Fashion and textiles inspired by architecture: Use of new materials

Abstract

The mutual inspiration of fashion and architecture can be traced in a long historical line, only to become more evident and involved during the 20th century due to the development of fashion industry technology and materials. The primary goal of both fields is to protect man and then achieve aesthetic norms following social trends that are subject to change due to technology's continuous development. Precisely because of that, the possibilities of design in architecture, i.e., in fashion, are becoming diverse. Technological progress has enabled research in design, which opens the option of applying materials that develop the service field. The synergy of architecture and design in fashion can be followed in a wide area of action through different prisms-modern technology and science, artistic directions and styles, various types of materials, and their characteristics. The paper's approach is limited to a narrow field by analyzing the adaptation of architectural forms in fashion design in an obviously abstract way with a strict departure from the traditional concept of clothing with the use of innovative materials such as smart textiles in a modified form of presentation through performance and standard way of design that finds its inspiration in architecture in segments.

Keywords

• fashion design
• architecture
• textiles
• technology
• smart textiles
• performance