Week 4 Expression and Identitiy

Week 4 Presentation: Here

Class Notes

“What you wear is a part of your identity, and identity is, well, pretty darn political. Social movements, class, and our gender roles influence (intentionally or not) the way we choose to represent ourselves, and throughout history, revolutions have played out inside of closets, on feet, or by a hemline. ”

–How Fashion Has Helped Shape Revolution, LEILA BRILLSON

• White T-shirts with prints:

  • I Love NY

  • Comme des Garçons Play

  • Supreme

• Dior Spring 2018, Maria Grazia Chiuri

• Le Smoking, Yves Saint Laurent

• From Fashion to Fashion Technology:
  • Prints >> LED, color-changing ink
  • Textiles >> Kinetic textiles
  • Silhouette >> Shape-changing garments
  • More
• Social Textiles, MIT Media Lab
• Unseen
• Caress of the Gaze, Behnaz Farahi
• Ying Gao
• Kino, MIT Media Lab
• LED Apparels
  • 2008 CuteCircuit Galaxy Dress
  • 2009 CLIMATE DRESS
  • 2013 Perfume「Spring of Life」
  • 2013 Little Boots’ Cyber Cinderella LED Dress
  • 2015 Fiber Optic Slip Dress (Tinkerbell Dress)
  • 2015 Zac Posen x Made w/ Code LED Dress
  • 2016 CAT Clutch LED Handbag
  • 2017 2415 Fiber Optic T-shirt
    • More info on Mashable
  • 2018 Sketcher Luminator Light up Shoes
  • 2018 Constanza + LAB Spring Summer 2019 Fashion Show
• Exhibition:Items: Is Fashion Modern? Publication

Assignment

• Creating a garment to express a message/information/data to people around you. 2-weeks assignment. Project show & tell on March 11.
• Mandatory sewing machine session w/ Jingwen, Sandy or Idith