According to British “Daily Mail” reports, the world’s first 3D printed bikini is available to purchase from the online shop. Designed by American fashion studio “Continuum Fashion”, the bikini, named N12, is produced by American 3D company Shapeways by using the 3D printing technologies and the nylon 12 material. The sturdy nylon material is completely produced with 3D printing machine, and then spliced with seamless technology. Shapeways pointed out that, this nylon material is very “clean, strong and elastic”, so it can’t be broken during the printing process.
The design of this bikini presents the beautiful and complex patterns printed by 3D technologies, but also highlights the technology challenge that pliable and tough products can be made from nylon materials. Designers said that 3D printing bikini is just the beginning. In the future, there will be skirts and zipper products completely printed by 3D prnter. Any kind of clothing may be directly produced by this digital technology, but not the manual or machine sewing.
3D printer, appearing in the middle of 1990s, actually is the rapid prototyping apparatus adopted the light-curing and paper lamination technologies. The working principle is the same as the common printer installed with printing material such as liquid and power. When connecting to computer, the printing materials overlay together, eventually the blueprint in the computer will turn into real object.
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