Project:

I want to make a dress that’s inspired by a hurricane.

History:

Dress making is a hobby of mine, and in the past I’ve experimented with alternative dress making that included creating a series of social issue inspired dresses

Basic hurricane elements:

water

wind

destruction to everything but the objects in it’s eye

electricity

What will it hopefully look like?:

Does it respond to stimulus?

Yes it does!!

An element of hurricanes that I’m very fascinated by is the way their eyes are the only part of them that are calm. I see this as a defense mechanism and would like to exploit it by having the fog and water respond to external features—such as the light in the room will produce more fog to cloak the wearer—and act as a defense system.

Links/references:

http://gizmodiva.com/fashion/interactive_weather_dresses_by_valerie_lamontagne.php