Printed clothing – high fashion or ready-to-wear. How hard is to copy a clothing item printed with a 3D printer?
by Kasia Gola
Creation of the SHIGO brand – a dress made with a marker
SHIGO fashion designers from Hong Kong utilized 3Doodler markers to create a one-of-a-kind dress with a marine design. They have printed it out on a fabric and then applied it onto a mannequin. For the last phase, every millimeter of it was covered by a synthetic material with 3Doodler.
Why is it difficult to copy 3D prints?
Firstly: it’s the artists (or geeks) who do the printing
The artistic sphere is putting the brakes on the scalability of such collections. These are not clothes one can display in one’s 3D model shop, allowing for clients to print them out in their houses (or a printing house). These are handcrafted works of art. Every such undertaking gets a lot of media publicity, as the artists who utilize this technique are still of a relatively small number.
Secondly: technological limitations of 3d printing
Though the 3D printer market is experiencing a rapid growth, the available devices are far from perfect. Printing out objects takes a very long time, especially when one is printing large items, like clothes. Furthermore, every such product still must be hand finished, because thus far no such printer has been produced which would enable a 100% automation of printing very complex shapes and patterns. Also, the spectrum of materials used for printing is still expanding, and even though there already exist companies who are developing new fabrics, it’s going to be a while before somebody develops durable cotton for 3D printers.
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