Dress Code envisions a mass customisation model for the collaborative tailoring, design and fabrication of a dress. An algorithm captures body measurements through the familiar process of taking a photograph; thereafter allowing one to design and fabricate a dress tailored for that individual.

project team: Jessica Toh, Gloria Ngiam
via processing, grasshopper

The front and side silhouettes are captured through a simple high contrast photography set up. These silhouettes are then loaded into an image processing app which calibrates and generates data for the 3D model of the dress.

The app allows one to design a tailored dress, either through altering the proportions of the silhouettes, or by painting directly on the silhouettes; akin to fashion designers conceptualizing on mannequin outlines.

This project also explores different methods of deconstructing complex surfaces, into two-dimensional modules that are fabricated via different digital fabrication processes, and assembled together with customised joints.