Top 5 FashionTech Garments of 2019

By Chelsea Klukas, Founder — Lumen Couture

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

About the Author: Chelsea Klukas is an award-winning interdisciplinary technology artist and design leader. She has founded two companies exploring the intersection of fashion and technology (Lumen Couture and MakeFashion) and was recently 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. She is an advocate for diversity and women in tech.

Lumen Couture is fashion that illuminates for unexpected elegance and drama. The designs are informed by the international fashiontech shows hosted by MakeFashion, an organization that introduces youth to STEM through hands-on fashion technology workshops.