Bola Sociology Design

Design+Innovation: Galaxy Dress

November 18th, 2009

Galaxy Dress is a dress created by the designers Francesca Rosella e Ryan Genz. Embroidered with 24.000 LEDs, it will be presented in an exhibition at the Museum of Science and Industry em Chicago.  The LEDs, which are flexible like paper and are 2×2mm in size, were embroidered into a thin layer of silk, so that the fabric would be as fluid as  a regular dress. To keep them working, the dress has little iPod batteries hidden in an inner skirt also made with silk. With the use of these batteries, which are not visible and don’t cause any discomfort for the wearer, the lights keep on for a period that can range from 30 minutes to one hour.

In case it runs out of batteries, the Galaxy Dress still has around 4.000 Swarovski cristal decorating the areas that don’t have LEDs.