News | Brooke Roberts Sarah Simpson is a lawyer focused on technology at Taylor Vinters, London. It was while presenting at the inaugural FashTech conference in London that we happened to meet this incredible woman. Having taken a great interest in Brooke's presentation, Sarah met Brooke after the event. Since then she has become our go to person for all things legal within the creative and technology realms. We met up with Sarah at Tower 42 in London for the shoot and styled Sarah in our Maurits dress. BROOKE ROBERTS: WHAT GOT YOU INTERESTED IN YOUR FIELD OF WORK? BR: WAS YOUR CAREER PATH A STRAIGHT LINE OR MORE OF A WANDERING TRAIL? BR: WHAT DREW YOU TO THE INDUSTRY, AND MORE SPECIFICALLY, WHAT MADE YOU WANT TO BECOME IMMERSED IN TECHNOLOGY? BR: WHAT IS YOUR FAVOURITE ASPECT OF YOUR WORK? BR: WITH THE RECENT TECHNOLOGICAL BOOM, HOW HAS THE LEGAL LANDSCAPE CHANGED? BR: WHAT PIECE OF ADVICE WOULD YOU OFFER TO THOSE LOOKING TO FOLLOW A SIMILAR CAREER PATH? BR: WHO INSPIRED YOU MOST IN YOUR FORMATIVE YEARS?
What We Do — FashTech FashTech® aims to drive creative partnerships between fashion and technology start-ups and provide a platform for the latest innovations to be showcased to leading brands and retailers. Since February 2014, we began revolutionizing the fashion technology world; one event at a time. First London, then spreading to San Francisco, and now our latest project - FashTech NYC which launched this September. With over 10,000 members in the FashTech community, with interests spanning from wearable technology, to e-commerce and even 3D body scanning: 2014 was an interesting year for fashion tech with 2015 looking to be bigger and better! We aim to provide a platform for startups and leverage creative partnerships for fashion tech creativity, with our guests at the events ranging from start-ups, investors and of course fashion tech fanatics. Be part of it... click here
Pauline van Dongen's "Ruff" is a 3D-Printed Collar With a Life of Its Own Ruff is a new 3D printed responsive collar by Pauline van Dongen, who is pushing the forefront of wearables. Working with architect Behnaz Farahi, the two crafted flexible wearables that can move on their own with the help of nitinol and a small electric signal. Inspired by historic fashions of ruffled collars from 16th and 17th centuries, this 3D printed wearable is a look into how fashion can help us interact through movement. Pauline van Dongen has completed a number of intriguing wearable technology projects in recent times including Vigour, a smart cardigan for those advancing in age, and she recently unveiled a chic solar panel shirt to charge your phone. Her latest project, Ruff debuted at the 2015 SXSW when van Dongen talked about the future of 3D printed wearables. RELATED | Pauline van Dongen’s “Solar Shirt” is a Chic Phone Charger You Wear Van Dongen has also experimented with flexible, 3D printed sleeves that respond and flex when moved. + Ruff + Pauline van Dongen
Seamless | FabTextiles Seamless: Digital Fabrication jacket uses a variety of digital and analog tools. With the use of digital computing and fabrication methods we are able to rapidly prototype and assemble new designs. You can use any 2D or 3D software to create patterns ready for cutting. The machines allow a us a wide range of possibilities, so try to take advantage of the accuracy, precision, and repetitions these machines can achieve. Recomended Tools & Materials: Sewing Machine, Needle & Thread, Laser Cutter, Fabric (3meters), Pattern Most materials are suitable for this application, and depending on the type of effect you would like to create, a stiffer material, preferably felt, neoprene, firm interlock knit, will stay in place, where a chiffon or silk will have more mobility. Digital Tooling: Find your pattern. Small scale! Rescale your model and fit your pieces within the constraints of the material as well as the laser cut and send your file. Fit and pin your final pieces together and sew! Laser cut
KOBAKANT HOW TO GET WHAT YOU WANT Welcome to the KOBAKANT DIY Wearable Technology Documentation Workshops least likely scenario This workshop is part of a course at the Ernst Busch Hochschule in Berlin. It is only open to students in the departments of Spiel&&Objekt. Workshops soft sensors for soft bodies FURTHER_READING_WATCHING_LISTENING_ Elektronische Textilien als Material und Werkzeug_ Hannah Perner-Wilson, Irene Posch, 2020 “Welche Fasern leiten Strom? Workshops connecting bubbles This semester, we are sitting in a strange bubble at home. Sensors 6 really wearable sensors The textile sensors on our website are often not designed to be manipulated with your hands. Workshops soft interactive technologies This workshop is a part of a course at the Art Academy Weissensee Berlin. Workshops ETextile Adventures This workshop is part of a course at the Ernst Busch Hochschule in Berlin. Sensors Sole Sensing Rather simple way of making insoles with 3 pressure sensors located at different pressure points of the foot on the ground. Sensors
What is Fashion Tech? | Third Wave Fashion There’s no doubt about it: the fashion tech space has exploded. It has, by my count, 595 billion google search results, seven dedicated meetup groups with thousands of attendees, a half dozen conferences, and a dedicated startup accelerator. Further, we at Third Wave Fashion, track over 500 fashion tech startups in our own database. This space is big and expanding fast. But what, exactly, does “fashion tech” mean in these contexts? In short, it describes tech startups that are focused on the fashion world. But it’s not quite that simple. Here at Third Wave Fashion, we use a three-legged stool analogy. In 2010, when we came into existence as a company, we still spoke about things like big data and complex algorithms referring to them as cutting edge technologies. It’s important to note that we’re not talking about wearable tech here. Fashion tech startups exist online, but many of them combine offline elements as well. Fashion tech startups are building and making useful large data sets.
Display - d-torso Paper craft by Aki Co.,Ltd. The d-torso Mini ADAM & EVE Towers are constructible cardboard craft models made of precision laser-cut parts. The d-torso EVE is made of 123 pieces, and ADAM of 128. With no glue or scissors required for assembly, the models are designed for everyone’s building enjoyment. The d-torso was originally invented by Yuki Matsuoka in 1998 to support his wife’s exhibition of knitwear, and the human shape has been its driving theme ever since. We have developed original technology to shape models of objects not by their outer surfaces, but in precision slices. While we have applied that technology to creating animals, machines and other types of structures for the last 15 years, the root has always been the human form. The d-torso does not have outer surfaces or skin. The d-torso Mini ADAM & EVE Towers are miniature versions of the original EVE Tower & ADAM Tower.
The Plant Shoe | Official Native Shoes™ Store Native Shoes plants the seed for a new frontier in footwear design with a limited-edition ground-breaking, 100% sustainable, biodegradable plant-based shoe. The Plant Shoe sets the bar as the absolute first of its kind on the planet. When it comes down to Earth, materials matter immensely. That’s why The Plant Shoe is 100% Earth friendly, entirely produced from ingredients that are completely biodegradable, commercially compostable and absolutely animal-free. Learn about each key ingredient, its benefits and the plant-based origins that make each of them special. Sourced in the Philippines, pineapple husks are saved from being discarded waste and instead transformed into an ultra-sustainable textile. One of the oldest and most veritable natural materials used in the world. Originating from Africa, Kenaf is an exceptional, long staple fibre that needs no chemical intervention in its processing. Transformative and multi-functional. Learn more about the making of The Plant Shoe
Offcut One - Isabel Fletcher Offcut One Offcut One is a celebration of discarded materials, translated into a clothing collection. Isabel Fletcher has used a variety of British wool, hemp, linen and bamboo, as well as making bespoke buttons from Parblex by Chip[S]Board. Using these sustainable and organic materials, the collection explores colours and bold shapes seen in the layering of waste materials in a workshop. MaterialsBritish Wool, Hemp, Linen, Bamboo, Parblex Date of ProductionApril 2018 The ethos of this project is to make people see offcuts not as waste, but as potential for further design. Studio Isabel Fletcher believes we have to aim to maximize the materials we use in order to do justice to where they came from.
Laser cutting makes it mark on fashion Laser cutting makes it mark on fashion Spring / Summer 2021 sees bold new textile technique making waves Would it be reaching to suggest the transparency we are yearning for right now (after months of opaque leadership and confusion) had already manifested in the SS20 collections by way of clothes that you could actually see right through? To celebrate its 10 year anniversary this summer, Akris produced a new version of its signature Ai bag in laser cut black leather gird. ‘To create the new laser-cut Ai bag, two layers of cervocalf leather are bonded together and through a high-tech laser procedure the pattern is cut out while the edges are colored at the same time to achieve a fully refined product. Above, Laser cut leather Ai bag by Akris. Elsewhere, Maison Martin Margiela’s precisely-crafted, single-breasted blazer in neoprene-coated wool has an intricate honeycomb pattern punched out of the fabric. Above, Perforated leather trainers by Geox.
CUTTING EDGE: LASER CUTTING TECH FOR FASHION AND DESIGN - The Designers Studio If you have ever watched an episode of Project Runway, one of the most stressful moments is when time is running out for the contestants before the runway show. Often a hot glue gun, pins, staplers and haphazard cutting pops up in a frenzy to get a ready garment for the judges to critic. But you know deep down that those hanging hems, rough seams or unbalanced patterns will get them an ‘Auf Wiedersehe’n from Heidi Klum. That’s because fashion has come so far that both designers and customers expect higher standards. Whether you’re tackling an intricate design or keeping things plain and simple, it’s the execution that matters. This series has unintentionally focused on 3D printing quite a bit, but one buzzword in the world of fashion and design that is also trying to create those immaculate standards is laser cutting. *Warning, some science-ee looking terms up ahead* Ready to wear Spring Summer 2011 Marchesa York September 2010 Kicks up the design complexity level Speed & Repeat-ability