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Yeah, You’ve Been Using ‘Haute Couture’ All Wrong

by Natalie Kimani|22 January 201821 January 2018|Features

There are lanes in luxury. If we can back track a little bit, ‘The Anatomy Of The Luxury Fashion Brand’ identified the four principal categories of luxury goods to be perfumes and cosmetics, watches and jewellery, wines and spirits, and...

CUTTING EDGE: LASER CUTTING TECH FOR FASHION AND DESIGN

by Natalie Kimani|26 October 201602 November 2016|Design, Tech

If you have ever watched an episode of Project Runway, one of the most stressful moments is when time is running out for the contestants before the runway show. Often a hot glue gun, pins, staplers and haphazard cutting pops...

#techstyle Exhibition – Museum of Fine Arts in Boston

by Natalie Kimani|17 October 201602 November 2016|Fashion, Tech

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHTR4uKfNzU Synergy. That seemed to be the underlying theme of the Museum of Fine Arts (MFA) #techstyle exhibition earlier this year. The kind of synergy between designers and tech designers or scientists to push the boundaries on how we create...

FASHION FORWARD: to be or not to be 3D

by Natalie Kimani|14 September 201621 October 2016|Fashion, Tech

Gone are the days where 3D meant your mum finally got you the flip book with the fancy glasses that made the pages move. Created in 1984 by Charles Hull, 3D printing has definitely been around the block, but when...