3D fashion printing is a collaboration
between Loughborough University, industry and
brand to realise the manufacture of
garments through additive manufacturing.
The fashion and the textile industry is
still very much based on 19th century
technology and while it's been improved
in terms of its efficiency and its
output, it still produces a hell of a lot
of waste and we have the opportunity here
to radically change how textiles and
garments are actually manufactured.
Especially with Loughborough
we get them to participate in this.
It helps us to see whether our DNA
will match or not and a lot of idea that
we started with gets dropped off but only a
few like this works and it excites and
it makes us really really really
interested and want to be the person to
make it wearable, to make it usable.
The retail aspects could change
radically in terms of personalization
and customization. 3D printing is a
digital technology and if you link that
up with something like 3D body scanning
then you can quickly see how you can
establish a system where you could get a
tailored experience to a personalised
garment every single time.
The long-term aims of the project are to really
revolutionise how we go about designing
and manufacturing textiles and garments
and to create a more sustainable way to
minimise our impact on the planet and its
resources.
