
New York Fashion Week witnessed a breakthrough technique with
the unveiling of 3D printing directly on fabric, thanks to 3D
printing leader Stratasys (Nasdaq:SSYS) and the esteemed fashion
designers threeASFOUR and Travis Fitch. The ‘Chro-Morpho’
collection, inspired by the microscopic colors and light filtering
of butterfly and insect wings, was unveiled at threeASFOUR’s
fall/winter runway show.
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Stratasys collaborated with designers
threeASFOUR and Travis Fitch for breakthrough Chro-Morpho
Collection, featuring 3D printed fashion at New York Fashion Week
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Designers have used 3D printing in fashion for several years;
however, printed elements have been created separately and affixed
to garments. Stratasys sees the technique of printing directly on
textiles, which provides unparalleled flexibility and integrity, as
the key to creating modern, functional apparel and unlocking 3D
printing’s commercial viability in the fashion industry.
“Within the next two years, I believe consumers will be able to
purchase an array of 3D-printed garments from high-fashion brands,”
said Stratasys Art, Design and Fashion Director Naomi Kaempfer.
“And the result will be access to an explosion of unique color and
texture combinations that are simply not possible through
traditional methods.”
The ‘Chro-Morpho’ collection shown during Fashion Week evokes
the beauty and color morphology of insects. “We’ve created the
skin-like illusion of switching shades and depth to portray the
insect’s innate camouflage, color diversion and luminosity,” said
Adi Gill, co-founder and creative director of threeASFOUR. “With 3D
design and printing, we’ve embodied the fragility and light wing
movement of the butterfly. It’s a stunning display of nature,
fashion and technology.”
One Greta-Oto dress from the collection, for example, uses a
Stratasys-engineered lenticular effect to play with light and
color. By printing spherical, fish scale-sized cells made of
photopolymers directly onto polyester fabric, the color of the
dress shifts with each small movement. The thousands of cells on
the dress’s 27 parts consist of a clear lens with strips of color
contained inside. 3D-printing takes approximately 17 hours.
Designers used the Stratasys J750 PolyJet™ printer, also making
its Fashion Week debut, to add the polymers to the material. The
J750 printer can produce more than 500,000 combinations of colors,
textures, gradients and transparencies, and has the processing
power and finesse to handle the delicate geometries and microscopic
layers applied to the garments. This gives designers unlimited
design freedom and potentially enables end users to be involved in
the design. There are also tangible business benefits: A single 3D
printer can replace a wide variety of other manufacturing machines,
from 2D-printing to embroidery, thermoforming, foiling and
ultrasound. This saves apparel- and textile-makers space, cost and
time, including a simpler supply chain.
Kaempfer said the union of textiles and 3D printing is about
working in harmony with materials rather than replacing them.
“Soft, lithe fabric touches the skin, while 3D-printed designs
adorn the outer garment. This approach, developed through months of
collaboration and testing, was the only way to realize the
designers’ vision. It brings the intricacy, nuance and splendor of
the dresses to life.”
The project is a significant step in Stratasys’ work to merge
fashion and 3D printing — for high-end couture and, eventually,
series production. Along with threeASFOUR and Travis Fitch, the
company has collaborated with Iris van Herpen and other industry
luminaries. In addition, it recently announced a partnership with
Pantone to integrate the Pantone color matching system, the de
facto standard for designers, into Stratasys printers.
Stratasys is also providing its PolyJet technology to the
European Union Re-FREAM program, part of the broader Science,
Technology & the Arts (STARTS) initiative, to encourage
artists, designers, engineers and scientists to co-explore the use
of technology and 3D printing for the future of fashion.
“We are always looking to revolutionize manufacturing methods,
pioneer new design options, and inspire designers and students to
create without boundaries,” Kaempfer said. “Our mission is to
change the way people think about design and to redefine what’s
possible.”
After New York Fashion Week, the innovative Chro-Morpho
collection will travel to museums across the country. The
collection will be displayed at the Philadelphia Museum of Art’s
“Designs for Different Futures” exhibition beginning Oct. 21. The
collection will also visit the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis and
the Art Institute of Chicago in 2020.
Stratasys is a global leader in additive manufacturing or
3D printing technology and is the manufacturer of FDM® and PolyJet™
3D printers. The company’s technologies are used to create
prototypes, manufacturing tools, and production parts for
industries, including aerospace, automotive, healthcare, consumer
products and education. For 30 years, Stratasys products have
helped manufacturers reduce product-development time, cost, and
time-to-market, as well as reduce or eliminate tooling costs and
improve product quality. The Stratasys 3D printing ecosystem of
solutions and expertise includes: 3D printers, materials, software,
expert services, and on-demand parts production. Online at:
www.stratasys.com, http://blog.stratasys.com and LinkedIn.
Stratasys, PolyJet, and J750 are trademarks of Stratasys Ltd.
and/or its affiliates. All other trademarks are the property of
their respective owners, and Stratasys assumes no responsibility
with regard to the selection, performance, or use of these
non-Stratasys products.
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