In this unbelievable 3-D printed dress , burlesque performer Dita Von Teese looks like a cross between the beautiful robot and the artistic creation nouveau buildings from 1920s scifi movie Metropolis . Not surprisingly , one of the clothes ’ designers was an architect .
Here ’s the Metropolis robot . Note the shoulder .
And here ’s the iconic citiscape from the same flick . Both the robot this central building feature the eminent berm and nipped waist look of Von Teese ’s dress . No , really — look at that construction ’s shape and grain . This dress is surprisingly similar .
accord toMy Modern Met :
The spectacular garment is made of 17 singly printed pieces with 3,000 articulated joints . To further glamourize the piece , the interior decorator adorned the netted pattern with 12,000 black Swarovski crystals . Created by designer Michael Schmidt and architect Francis Bitonti , in collaboration withShapeways , the sinister nightie boasts an ease in movement that pave the way for future 3D - printed style .
The Fibbonaci - inspired outfit is given its fluidity in gesture through its printed hinge mesh blueprint . While the wonderment of 3D - printing engineering make it possible for pulverised Nylon to transform into a three - dimensional garment , it is the comprehension of the carefully plan articulation that turns the pliant garb into a stuff that ring the tractability of textiles .
Schmidt enunciate :
The fluidness of the joint is all 3D - print , layer upon layer of ok powdered nylon within the preheated chamber , based on information by the CAD data file . The laser ‘ sinters ’ the nylon into form , a process acknowledge as quality laser sintering , or SLS . It ’s an word fabric build into the 3D photographic print itself . It ’s something that ’s never been done . What Francis and Shapeways have achieve here is unfeignedly remarkable . ”
And here ’s what the material wait like when it comes out of the printer .
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