The pattern is even interactive. If the person in the dress moves, the technology behind it reacts in a fluid animation.
Dresses make the man. This is the title of the novella by Gottfried Keller. But in this case, the dress primarily makes artful and individually changeable patterns that react to the movements of the person wearing them!
This is what’s behind the dress called Adobe Primrose
At the (Adobe MAX 2023 Conference) in Los Angeles, there was a presentation that gave audience members a glimpse into the future of fashion.
The conference is a gathering for creative minds, engineers and developers. Part of the show was the presentation of the dress called Adobe Primrose
Researcher Dr. Christine Dierk – who is the inventor of the dress – stunned the attendees by appearing in front of the crowd in the dress herself:
What’s so special? The pattern changes abruptly. Sometimes stripes emerge, sometimes a sweeping X-pattern or a completely light or dark colour scheme. Last but not least, the pattern could even adapt live to the wearer’s movements.
The pattern changes in the form of an animation that is reminiscent of waves or water. A dress for many evenings.
How does this modular technique work?
According to the team behind Dr. Christine Dierk, the dress will consist of flexible, power-saving and non-emitting modular displays. These will then be able to display all the relevant programming.
But this technique can be used not only in fashion. It is also said to be usable for decorating pieces of furniture, bags or interactive picture frames.
Apparently, you can create your own motifs using Adobe Stock, After Effects, Firefly and Illustrator.
What are the benefits? Instead of wanting to buy new clothes for every event, customers can now take action themselves and cater to their fashion desires. This could reduce the consumption of garments.
Adobe Primrose is just a concept to demonstrate the technology, though. Whether or when it will be available for purchase remains unclear. Moreover, it is not clear how much the technology behind it would cost. In addition, one would have to have the corresponding programmes from Adobe for the adaptation.
What do you think? Flexible clothing that miraculously adapts to the fashion wishes of the owner sounds somehow like an excursion into the novel world of Harry Potter. But it’s actually not witchcraft – whether this array of displays can be comfortable remains to be seen. Would you buy clothes with such technology? Feel free to write it in the comments.
