Fashion is based on human bodies. Before we talk about the fashion in the future, I would like to have a prediction about what our body would be like in the future.
It is likely that we might use some technologies to improve our body in the near future. In fact, some people who sadly lost their hand, leg, or one part of their body are already did so. Like the lieutenant dan in the movie Forrest Gump.
Lieutenant dan lost his legs in the war in Vietnam. With the help of technology, he could have the chance to stand and walk again.
Just like the fact that Plastic surgery was invented to help the soldiers who suffered facial injuries in the war world one to improve their physical appearance and morale but now it become a way to help people get a more deliciated face. The technology we used to help disabled people would gradually become a way to help us get stronger hands, legs, eyes, or any other organs.
From the article that Sam Jordan published about Air-Trekker Jumping Stilts, this new technology could help us to get the ability to jump up to 10 feet into the air or run as fast as 20 mph while galloping along with 9-foot strides. (Sam Jordan, 2014)
What trouser would people wear if they had legs like this?
Let's have a bold prediction. In the future, all of our organs would be improved by technology. Robotic legs, arms, hands would be introduced. People, for example, would add parts to their head to get a better ability with memorizing and analyzing things.
Griffin from the movie man in black
METALWORKS by AERARIUS
Prosthetic Hand
Robot arm sketches
Here comes to Fashion and Garments
Imagine you got robotic arms like this; it is important that you keep those arms from potential damages like falling down to the ground and getting wet from the rain. In this case, the purpose of the garment might change from showing our identity and protecting our body to mainly protecting our body from any potential injuries.
From my imagination, I assume that we might wear garments that made by a kind of new material. This material would be light, stretchy, and soft so that we don't get uncomfortable when wearing it. It would be waterproof so that we don't need to worry about raining days. In some special situation, it could become extremely hard to prevent ourselves from injuries.
Inspired by Alexander McQueen's work ‘Coiled’ corset, I came up with the idea of making garments with metal wires.
Image 1 (Left). “Coiled” Corset by Alexander Mcqueen. (1999).
Image 2 (Right). “Coiled” Corset by Alexander Mcqueen. (1999).
It is a “Coiled” Corset from Alexander McQueen's 1999-2000 Autume/winter runway. It is composed of 97 coils of handcrafted aluminum. With the wearer inside, the sides are screwed together. In order to fit the coils onto the model's torso, Leane created a plaster of Paris mold created by Kees van der Graaf.
Due to its aluminum construction, it is not heavy. Shaun Leane, who wore this garment on the runway, said that "it's not heavy. It’s made from aluminum, and even though it looks quite restrictive, the model actually said the piece was actually very, very comfortable."
My imagination goes like this, the garment was also made by special metal wires. The metal wires had special and magnetic wires inside which could keep the garment shaped and flexible. There might be techniques that could control those wires to form a particular shape.
Texture Collages with sketches
Fashion-looks Sketches
Experiment with Wires
Fashion Sketches
With wires, I came up with some unique shapes to create garments.
Contextual Background
In terms of creating the contextual background, I came up with some ideas of using softwares and drawings to create a metal and twisted feeling background
I used After Effects to create a metal and twisted background for this project.
Video link: https://laoqian1999.wixsite.com/nicksblog/post/fc318-week-12-primary-and-secondary-research
Steps
Photoshop works
Drawings
Patterns created with different brushes on procreate.
Out of these background works, my favorite goes to the changing background that was created with After Effects. I then put all my drawings on it to create the final outline.
Final outline
Video link: https://laoqian1999.wixsite.com/nicksblog/post/fc318-week-12-primary-and-secondary-research
Tools and Techniques
In terms of how to achieve this idea, I came up with this idea of using bendy craft aluminum wire to form the shape on the manikin and using gluing gun to support it.
Making Process & Final Outcomes
Reference List.
Sam Jordan. (2014). Air-Trekker Jumping Stilts. Available from: Air-Trekker Jumping Stilts | HiConsumption [Accessed 19th February].
Image Reference List.
Image 1-2. Alexander Mcqueen. (1999). “Coiled” Corset. Available from: “Coiled” Corset, The Overlook, autumn/winter 1999–2000 | Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty | The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (metmuseum.org) [Accessed 19th February].
Thank you!
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