A glimpse into a possible future of garment manufacturing technology (an industry that needs materials innovation with increasingly obvious desperation) came this week courtesy of stage designer Michael Schmidt and model Dita Von Teese, who debuted the design at none other than the NYC outpost of the Ace Hotel:

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  • Albert Sanchez

I think it’s pretty hot, personally, but now for the science!: “The dress is made of powdered nylon, a flexible, fabric-like substance that’s most often used for architectural modeling… The dress was then polished and lacquered black and covered with 12,000 black Swarovski crystals.”

Marjorie Skinner is the Portland Mercury's Managing Editor, author of the weekly Sold Out column chronicling the area's independent fashion and retail industry, and a frequent contributor to the film and...

2 replies on “The World’s First 100% 3D Printed Dress”

  2. If it was polished, then lacquered, and then covered with 12,000 crystals, this is NOT a 3-D printed dress. This thing didn’t come out of a hopper, ready to wear. Sounds like it took a lot more work than a normal dress.

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