A new technique for 3D printing directly onto fabric could mark the next step in unlocking 3D printing’s commercial viability in the fashion industry – as well as a raft of new colour and texture combinations.

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Designers have been using 3D printing in fashion for several years, but until now the printed elements have been created separately and affixed to garments. A collection unveiled at New York Fashion Week, however, featured spherical, fish scale-sized cells made of photopolymers printed directly onto polyester fabric, so that the colour of the dress shifts with each small movement.

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The ‘Chro-Morpho’ collection, inspired by the microscopic colours and light filtering of butterfly and insect wings, was created with help from 3D printing specialist Stratasys and unveiled at threeASFOUR’s fall/winter runway show. “Within the next two years, I believe consumers will […]

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