The American brand ThreeASFOUR has printed photopolymers directly on textile, to recreate the play of light on butterflies wings, in collaboration with the company Stratasys, aimed at popularizing the use of additive manufacturing in the world of fashion.  

By Ludmilla Intravaia  

3D printing in fashion is not new. One uses additive manufacturing (by successive accumulation of materials layers) to create, for instance, specific parts which are then integrated into the fabric to create garments. But on the occasion of its SS20 collection, entitled Human Plant, the artistic trio of ThreeASFOUR, a New York brand well known for fusing technology and traditional know-how, aroused interest by using 3D printing, in a new way, by directly printing photopolymers on textiles. The photopolymers of the Greta Oto dress (named after a butterfly with transparent wings), refracting light from different angles, recreate the illusion of colors play in the lepidoptera delicate wings, with each movement of the fabric. Watch ThreeASFOUR's SS20 fashion show in New York on September 11, 2019, below.  

The Greta Oto dress, designed with 3D designer Travis Fitch, is part of the Chro-Morpho collaborative collection of Stratasys, an American company specializing in 3D printing, aiming to popularize the use of additive manufacturing in the world of fashion. Watch the dress genesis, in the video below.

* ThreeASFOUR website is here. Travis Fitch’s design studio website is here and Stratasys website is there. 

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