Photograph by J. R .Eyerman. The LIFE Picture Collection

I chose an image of an audience in 3D glasses at the premiere screening of Bwana Devil from the book ‘ABSTRACT EXPRESSIONISM’ which edited by David Anfam, the first full-length 3D film in colour, at the Paramount Theater, Hollywood, 26 November 1952. Everybody looks so happy, but what attracts me most is the laughing woman who is the highlight of this picture.

Then I found a show of Rebecca Minkoff that you need 3D glasses to fully experience these clothes. Models and audience members wore 3D glasses as dim lighting was used at the end of the Rebecca Minkoff Spring 2015 collection show during Fashion Week, Friday, September 5, 2014, in New York.

Image: AP Photo/Jason DeCrow/Associated Press

To further my research, I googled ‘the application of 3D technology in clothing’ and found that The Hong Kong University of science and technology successfully developed the “3D garment design computer simulation system”, through the scanning type data, computer programs to the human body more than thousand parameter data for accurate adjustment, and preview the simulation fitting, to achieve “tailor-made” fitting effect.

Reference and bibliography

[1] David Anfam, Susan Davidson (2016) Abstract Expressionism, London: Royal Academy of Arts

[2]Stephanie Buck, You Need 3D Glasses to Fully Experience These Clothes, Available from: http://mashable.com/2014/09/05/rebecca-minkoff-3d-fashion/#YLFRxdsMMsqX [Accessed 05 September 2014]

[3]Jiayi Long, HKUST 3D simulation test online to buy Shirts more satisfactory, Available from: http://paper.wenweipo.com/2013/05/27/ED1305270002.htm [Accessed 27 May 2013]