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How Animatronic Clothes Work

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the i-know-what-i'm-getting-my-wife-for-christmas dept.

bethr writes "TechnologyReview.com has an article about the inner-workings of the animatronic clothes featured at a recent Paris runway show. The dresses use computerized motors and monofilament wires to radically transform from one style to another. From the article: 'Zippers closed, cloth gathered, and hemlines rose — all without human assistance.' You can see the finished product in the second half of a video of the show."

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  1. Re:wardrobe malfunction? by KeiichiMorisato · · Score: 5, Informative

    Did you see what happens at 14:45 of the video?

    Now THAT is a "wardrobe malfunction"!!!

  2. Re:The future of clothing? by Salvance · · Score: 4, Informative

    Skip to the end. There's a mostly nude model wearing a massive hat and a thin veil like gown. She truly does look like a big skinny lamp. All of a sudden, the hat starts pulling up the gown until she's standing their completely nude - really rather ridiculous.

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  3. Link by mr_nuff · · Score: 5, Informative

    YouTube link for those wanting to skip straight to the nudity http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTFl0rNNQrY