As part of Exploding Fashion we created a series of animations showing how the exhibited dresses would have moved on the body. Done with full body motion performance capture at Pinewood Studios, each dress was brought to life with movements specially choreographed to each time period.
From the collection of
@museumatfit :
#Halston , Fall 1976, digitally recreated by
#CentralSaintMartins for ‘Exploding Fashion: From 2D to 3D to 3D Animation’ — On view until 05.02.2023 at
@momuantwerp .
Roy Halston Frowick (1932–1990), known as Halston, refined eveningwear through radical economy of construction and a reductive aesthetic, exemplified by this one-seam dress designed in 1976. It is a three-ply column dress made of three layers of chiffon cut on the bias, hung from the bust line and knotted in a sarong style, worn with a separate, free-floating scarf.
Halston designed with motion in mind. Disco inspired him to dress women in clothes that moved sensuously around them when they danced. When the dress was measured in the museum, the three layers of chiffon meant it moved around on the table, making it hard to handle.
The simplicity of the pattern, and the apparent ease with which the dress hangs from the body, result from Halston’s rigorous command of materials. In remaking the dress, the pattern cutters found it the most demanding design of all.
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