Dutch Style Week 2015: Layout Academy Eindhoven graduate Anouk van de Sande has created a range of patterned garments that generate visual effects as the wearer moves (+ film).
The five-piece Print in Movement collection includes matching tops and trousers, catsuits, a dress and a long coat, all of which incorporate a number of layers of material.
A stripe-patterned black and white catsuit – manufactured from an elasticated materials to fit the physique – has an accompanying transparent PVC jacket with stripes in contrasting instructions. As the lines move past every single other, the patterns generate a visual effect known as moiré.
The impact has previously been used by other designers to produce a assortment of jewellery and a rotating mirrored lamp.
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Other outfits use layers of voile or tulle material with graphic dots or stripes to develop shifting pattern results, which van de Sande hopes to develop further for use in stage performances.
The designer began function on the assortment soon after completing an internship with textile manufacturer Vlisco, which prompted her to experiment with developing her personal a lot more severe patterned supplies.
“I was considering about producing prints even a lot more hefty in expression while sporting,” van de Sande told Dezeen. “I researched visual and theatrical results and came out on optical illusions in prints.”
“We all know these results but I loved to translate them to fabrics,” she additional. “I searched for resources that made this possible.”
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Van de Sande recently founded her personal label with fellow Eindhoven graduate Vera de Pont – who produced a assortment of reduce-out stitch-free garments at the university – to design “exciting printed sportswear”.
The Print in Motion garments were on show at the Style Academy Eindhoven exhibition as portion of Dutch Layout Week, which took spot from 17 to 25 October 2015.
Catsuits from the selection are also featured in the Modebelofte exhibition of sport-related vogue at Eindhoven football stadium.
Other fashion collections proven for the duration of Dutch Style Week includes Jessica Smarsch’s selection of textured garments based mostly on muscle motion, and the launch of Martijn van Strien’s Publish-Couture Collective – a collection of downloadable, customisable garments designed as an substitute to mass-produced trend.
