The show the dress puts on is gorgeous. The movement of light and color across the dress is amazing. The jaw drop factor when your enter a room in this thing must be amazing but other than the lights I am pretty unimpressed with this garment.
The dress is boring. I understand the need to have as much surface area as possible to make use of the technical aspects of the garment, but the shape is dull. It attempts for a sculptural sensibility that should only be attempted by a proper tailor. The shape created when the light are on is not only boring it is unflattering. The strange angular pinch at the waist does not even do anything for the mannequin it is on. In additon to the LED's the dress is embroderied with a boatload of Swarovski crystals. Even this seems botched and awkward. The transitions between the lights and crystals just don't happen, leaving it looking blocky and unplanned. The designers also chose to include some sort of weird crystal coated bib. Just overall a very ugly dress.
I understand that this is a one of a kind dress that will in all reality never be worn in any serious capacity but it could have at least been designed to look good on size zero plastic body it is displayed on.
This is an amazing concept for a garment. From a technical standpoint this is a very impressive piece of gadgetry and a big step towards more integration of tech and fashion. From a fashion standpoint this is quite a disappointment, for a one of a kind garment one would think something a little more aesthetically appealing would have been thought up. Despite the disappointment the effort should be applauded. This is a big step and hopefully leads the way for more applications of this kind.
P.S. Check out CuteCircuit's web site here for more interesting and impressive combinations of technology and fashion.
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