It's a marriage of high tech and haute couture (well, sort of!) as the teams compete to see who can design the best dual-purpose clothing. Join DS on the runway as the garments/gadgets make their fashion debut.
- 1) The Challenge (3:48)
Watch the Show
Bonus Footage
Blue Team's Process
Red Team's Process
- 1) The Challenge (3:48)
- 2) Brainstorm (7:26)
- 3) Design and Build (8:44)
- 4) Test (2:01)
- 5) Judging (5:24)
- 1) Runway Roadkill (00:21)
- 2) Boys' POV (00:12)
- 3) Fashion Show (00:29)
- How do you make clothes that are transformative and functional? Blue Team made a wedding gown that would transform into a tent.
- They made the skirt into a tent by using cut fishing poles and chicken wire to rigidly shape the bottom and top.
- They also used a fluffy vest as a decorative bustle, and made it detachable so Giselle could easily take it off her back and put it on as a vest.
- To show how to use the gown, in the fashion show Giselle came down through the waist, cinched up the top, and emerged through the front.
- The first version of the gown was a little short so they sewed a new one that was long enough to hold the tent poles. They wanted the tent to be much larger, but it was too difficult to build in time.
- The Blue Team won the challenge! Their wedding dress was featured in the Siggraph Fashion Show and it was also mentioned in local newspapers!
- How do you make clothes that are transformative and functional? After lots of kidding around, Red Team made a men's suit that transformed into a running outfit.
- The suit rolled up and could be fixed in place with Velcro straps, revealing workout clothes beneath.
- Red Team's design was unique because it used cold water-filled tubes woven throughout the garment to cool off the person wearing it. The water even had glitter in it!
- The garment worked, but it looked like it might not be that comfortable to wear. When the suit part rolled up it made a big pouch of fabric around the belly.
- The garment was functional but not beautiful. The cooling system would have been better if the water was continuously circulating, using a pump system, instead of just sitting in the tubes.
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