I distinctly remember one year of Comic Relief when they were flogging 3-D glasses to experience Comic Relief in 3-D and sadly after all the anticipation, I failed to see anything through those red and cyan cellophane lenses. Except everyone came to school and said it was A-MAZ-ING. So I ended up nodding along and saying "Yeah…it was sooooo cool!". This is a similar scenario with Magic Eye pictures – I would look REALLY hard and still see nothing whilst everyone was making "I TOTALLY see it!" declarations.
There was a time when I would question whether there was something wrong with my eyes. How does one explain to an optician that they can't see 3-D video and Magic Eye pics. When I got the Marios Schwab invite for the A/W 09-10 show, I was a) wondering whether we'd have to use the glasses or b) whether I'd be actually see anything and whether I'd have to make up a "Oh yeah it was amaaazing!" line afterwards.
Thankfully I FINALLY saw the whole 3-D dealio. Schwab sent out anaglyphic print dresses that were built up in contours of layers and volume and as they moved the pattern on the dresses looked like they were in motion too, jutting out in different ways like jagged rock formations. Yes, I could finally describe what I was seeing as opposed to making up some lame fake vision (surely harder than faking an orgasm/high experience if you're not sure what exactly it is you're supposed to be seeing?). 3-D prints aside, I was stunned by Schwab in the ye olde way that I was used to during his first few formative seasons. From exploring more fluid shapes in the past two seasons, there was something harder there again – well, quite literally HARD as Schwab was exploring crystal fissures and the changing state of rocks.
(Photography by Kate Rodgers and Patrick Lindblom)
From the ambiguous rock formations in 3-D on Schwab's dresses, we get something more literal from Dutch fashion collective And Beyond who presented this 3-D based collection last year that consists of patterns where you can make out flowers and palm trees….
Yay, I'm finally getting the hand of this whole 3-D malarky!
Wow! That’s unreal.
My invite to that show must have got lost in the mail…
I could never see those ‘magic eye pics’ either! But these prints…just gorgeous! Love the And Beyond 3-D pieces, amazing! 🙂
xx
Congrats on finally getting the hang of 3D vision! (^_^) Love this post. Love this blog. x
so. cool. Want one.
Noone could ever see those magic eye pictures. Everyone made it up. *secret view*
Ooh!
I love the organic prints that have been appearing lately, and these are especially elegant. Very understated sculptural. I like.
the prints were insane enough but with the glasses they sound incredible!
More prints should be in 3D… the world would be a better place for sure.
~Faith
galp this is amazing!!
xx-LJ from SOS!
I love the jacket and dress.
wow,this is really interesting. haha
kind of cool actually. although without the glasses it makes me a little giddy
what an awesome idea! I would love hidden images in my clothes…so gorgeous. Way to finally see in 3D it must be a relief to know your eyes are okay after all!
me and my flatmate made some of those glasses last year and watched loads of 3d films through youtube (partayyy lol!) i love it when you take the glasses off and everything is still red and blue
loved schwab’s collection..esp. all the prints. i had no idea they were 3-D!
Love it..I want one too.;D
Those printed dress are sooo fab too.;D
Great post as always friend.=)
Have a nice day.
OMG that is the coolest idea! Although it would have given me a headache, it still would have been interesting to see.
3-D stuff and the Magic Eye stuff always gave me a headache/migraine or eye strain or nauseated or a combination of all, so don’t feel too bad.
But FABULOUS stuff anyways!
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Love those printed dress so much.;D
Nice post..
lol my friend refuses to fake orgasms for her boyf coz she’s never orgasmed before so she would be kinda too embarassed to fake it since she doesnt even know what a real one feels like. she’s afraid she’d just end up copying the fakies she’s seen on tv/movies…
and im sure she appreciates me publishing this on the interweb… 🙂
waaaahhhhh…, niiiceeee…, i want all of it hihihihihihi:)
it’s a great post susie :D, i love it 🙂
I want in on all the action too!
i just wear 3-d glasses for the fun of it…saves you having to spend a bomb on ‘using’ i guess 😀 — tanya…that’s not really ‘a friend’ is it…it’s you:D
to ‘me’…it is indeed my friend i wrote about… i havent even had my first kiss. sad face.
I’m surprised not more designers do 3D prints, I bet it’ll be totally amazing to see it in action!
And Beyond!
you don’t understand about fashion.
i thing this a dutch testing. what do you want to do. do it crazy.
to be honest a horrible concept and collection
Cool idea. I never got those magic eye pictures either. I remember an evening where my aunt brought over a book full of those blasted things, and my entire family was going like ‘OMG it’s a pony!!’ and I couldn’t see a thing. Annoying and slightly worrying.
wow what a surreal feeling to actually be there. I have been a fan of his ever since the spring ’08 shows with the black braces constricting the models.