Before MakerBot, no one could have conceived of Napster for fashion. A Burberry trench couldn’t be replicated digitally, which meant the garment industry was more or less safe from the revolution that upended music production and book publishing.
But with 3D printing, Fifth Avenue is headed for its own disruptive moment
3D printers can manufacture spare parts for spacecraft, produce food and housing, even replicate human organs. Simultaneously, the materials used in 3D printers are improving by leaps and bounds, incorporating metals and plastics, wood and nylon. New York-based Shapeways has begun selling 3D-printed objects, including jewelry, while Continuum has created a 3D-printed bikini with plastic pieces that snap together. And an Atlanta entrepreneur is currently experimenting with a printer that can create garments out of polymer fabrics — the future of 3D-printed textiles. Read more…
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