The future of fashion - 3D printing

We are moving into a new era within the fashion industry to which is seeing man made methods of creating products such as sewing, knitting and weaving being taken out by new digital software which allows you to design and create your own products entirely digitally. 3D printing allows the consumer to become the factory with its 3D scanning technology to which is bespoke to bodyshape and allows you to create increasingly fluid and flexible shapes. As well as this, you can even create your own 3D product from the comfort of your own home with the help of a home 3D printer that costs less than £1000, this making it accessible to any consumer.

Dutch fashion designer Iris van Herpen has established herself as the pioneer of 3D printed fashion. She created a dress that Time magazine declared as one of the 50 best inventions of 2011. Her bold work with materials and stratasys make for futuristic designs which have become synonymous within the 3D printing industry. At Paris Fashion Week, Iris van Herpen showcased her latest collection of 3D printed apparel- her SS15 ready to wear collection which was titled "Magnetic Motion" that is claimed to have been inspired by the attractive and repulsive forces of magnetism.

Her designs are entirely unique and innovative, the use of soft layering mixed with bold geometric shapes make for a show stopping collection in which brings something new and exciting to the catwalk that has never been seen before.