Animatronic fashion is here

Whenever fashion and technology meet, the end result is usually a bit absurd, a bit playful: take fashion phones for instance. This time round, the fusion has been approached from the perspective of a fashion designer called Hussein Chalayan with the result being a mesmerizing collection of clothes that elegantly redesign themselves thanks to complex, hidden animatronics. In one design, hundreds of concealed swarovski crystals appear from nowhere to completely change the image of a dress; another shows a dress turn smoothly into a frilly hat. Practicality certainly isn't the appeal here -- the dress / hat combo leaves the wearer completely nekkid -- but surely this is the first step towards clothes that adapt to our environment, and look good doing it too.

[Via BoingBoing]

[bigal Posted Oct 8th 2006 1:57PM]

The girl is way too thin.

Lets see a dress with a built in vending machine. Now thats fashion and functionality.

"How much are the Milk Duds?"

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 8th 2006 3:49PM]

Uhh, you should see the "outfit" they showcase at slide number 36 (of 37) of the runway presentation. I don't believe that would be wearable in public! Nice hat though :)

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 8th 2006 6:12PM]

It's #36/37 for the curious ones.

[logic368 Posted Oct 8th 2006 12:49PM]

is that a real person?

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 8th 2006 12:51PM]

EEK! its an expressionless robot!... no sorry, just a normal runway drone, once again, sorry, "model".

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 8th 2006 1:05PM]

There's a great "I, for one, welcome..." joke in here somewhere.

Is it just me, or does that woman look like Barbie below the waist?

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 8th 2006 1:39PM]

video here:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=uTFl0rNNQrY

amazing.

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 8th 2006 1:41PM]

I see Paris, I see France, I see a pair of underpants!

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 8th 2006 2:18PM]

sweet

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 8th 2006 2:27PM]

That model is unhealthily thin, just look at the poor girl's legs :S

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 8th 2006 3:18PM]

I've got it!

"I, for one, welcome our dress-devouring hat overlords."

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 8th 2006 3:36PM]

That dress makes her look fat.

[TIMMAH Posted Oct 8th 2006 4:22PM]

"She's hawt!"

[Ferny Posted Oct 8th 2006 4:45PM]

that dress would be cool if it doubled as a solar panel with a usb port. ha ha ha.

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 8th 2006 6:34PM]

this add to the new meaning of "wardrobe malfunction"

[Foo Bar Posted Oct 8th 2006 6:46PM]

Hussein Chalayan makes beautiful clothes... *sigh*

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 9th 2006 12:22AM]

You are... DERELICT!

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 9th 2006 11:16AM]

A couple of the animatronic dresses were neat, specifically the Victorian one that transformed to a flapper dress(didn't like it as much as a flapper dress), and the long, white one that transformed to a skirt and zipped itself up.

But... I don't really like much of his "normal" clothes, and don't see all that big a deal with a few animatronic pull-string dresses. Just more fabric draped over a body, except that's hugely expensive.

And some of those models were waaaay too thin.

[Avantime Posted Oct 10th 2006 5:21AM]

That's what haute couture is for! Expensive dresses that nobody will wear.

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 9th 2006 11:35AM]

I wonder if these things can be programmed to force my wife to exercise and clean the house?