Futuristic textiles

Located adjacent to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, AFFOA is a one-stop shop of sorts — a laboratory, brain trust, weaving, knitting, prototype development from fiber to end product are among the 45-person group’s capabilities.

Hong Kong Young Fashion Designers’ Contest The Hong Kong Young Fashion Designers’ Contest (YDC), which is open to Hong Kong residents with training or experience in fashion design, is considered by many a rite of passage for local designers who want to challenge themselves and gain exposure on the global stage.Over the years, the role of YDC has evolved alongside Hong Kong’s garment and fashion industries. For years, the contest proved successful at discovering talent, such as Barney Chen

Clear Plastic Dress - fashion armour; transparency; sculptural fashion // Vaillo +Irigaray

Iris Van Herpen

Workshop on Interactive Textiles, Copenhagen 2006 The main issue of the workshop is to look at experience with and learn from situations of communication through what we wear and bring that to a higher or different level through the combination of computer technology and the materiality of fabric. The achievement is to develop systems of […]

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