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“For me, the whole aspect of taking something outside the form of the wearer or the body is to understand that there are multiple dimensions to a personality, and it cannot be contained in a single structure of skin and bones. I feel that there is an aura, an entire halo in every organism; that’s exactly what my understanding of 3D is. I think there is a certain beauty; something that you are wearing lingers in the air even after you have left it, and that is what I tried to showcase
through our 3D collection and designs- to find a way to bring out a new dimension in the wearer.”
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“With our 3D collection, we have taken our drive to be more sustainable up a notch. We’ve looked hundreds of years into the future and cast aside a lot of plastic to create newer, more thoughtful textiles. While the brand has always used recycled polymer as strips, this collection sees it in full-moulded form. We have also used recycled sequin tubes, corded ruffles and moulded acrylic to create structures representing our brand DNA. Techniques such as pleating, ribbing through the polymer, plissé, fine draping, and 3D embroideries in the collection serve as a reminder of our commitment to innovation in craftsmanship.”
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Gaurav Gupta
“I am obsessed with form and sculpture. For me, fashion is an art form, and I see infinity in everything. Nature and the many sciences of the human form are endlessly inspiring. The innate need to explore and experiment translates very organically to my sculptural design language. For me, fashion is multifaceted – It is not only textiles but a reflection of Art, architecture, culture, nature and everything around us.”
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“The Future of fashion is very multidimensional. It is becoming more and more individualistic – it’s almost like every individual’s universe is coming into its own fashion. Fashion is becoming an expression of who they are and what they want their work to reflect. There’s no limit to what you can achieve once you apply technology and science to your craft.”
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3. Digital Clothing
The Fabricant is one of the world’s first digital fashion house, creating 3D garments and fashion stories that are non-physical and futuristic. Their core belief is that fashion should waste nothing but data and exploit nothing but imagination. It channels the power of the digital medium to assemble a path for futuristic fashion that functions without physical restrictions. There are no actual garments but a virtual concept that will help you clone into their designs, making ingenious concepts with fashion. In a detailed summary, Michaela Lacrosse – head of creative strategy and communications, talk about the cult label’s power moves to make fashion a virtual reality.
“When The Fabricant was established in 2018, fashion was the last major creative industry to digitise. If you think of any other industries such as film, music or photography, they all had strongly established digital cultures already. Fashion was clinging to old school thinking and resistant to futuristic technology as a means to disrupt its behaviour, but there was clearly a need for it to happen.”
“All of our work is created in our digital atelier, which uses high-resolution screens, not scissors and cutting tables, to bring our pieces to existence. The conceptual process for our work is similar to that of a traditional fashion house in that we create mood boards and samples of designs, but the entire process is digital; nothing physical is ever used. Our digital fashion team is classically trained to understand the drape and fit of real fabrics, but they have all transitioned their skills into purely creating in a 3D software such as CLO. When the designs have been conceptualised, they are ‘stitched’ together in 3D to create fully realised digital garments that are worked to a high level of craft and finished to make them flawless and hyper-real futuristic.”
“Our planetary circumstances demand that we rethink our relationship with fashion. We need to stop creating endless collections that require us to deplete precious natural resources and ultimately end up in the landfill. Digital fashion is a means to express yourself and explore your identity without the boundaries of the physical world, so it’s this limitless creative playground where you can be anything you want to be, and it’s a place that everyone should feel comfortable participating in. Digital clothes are for all genders, all body types and all sizes, and you can be free from the limitations of reality. You can wear a suit made of flames or a dress made of thunderstorms, so it creatively exciting and opens up a new palate of expression that just isn’t possible in the real world.”
Research: Siddhi Dolas and Shaeroy Chinoy
