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FINALLY,
3D-PRINTING CLOTHES
JULIA DAVIY’S PASSION FOR DESIGN DROVE HER TO A COURSE IN DESIGN THINKING AND INNOVATION AT THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA DARDEN SCHOOL OF BUSINESS WHERE SHE TOOK A MAJOR IN DESIGN THINKING. kPHOTOGRAPHY COURTESY OF
VITA ZAMCHEVSKA.
U.S. that not only uses the technology of large printing format but also displays a true everyday clothing look that is functional, fabulously delicate and wearable for women. The 3D printing process allows the fine regulation of thickness, shape, pattern, and color. Julia has mastered these techniques in the production of two 3D printed suits, and bespoke dresses and skirts, combining 2 different filaments for printing. “My main goal is to change the way clothes are produced. To evolve the clothing production industry and
ARE WEARABLE
Julia Daviy
to turn women who buy clothes from consumers into creators with unlimited possibilities to customize.” States 3D Printing Fashion Designer Julia Daviy. “That is what we get with the adoption of 3d printing software and hardware technologies for the clothing industry. Besides working on making 3d printed clothes wearable and flexible, we are working on simplifying the software, so that it could be accessible to every woman, who wants to create or customize a 3d design of her e.g. ideal dress, and next - she can print it in our facility and this piece of clothing will be delivered to her shortly.”
Julia’s process is exceptionally different from those who have come before her as she prints each piece of clothing in 2-4 parts using large-scale printing technology. The majority most of her collection is printed on the industrial large-format FDM 3D printers using TPU materials. She is also experimenting with flexible resin and SLA technology which permits her to print complex design shapes easily with almost no postprocessing. Her predecessors in the 3D printed fashion game are known for printing with small-scale printers, cutting, splitting and gluing multiple times over, thus assembling their piece of clothing from many small separate parts. For Julia, her large printing format means a minimum of handwork and post-processing, with the highest-level quality of 3d printed fashion in the industry. She single-handedly produces all three stages of 3D printing herself. Including designing the pieces from scratch. Printing her pieces using large-scale technology, mainly using 2 technologies of 3d printing - FDM
NOVEMBER / DECEMBER 2018
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