Role Of Technology And Sustainability In Fashion

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Donna Karan, New York based fashion designer strongly believes that technology is the future of fashion.
IRIS VAN HERPEN’S RUNWAY EXPERIMENTS
Iris Van Herpen, ‘fashion alchemist’ has brilliantly explored the dynamic relationship between science and digital world. She firmly believes that technology is not a source for inspiration, it's like a tool for transforming your techniques. Her AW14 collection based on human Installation entitled as Biopiracy reached to great climax when in voyeuristic display mannequin-like models were vacuum-packed in plastic and were suspended above the ground at several feet level. It was a larger than life experiment for the designer.
Hamish Morrow, south-African born designer who is famous for his ideas based work showcased his SS 2004 …show more content…

Technology and sustainability in fashion have contrasting ideals and shares a symbiotic relationship. Technology is the base that enables sustainability in fashion to thrive and grow in today’s world as they go hand in hand. The role played by technology in this sustainable fashion realm starts from the physical manifestation of sustainable fashion garments which includes textiles along with the digital domain.
The demand for cheap, fast and disposable clothing has emerged in the society and there is where technology is playing its biggest and the greatest role with the perfection by streamlining the design, manufacturing and consumption. Technology is the basic and foremost necessity for building the physical outline of fashion.
Eco-tech fashion, where sustainability melds itself with the manufacturing and production process. However, it is interesting to know that ecological technology is encouraging sustainable fashion through production and the use of polymers. With the increasing need of better sustainable fashion in the world, hard work and research went into the production of ecological

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