But you think once the technology is there, fashion houses will start to do it? Well, fashion has utilized technology in other ways. To reach their customer via social media, that’s a new technology. I have mixed feelings about social media. Do you love it or hate it? Do you think it’s connecting us or tearing us apart? I love social media. I think the thing I love about social media is that it’s completely broken down the hierarchy of who’s in charge, and who’s curating, and who’s maintaining these platforms. For example, in the past, if you were in Vogue , someone decided that, and it’s Anna or whoever. But it’s based on someone else’s decision on what’s cool, or what’s in fashion. Now, you can decide for yourself. You’re not waiting on someone else to give you the platform because you already have it.
realized past all the selling and buying, the design side is at the center of the work that I do. My entry point was through the art and making side. You love 3D printing and you use a lot of technical fabrics. I was wondering though, do you think technology makes the design process less personal? No, not all. I think it makes it more personal because as designing becomes more accessible, and anyone can print it in whatever color they want and whatever size they want, it becomes super customizable. And I think that’s really personal. Why do you think a lot of the bigger fashion houses aren’t using much emerging technology, like 3D printing? Well, because it’s super beta. It’s not even wearable. It’s not comfortable. It’s not ready yet.
PHOTOGRAPHY Marla Dipoto
In the wake of the 2016 presidential election, Becca and the Chromat team began work on the Fall/Winter 2017 collection. Flotation devices were chosen to represent survival and reflect a refusal to drown in political uncertainty and dread.
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