
World of WearableArt 2019
Earlier this year Richard Ma, the chief executive of San Francisco-based security company Quantstamp, spent $9,500 (£7,500) on a dress for his wife.
That is a lot of money for a dress, particularly when it does not exist, at least not in a physical form.
Instead it was a digital dress, designed by fashion house The Fabricant, rendered on to an image of Richard's wife, Mary Ren, which can then be used on social media.
"It's definitely very expensive, but it's also like an investment," Mr Ma says.
He explains that he and his wife don't usually buy expensive clothing, but he wanted this piece because he thinks it has long-term value.
"In 10 years time everybody will be 'wearing' digital fashion. It's a unique memento. It's a sign of the times."
Ms Ren has shared the image on her personal Facebook page, and via WeChat, but opted not to post it on a more public platform.
Digital collection
Another fashion house designing for the digital space is Carlings. The Scandinavian company released a digital street wear collection, starting at around £9 ($11), last October.
It "sold out" within a month.
"It sounds kinda stupid to say we 'sold out', which is theoretically impossible when you work with a digital collection because you can create as many as you want," explains Ronny Mikalsen, Carlings' brand director.
"We had set a limit on the amount of products we were going to produce to make it a bit more special.
Being digital-only allows designers to create items that can push boundaries of extravagance or possibilities.
High priced whore then. That's what I thought.Abdul Alhazred wrote: ↑Mon Dec 16, 2019 4:35 pm It shows that even on the beach he does not choose to dress so skimpy.
But he does dress that skimpy if the price is right.![]()
John Galliano. He did/does couture. The high fashion stuff. Made some unfortunate drunken remarks about hitler and jews a few years ago and saw his career as head designer with Dior tank.