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A different colour each time

Posted by Katrien on Thursday May 28th 2009 at 10:40

Fernando Brizio - a portugese artist -  created this stunning dress as part of the Turin-based exhibition “flexibility - design in a fast changing society” last year.

The dress has little pockets and by placing coloured felt-tip pens in them, the appearance of it changes over time. Since the coloured ink bleeds into the fabric and creates a one-off design each time. After cleaning it, the owner colour it in a different way for each time they wear it.

Source: Designboom

Paper dresses for sale!

Posted by Katrien on Monday May 18th 2009 at 09:36

Last month, I visited the Paper Fashion exhibition in the Antwerp Fashion Museum.
Especially for this exhibition, La Redoute and the Antwerp Fashion Museum present two paper dresses, designed by Walter Van Beirendonck and Dirk Van Saene and inspired on the famous paper dresses in at the end of the ‘60.

If you don’t have the opportunity to visit the exhibition, but would really want a gorgeous paper dress … thanks to the internet, you can buy it online at //La Redoute Paper Fashion Dress, where you can find additional information and ideas on how to wear the dresses.

However if you can, I advise you to visit the exhibition  … and buy the dress in the museum of afterwards online.

Another great dress by Berber Soepboer

Posted by Katrien on Saturday May 16th 2009 at 08:04

Yesterday, I showed you the great Colour-In Dress by  Berber Soepboer & Michiel Schuurman. But there’s more: they also came up with the Replacement Dress.

This dress is actually a set of three dresses which can be combined in different ways via a button system to create  a different outfit each time.

Source: Berber Soepboer

The Colour-In Dress

Posted by Katrien on Friday May 15th 2009 at 09:01

In collaboration with graphic designer Michiel Schuurman, fashion designer Berber Soepboer created a beautiful dress which can be personalised by the person who wears it.

This Colour-In Dress has a black and white pattern which can be coloured in following your own taste.

Or as stated by the artist herself: “The concept of the dresses make it possible that the cloth is partly designed by the person who wears it, which hopefully makes them more valuable to the wearer. When clothes are cared for people tend to wear it longer, this makes the dress durable.”

Source: Berber Soepboer

Your custom Ikea catalogue

Posted by Katrien on Wednesday May 6th 2009 at 14:58

Ikea Germany launched a campaign in 2007 which put personalisation central. In several shopping malls, the cover of the catalogue was rebuilt. Shoppers were invited to take place in the real life cover and their picture was taken. Five days later, one could pick up their personalised custom example at the nearest Ikea store.

In my opinion it’s a nice example of how a company involved with mass production, finds opportunities in this era of mass customization!

After the shoes … everything else follows

Posted by Katrien on Wednesday May 6th 2009 at 10:26

We all know the Nike ID configurator which enables you to build your own Nike shoe. And now - after the shoe - the rest follows! In the new BootRoom at London Oxford Street’s NikeTown, you can create your own customised  Nike football kit for the entire team.

Source: rubbishcorp

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