The drone dress explores drones in relationship to the body
Little Dada for Make Fashion 2017
Hillary Predko: Design + Textiles + Fabrication
Lee Wilkins: Design + Code / electronics + Drone Pilot
Alenn Predko: Tech assistant, Drone pilot, Stage hand
Support from the Social Body Lab, Creative Technologist of Toronto, and special thanks: Jon Grieman, Christopher Lewis, Josh McLain, Kate Hartman
Re:Familiar is an outfit that reimagines drones as witch’s familiars. Like familiars, drones are servant, spy and companion all at once. The drone follows the model, and surrounds her with billowing silk chiffon. Re:Familiar is a multi layered garment inspired by server rooms and the beauty of silk chiffon. The dress is fabricated with a body suit built from Ethernet cables covered in photoluminescent pigments that wrap around the body, encasing the model. She also wear a peplum armature with blower fans arranged to lift and blow streams of silk at her hips.
This project features AR Parrot drones carrying the train of a dress down the runway. These drones are controlled by custom software. The bodice is painted with photoluminescent pigments and back-lit with UV LEDs, giving the it an ethereal glow. Fans and silk are controlled by microcontrollers as well.
