Fabrics aren’t immune to the revolutionary transition the fashion industry is going through! We’ve seen so many examples of insane fabric features like colour changing, spraycan materials and even clothes that light up! Can’t wait to know more? Let’s go, straight in no kissin’ As part of the Spring-Summer 2023 edition of Paris Fashion Week. Bella Hadid finished Coperni's show with a sprayed-on dress, yes you read that right! The supermodel walked down the runway in basically the nip before the inventor of the patented spray-on technology Fabrican, Manel Torres and other scientists applied a misty liquid that turned into a wearable dress in less than 10 minutes. Charlotte Raymond, the label's head of design, then stepped onstage to manipulate the ensemble as it was still setting. The dress was seamless and had no hems and resembled a jersey material, as she moved effortlessly across the runway. (Samantha Tse, 2022) Because the substance can be cleaned, re-used, or even dissolved for re-spraying, Fabrican is really doing its bit for the planet. Fabrican has no ozone-unfriendly compounds, and the approach shrinks the industrial supply chain, causing it to be less wasteful, and minimises dependency on international component suppliers, lowering the carbon footprint. Fabrican is a Green Queen! Fabrican's technology enables companies to easily modify shape, size, texture, and colour to meet the needs of each customer. Commercialization of products and manufacturing processes is already underway, and the technology has been licensed to big-big brands! Fabrican is at the cutting edge of material science innovation, creating smart fabrics with nanotechnology, Spray-on fabrics free designers from the limits set by standard fabrics' need for cutting to size, sewing, and fitting. (Fabrican, 2022) Fashion designer Gaurav Gupta designed an Indian sari gown in collaboration with IBM's cognitive technology, Watson. They used white fabric with embedded lighting that covered the full dress to produce a cognitive dress. The lighting system uses AI technology to adjust the colours based on the mood of the wearer. This was made feasible by IBM Watson's tone and emotion recognition algorithms. (Shweta Gandhi, 2019) Kunihiko Morinaga's designs include material with colour changing photochromic properties that are manipulated by light. Morinaga was able to Incorporate the method into faux fur, velvet, lace, knits, jacquards, and satins, and that he wasn't previously capable to create shifting shades of colours like yellow, red, and purple. Morinaga used the philosophical idea of Umwelt (for you uncultured swine’s who didn't ace leaving cert German like me, that means ‘environment’) our perception of our environment is defined by our ability to perceive and argue that things are not always what they appear to be....spooky vibes. I just got chills. (Luke Leitch,2023) Sets of models appeared on stage sporting very similar outfits. One model was wearing what the front of the outfit and the other was wearing the back of the outfit. Two UV-emitting devices were dropped in front of the models. and the plain white oufits transformed into striking colours and designs. According to Morinaga, the clothes also respond to UV in sunshine, and the response varies according to the weather. So, instead of picking up a new dress for every occasion, we could have one that we can modify however we want? Girls, no more outfit repeating and no more breaking the bank! (Luke Leitch,2023) Well I don’t know about you girls bit I found this all fascinating! Fabric in a can, Mood reading fabric, and fabric that can change colour and design! Give me more Until next time Rebecca x References “Look of the Week: Bella Hadid's spray-on Coperni dress”. (Samantha Tse, 2022) https://edition.cnn.com/style/article/bella-hadid-coperni-spray-on-dress/index.html (Date accessed 28/03/2023) “Fabrican Technology: Fabrican forms instant non-woven fabrics from a spray” (Fabrican,2022) https://www.fabricanltd.com/about/technology/ (Date accessed 28/03/2023) “What is the future of Artificial Intelligence in fashion?” (Shweta Gandhi, 2019) https://www.vogue.in/content/what-is-the-future-of-artificial-intelligence-in-fashion (Date accessed 28/03/2023) “Anrealage FALL 2023 READY-TO-WEAR” (Luke Leitch,2023) https://www.vogue.com/fashion-shows/fall-2023-ready-to-wear/anrealage (Date Accessed, 28/03/2023)
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