Melbourne, FL I-95 S Exit 180: Fashionistas, who wouldn’t want a garment constructed to fit you body exclusively while incorporating in the design all your likes and dislikes?
Named one of last year’s “best fashion exhibits”, Coded Couture is an innovative traveling exhibition presenting garments, video projections, objects, drawings, photographs, and interactive elements by 10 national and international designers. The featured designers who each use coding to convert a consumer’s personal information into a custom garment.
The idea of customization has always been at the heart of couture. The gown made to fit you, perfectly; the hand-beading, hand-stitching and other time-consuming processes involved in the creation of couture garments that reinforce the notion of the piece as a work of art with a specific affinity to the wearer.
Amy Congdon, Back Piece from Biological Atelier SS 2082 ‘Extinct’ Collection, 2014; embroidery, acetate scales, silicone, glass crystals. Courtesy of the designer. Photo Credit: www.lornajanenewman.com
The digital age has introduced a new approach to personalized fashion and couture. Coded Couture has an exciting range of new tools and approaches that allow haute couture to be customizable and personalized far beyond what has been seen before in the fashion world.
The exhibition is divided into four themes centered on biological, synergistic, psychological and cultural coding. Don’t miss the last stop of this exhibit’s groundbreaking national tour. Admission to the Center is FREE.Donations are welcome.
Location: Ruth Funk Center for Textile Arts, Florida Institute of Technology,
150 W University Blvd, Melbourne, FL 32901
Date: until April 28, 2018 (Recurring weekly on Tues to Sat)
Time: Tues-Fri: 10-4, Sat: 12-4
Tel: 321-674-8313
textiles.fit.edu/coded-couture.php
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Apparel, 2014, Augmented reality clothing. Neoprene garment, iOS application, video. Courtesy of the designers. Photos by N O R M A L S and Rémy Baudequin.