3D printed swimsuit

This 3D Printed Swimsuit Will Totally Blow Your Mind - Printed on a MakerBot 3D Printer - 3DPrint.com

As 3D printing gradually inches its way into the fashion industry, individuals and companies continue to experiment with how the technology can be used in order to fabricate clothing unlike anything ever seen or worn in the past. Fashion is a funny thing. One day a style may attract all the hype, while the next day it is totally forgotten.

It’s just a matter of time before 3D printed clothing garners the attention of mainstream media and celebrities in Hollywood. Once this happens, there will be no stopping its potential in being adopted by “fashionistas” everywhere. For one Panamanian woman, named Nadir Gordon, currently living in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and studying Fashion and Textile Design at the Universidad de Palermo, 3D printing became something fascinating to her. As part of her thesis for her class project, which asked to create something that represents the future of fashion, she designed a one-of-a-kind 3D printed swimsuit that will quite frankly blow your mind.

“I began to study the vast world of 3D printing and became fascinated by it, seeing it as an opportunity to create garments and accessories in an innovative way,” Gordon tells 3DPrint.com. “Designers like Iris Van Herpen and Francis Bitonti, with their sculpture-like pieces, inspired me to experiment with this technology that provides tools to create volume and shapes that are almost impossible to construct with fabrics and the traditional ways of creating a garment.”

After brainstorming a bit, she came up with a concept that involved waves, their constant motion, and how they crash against the sea’s surface and coastlines. She decided to come up with a design for a swimsuit which would capture the action of crashing waves as well as the mix of feelings, such as “peace and fierceness,” that is exuded in this marvelous phenomenon of nature.

For this project, which she calls “Waves,” Gordon began sketching her designs in 3D and then started working with a man named Jonathan Guerra, who is a 3D generalist based in Panama City, Panama.

“Designing it took less than a day,” Guerra tells 3DPrint.com. “Using Sketchfab really helped me and Nadir check and revise the suit to make sure it reflected her ideas. The complicated part was slicing and prepping for print. Once we decided the suit was ready to 3D print, I sliced it and exported it as 14 separate STLs. Since it came pre measured all I did was add it to Makerware and it already fit the tray, sometimes it told me that the mesh was bigger than the available space but I disregarded that.”

The swimsuit was broken down into 14 smaller parts, and then printed on Guerra’s MakerBot Replicator 2 3D printer. In all, it took about 70-90 hours to print. Once all the parts were printed out, Guerra used a soldering iron to fuse them together.

The initial plan was to 3D print the swimsuit using flexible PLA filament, but it proved to be too difficult to work with on such a complex mesh. After a couple hours of printing it with this material, the pieces started to wobble and become unstable, so they had to revert to using regular PLA.

“We certainly would like to do a 2.0 version of this prototype and use all the knowledge I got from this project,” Guerra tells us. “Also seeing the Nervous System’s Kinematics Dress gave us a lot of ideas on what to try next.”

As for how the swimsuit functions when worn, it is still a work in process. The model who was hired to wear the garment said that it was comfortable to wear, but they ended up having some issue with the areas where the dress was soldered together. Some of these parts broke from each other and had to be re-soldered.

“It’s easy to move in it, but it’s not functional to be worn daily,” Gordon tells us. “It’s intended to be an experiment that defies the paradigm that dictates the way a garment should be built. Based on [the] said experiment, we envision continuing to developing more garments that [are able to be] used on a daily bases, pieces that are functional and allow movement to the wearer. “

Even though she is still a student right now, Nadir Gordon appears to be well on her way to becoming a name we will all hear about when we talk about 3D printed fashion in the coming years. What do you think of Gordon’s design? Do you think that one day in the future we will actually see people walking the beaches in swimsuits that resemble “Waves”? Discuss in the 3D printed swimsuit forum thread on 3DPB.com. Check out the interactive Sketchfab rendering as well as some more photos below:

[Image source: Victor Giner Valverde]

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aRks 3D unveils their first collection of 3D printed bikinis

3D printing news News aRks 3D unveils their first collection of 3D printed bikinis

Published on August 16, 2017 by Alexandrea P.

ARks 3D is a design studio in Sicily, Italy that has designed the first collection of 3D printed bikinis. Titled ‘Coral’, this new line of bikinis was inspired by both geometric and organic designs of the sea, and thanks to the customization offered by 3D printing, the bikinis are able to have a maximum adaptability to each body.

The people behind aRks 3D are Rosanna Romano, architect, and Samuel Palermo, the IT developer, who share a great enthusiasm for new technologies and creativity. ” Every day we discover new possibilities and new techniques, trying to meet the needs of our “customers,” said Samuel and Rosanna to Filo Diretto.

Their collection of 3D printed bikinis was developed using 3D printing technologies, focusing on products that respect nature. To accomplish this, aRks 3D uses PLA printing, a common material in the 3D printing industry that is environmentally safe as it is biodegradable and compostable. To print with this material, they used their Sharebot 3D Next Generation printer, which uses FDM or FFF technology. To add a bit of comfort, they included cotton inserts, making their piece comfortable, environmentally safe and customizable.

“The idea came about three years ago when looking for a bikini and not finding what I wanted: why not print one in 3D? Every woman wants to be unique and wear unique clothes. So I design and created the top of the bikini. Then, together with Samuel, we produced the first prototype. The challenge after was to create an entire collection, perfectly usable, comfortable and with a unique style. ” Said Rosanna Romano.

To develop the 3D printed bikinis, aRks 3D had to put a lot of effort into combining both the manual work with technology in order to make each of the bikinis a unique and personal experience. “Our goal is to study and explore a meaningful and sustainable design that combines form and function through knowledge, research, and experimentation.”

If the idea of owning a 3D printed bikini or bikinis is something that interests you, then you shouldn’t miss out on other clothing revelations in 3D printing, such as the latest 3D printed, personalized jacket you can now order online. With this latest innovation in 3D printing, we are sure that this is only the beginning of the 4^th industrial revelation within the fashion industry, with bigger and better things sure to come!

Photographs: ARks 3D / Massimo Palmigiano.

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3D printed swimwear at Shanghai Fashion Week 2014

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Chinese designer Zhang Hongzhou showed his 3D printed swimwear collection at Fashion Week 2014, which is taking place these days in Shanghai. The 3D printed polymer used to create these swimsuits is silicone. Yi Zhang noted that the level of advancement in 3D printing technology allows designers to add graceful elements to their models, and they will still remain soft and supple. nine0003

In the future, customers will be able to simply send scans of their bodies to designers and receive finished garments that are "printed" to the exact figure, says the designer. The cost of the technology has dropped dramatically in recent years, inspiring designers to create their own designs on their own. In 2011, designer Mary Huang presented her collection of the first fully 3D printed bikini "N12" at the Continuum Fashion event. The new technology allows designers to save on production costs and experiment with small runs, as well as sell limited-edition clothing. nine0003

Zhang Hongjou's 3D Printed Swimwear Collection

“These are not just swimwear, they make the people who wear them happy and attractive. Bathing is part of the culture of the beach. Therefore, we want our customers to join this culture and feel like they are on vacation on the beach,” Zhang said.

Two models of 3D printed swimsuits from Zhang Hongjou's collection

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