Inflating Skirts and Diode Dresses

I absolutely love this collection of intoxicatingly strange and ingenious art/fashion pieces, created by ex-Project Runway contestant and imaginative designer Diana Eng as part of her Fairytale Fashion educational program. The program is a brilliant and innovative series of video showcases that document Eng's creation of a collection of cutting edge fashion proto-types, using laser cutters, 3D printers and electronics, as well as a variety of other techniques. Each piece is not only beautiful, but incredibly inventive and often deliciously surprising too. Keep watching the video until the end for a skirt that gently  releases peace balloons like clouds as the model walks along...

 

 

To find out how all these pieces were constructed and thought out, go and spend a fun hour or two watching the rest of the videos on FairytaleFashion.org, where all the technological adventures of Diana and her team are carefully  recorded for your perusal.

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I would also recommend a trip to Diana's personal website DianaEng.com, to have a look at her design collection, featuring fortune cookie purses made from vintage leather and gorgeous 'laser lace' T-shirts.

There you will also find details about Diana's intriguing book, Fashion Geek, which reveals more of the secrets of digital design, and includes step-by-step guides to help you construct your own techno-fashion.

( Also 'Fashion Geek' is just such a very cool title. And a clever term too. It probably describes quite a lot of us...)

 

About the Designer: 

Educated at RISD in apparel design, Diana Eng started her career as a designer on Bravo’s Project Runway, Season 2. Diana worked as an assistant designer at Generra but left the company to pursue a career working with more experimental fashion. She found her niche in Victoria’s Secret research and development department. The department created new innovation for mass market (including Beauty Secrets bust firming bra and Memory Fit).


In 2009, Eng received a grant from Rhizome and an artist residency from Eyebeam Art and Technology Center to create fashion prototypes using laser cutters, 3-d printers, and electronics for her educational program FairytaleFashion.org. Diana started her ready-to-wear line Diana Eng in 2010, and continues working to bring new innovation in fashion to market. (
From DianaEng.com)

 

For more innovative designers, interesting programs and useful resources visit:

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Best wishes!

Natalie x

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