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5 Favorite FashionTech Garments from MakeFashion 2019

Our intern Michelle Choi shares her favorite garments from the 2019 MakeFashion runway event.

Designs from our collction, all available for rental. Photo by Larry Kwon.

Lumen Couture Founder and MakeFashion Co-Founder recently participated in producing the 2019 MakeFashion event in partnership with Beakernight, sponsored by Calgary Arts Development. The event highlighted the latest work from the collective MakeFashion designers, engineers, and makers. Our intern Michelle Choi shares her picks for her favorite designs from the event.

Photographed by Vian Esterhuizen @heyvian. Modeled by Amy.

Photographed by Eluvier Acosta

Sakura Dress by Erina Kashihara

The placement of the led-strips accentuate the lines of waist and hips, and the gradual decline of the lights towards the bottom lengthens the height of the model. How the light interacts with the fabric and body is alluring. It’s placement creates a depth of space that feels as though the lights are emerging from the darkness. Overall, the design exudes confidence and fierceness as the model struts down the runway. 

Photographed by Jeff McDonald

Photographed by Brandie Sunley. Modeled by Autumn, Kendall

Starcode Gown

It’s a ball gown dress straight from a fairytale story with layered tiers of fabric, shimmering with blue and green lights. The way the layers bounce and the light twinkle reminisce of a fairy godmother’s work. 

Photographed by Jeff McDonald, Modeled by Shelby Chong

Photographed by Jeff McDonald, Modeled by Shelby Chong

Does It Come in Black?

The placement of the led-strips accentuate the lines of waist and hips, and the gradual decline of the lights towards the bottom lengthens the height of the model. How the light interacts with the fabric and body is alluring. It’s placement creates a depth of space that feels as though the lights are emerging from the darkness. Overall, the design exudes confidence and fierceness as the model struts down the runway.

Photographed by Brandie Sunley
Modeled by Anna

Photographed by Vian Esterhuizen

Luniary Designs

The teal high-low dress references a medieval fairy. The wing and makeup adds to the whimsical tone of the fantastical world the outfit lives in.

Photographed by Jeff McDonald, Modeled by Kendall, Kadry, Hailee, Emma

Photographed by Eluvier Acosts

Lumen Couture Stardust Look

The illuminated belt is a statement piece on the glowing LED dress. The easy customization allows the belt to be a simple LED belt that blends with the dress as well as an accented pieces that grabs anyone’s interest. The thickness of the belt cinches the waist highlighting the clean shape of the hoop skirt and the deep v-cut of the neckline. The LED jumpsuit and belt are both available for sale, and the skirt is available for rental.

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About the Author: Chelsea Klukas is a serial tech entrepreneur and has worked as design leadership in several startups and global companies including Amazon and Facebook. She is currently a product Design Manager at Oculus, and her product leadership experience includes shipping the Echo Look, Amazon’s first fashion-focused AI-enabled voice assistant, BeauCoo, a social shopping startup that helped women find clothes that fit, and design lead at Poynt, a cross-platform location-based app that pioneered augmented reality features in the early days of iOS.. She is also a co-founder of FashionTech runway organization MakeFashion and founder of Lumen Couture.

Chelsea Klukas is an award-winning interdisciplinary technology artist, and was recent granted her Doctorate of Fine Arts (h.c.) in 2019. Her Lumen Couture projector hat, a hat that includes real-time projection mapping and visual inputs to display video on a dress, has gained international attention as the first of its kind.