First dress made from 3D-printed fabric
- Who
- Jiri Evenhuis, "Drape Dress"
- What
- First
- Where
- Netherlands
- When
- June 2000
In June 2000, Dutch industrial engineer Jiri Evenhuis collaborated with fellow Dutch industrial designers to produce the "Drape Dress" from 3D-printed fabric developed in late 1999 and into 2000. The dress fabric was made from nylon particles in a process known as Selective Laser Sintering (SLS). The fabric comprises interlocking nylon rings like a course plastic chain mail. Unlike the latest 3D-printed dresses, which are "ready to wear”, this first use of 3D printing for dresses utilized sheets of “fabric" from which the dress was made in a conventional assembly manner. The original dress resides at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City, USA, while copies of the dress are available for purchase for the price of $1,999 (£1,272.00; €1,749.00).