CASE STUDY ON 3D PRINTED DRESSES BY PELEG

An Israeli fashion designer proved that “forget shopping, soon we will be able to download our clothes” (Peleg, 2015). Danit Peleg is born in 1988 in Israel. Danit Peleg is a fashion designer based in Tel-Aviv which created the first commercially available, 3D-printed clothing. Peleg studied Fashion Design at the Shenkar College of Engineering and Design. Her dissertation researched the possibility of 3D-printing clothes. In 2014, she designed her first 3D-printed jacket, the Liberate, after a lot of experimentation with different materials and setups. After this initial success, she created more designs to create a complete collection. After graduating in 2015, she started her own studio, via which she provides custom, 3D-printed designs for clients. In 2016, she designed a 3D-printed dress for Amy Purdy, who wore this dress during a dance performance during the opening ceremony of the Paralympics of 2016. In 2017, a limited edition set of 100 Bomber jackets were created. For $1500 apiece, clients could get their own customized jacket printed. Peleg organized a three-day workshop on 3D-printed fashion in 2018, where 15 students from all over the world could learn about her design process. That year she was also recognized as one of Europe's 50 most influential woman in tech by Forbes.

The interview of Peleg in New York in December 2015, "Past few months I have been traveling for a week at a time with only one suitcase of clothes. One day I was invited to an important event and I want to wear something special and new for it.

So, I looked through my suitcase and I could not find anything to wear. But, I was lucky to be at the technology conference on that day and I had access to 3D printers. So, I quickly designed a skirt on my computer and loaded the file on the printer. It just printed the pieces overnight, next morning I just took all the pieces assembled them together in my hotel room and this is actually the skirt that I’m wearing right now. 

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 So, it was not the first time that I printed clothes. For my senior collection at fashion design school, I decided to try, and 3D print an entire fashion collection from my home. The problem was that I barely knew anything about 3D printing and I had only nine months to figure out, “how to print five fashionable looks?” I always felt most creative when I worked from home.

I loved experimenting with new material and I always tried to develop new techniques to make the most unique textiles for my fashion project. I loved going to the old factories and weird stores in search of leftovers of strange powders and weird materials and then bring them home to experiment on it. As you probably imagine, my roommates did not like it at all. So, I decided to move on to working with big machines one that did not fit in my living room. I love the exact and the custom work I can do with all kind of fashion technologies like knitting machines and laser cutting and silk printing.

One summer break, I came here to New York for an internship at a fashion house in Chinatown. We worked on two incredible dresses that were 3D printed. They were amazing that you can see here. 

But, I had a few issues with them. They were made with some hard plastics and that’s why they were very breakable. The models could not even sit in them and they got scratched from the plastics under their arms. The designers had so much freedom to make the dresses look exactly like they wanted but still they were dependent on big and expensive industrial printers that were located in a lab far from their studios.

Later that year, a friend gave me a 3D printed necklace printed using a home printer.

 I knew that these printers were very cheaper and much more accessible that the ones we used at my internship. So, I looked at the necklace and then I thought “If I can print a necklace from home, why not my clothes from my home, too?” I really liked the idea that I would not have to go to the market and pick fabrics that someone else chose to sell. I could just design them and print them directly from home. I found a small marketspace, where I learned everything I know about 3D printing. Right away, they literally gave me the key to the lab, so I could experiment into night, every night.

The main challenge was to find the right filament for printing clothes with. So, “What is a filament?” Filament is the material you feed the printer with. I spent a month or so experimenting with “PAL” which is a hard and scratchy breakable material. The breakthrough came when I was introduced to Filament, which is a new kind of filament. It is strong, yet very flexible and with it I was able to print the first garment, the red jacket that had the word “Liberate” “Freedom” in French embedded into it.

 I chose this word because I felt so empowered and free when I could just design a garment form my home and print it by myself. A person easily downloads this jacket and easily change the word to something else. For example, your name or your sweet heart’s name.

The printer’s plates are small, so I had to piece the garment together, just like a puzzle and I wanted to solve another challenge. I wanted to print textiles that I would use just like regular fabrics. When I found an open-source file from an architect who designed a pattern that I love with it. I was able to print a beautiful textile that I would use just like a regular fabric and it actually even looks a little bit like a lace.

 So, I took this file and modified it, changed it and played with it many kinds of versions out of it and I needed to complete printing my collection.

So, I bought six printers to my home and just printed 24/7 and this is actually a really slow process but let’s remember the Internet was significantly slower 20 years ago. So, 3D printing will also accelerate and in no time, you will be able to print a T-shirt in your home in just a couple of hours or even minutes. So, you want to see “What it looks like?” 

She is wearing everything, I printed form home.

So, I think in the future, material will evolve, and they will look and feel like fabrics we know today like cotton or silk. Imagine personalized clothes, that fit exactly to your measurements. Music was once a physical thing, you would have to go to the record shop and buy CDS but now you can just download the music, digital music directly to your phone.

Fashion is also a very physical thing and I wonder what our world will look like when our clothes will be digital just this skirt.

Five Final 3D Printed dresses.

Feedback

Feedback on my presentation.

PRESENTATION SLIDES

As the presentation slides illustrated that the topic of presentation is 3D printing, the presentation was lasted for 20 minutes and it was the wonderful experience to express the idea of work.

There was no one in the class except teacher, and a handy cam (camera recorder). However, she asked some question after such as, Why is chose this topic? ,

Material used in 3D printed houses and Dresses? and,

Safety Caution? 

Final Essay

The concept of 3D printing dates to the early 1980s, when inventor Chuk Hull created a 3D cross-sectional pattern of an object. Hull was known as the father of 3D printing (The Guardian,2014). 3D printing is a part of additive manufacturing. The object will be created by adding material layer by layer. 3D printers are available in the market and in the process including, homes, schools, and business. A famous fashion designer Peleg (2015) makes clear that “Forget shopping, soon we will be able to download our clothes”. These printers are used for printing such as toys, tools, and 3D food intricate treats. This essay will discuss the usage of 3D printers in a different field of life such as Architecture and Medical Science.

3D printing in Architecture Technology just changed the way of living. As Oxman (n.d) perceptively stated that “I believe in near future we will 3D print out our building and houses”. A company in China has used giant 3D printers to make 10 full-sized, detached single-storey houses in a day (BBC, 2015). Each 3D printed house in China cost less than $5,000. In many countries, Architects use 3D printers to illustrate their work and present it in a well-organized way because it is easy to understand the physical concept as compare to sketch. MarkerBot Replicator 2 is a printer which is a good example to use here, it works layer by layer. These giant printers work like that. Moreover, engineers are working on the 3D printers to make them able to print double story houses.

Some day after I am dead, scientists will recreate my brain with a kind of three-dimensional printing press and use it to create new quotes by me, instead of phony one like this. However, it is true that now-a-days many scientists use 3D for creating body parts. In 1955, Dr. Thomas Harvey met Einstein before his death then ask his a few questions and take his body to examine. He started examining his body parts one by one, when he came to Einstein brain, he realised that his brain is not a normal brain. He did not put his brain back, he stole it and escaped. He began his working by took a number of photos from different angles of the brain. He was the first and last human being who hold Einstein brain in his hand. Moreover, he cut the brain into 240 small pieces. Each piece coated in saluting and preserved into alcohol. He thinks that, he saved Einstein’s brain for every mankind. Even in 21^st century no one is being successful to create internal part of the body.

To sum up, according to the first commandment of computer ethics, no one have any right to harm someone.  Moreover, it is illegal to create anything which can harm others. A person who prints 3D printed stuff must be more careful in his/her work because, his/her little mistake can harm a whole nation.  There are health risks of these items, including Medical Science and Houses.

First 3D PRINTED DRESSES

DANIT PELEG is the first designer in the fashion industry. Her five 3D printed dresses.  

SAFETY

According to the research people share their thought about usage of  3D printers in daily life

SUGGESTION ABOUT 3D PRINTING

According to survey most of the people want 3D printers in their houses and offices (daily life use)