The tool, developed by a team at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) and Adobe, turns fashion ideas into a blueprint that describes how to assemble each component into reconfigurable clothing.
Users draw shapes and place them together to develop an outline for adaptable fashion pieces. It’s a visual diagram that shows how to cut garments, providing an easy way to design things like a shirt with an attachable hood for rainy days, according to a statement from MIT.
American researchers have developed software called ‘Refashion’ that divides fashion design into modules allowing users to draw, plan and visualize each element of a garment. The tool turns fashion ideas into a blueprint that describes how to assemble each component into reconfigurable clothing. It helps design garments that can be easily resized, repaired or remodeled into different outfits.
It can, for example, create a skirt that can then be reconfigured into a dress for a formal dinner, or maternity clothing that fits during different stages of pregnancy, she said.
Refashion helps design garments that can be easily resized, repaired or remodeled into different outfits.
Its interface first features a simple grid in its ‘Pattern Editor’ mode, where users can connect dots to outline the boundaries of a garment.
Users can customize the shape of each component, create a straight design for garments, or perhaps play with one of Refashion’s templates. A user can edit pre-designed plans for garments such as a t-shirt, blouse or pants.
When a user designs a garment, the system automatically creates a simplified diagram of how it can be assembled. The pattern is divided into numbered blocks, which are dragged to different parts of a 2D mannequin to specify the position of each component. The user can then simulate what their sustainable clothing will look like in 3D models of a variety of body types.
Finally, a digital model for sustainable clothing can be expanded, shortened or combined with other pieces. Instead of buying new clothes every time, consumers can simply reconfigure the ones they already have.
Fiber2Fashion News Desk (DS)
