Filaflex Purifier: An Ally For Fashion
Filaflex Purifier Filament and Fashion: One Step Further in Bringing Purpose and Responsability to the Planet
Jamela's works often revolve around themes of culture, social justice and environment. As an outsider in a myriad of ways, Jamela hopes to redefine social constructs through her practice by casting light on issues related to diversity and connectivity, as well as cultivating empathy and emotional resilience in her adopted communities. Her retrospective, reflective outputs are often executed with state-of-the art technology and self-developed computational processes. Her works have been showcased internationally at notable venues such as the National Museum of Singapore, Asian Civilisation Museum, The Mills Fabrica Hong Kong, DongHua University in Shanghai, Art of Fashion San Francisco and Fashion Tech Week New York.
Jamela's innovative fashion design using Filaflex Purifier
Designer Profile
Jamela had also worked with companies such as Swarovski, and Glenfiddich SEA for their marketing campaigns. In addition, she had contributed poetry for The Sexual and Reproductive Health Matter (SRHM) Journal. Her visual works had also been featured in numerous magazines such as Elle, Female, L'Official, loTex, Tatler and Vogue etc. Her work is in the permanent collection of the National Archive, under the Heritage Board in Singapore.
Interview with Jamela
Why did you choose to use our Filaflex Purifier filament for your dress and collection?
I was keen on exploring Restorative Design with my previous fashion collection 'Mindful Intersections: Charting the Course Less Travelled, by combining sustainable making practices that seeks to repair harm with couture dressmaking techniques. This collection was inspired by the Astrolabe, a useful device that helped kickstart a heritage of trade in Singapore and established it as a bustling global trading network centuries ago. Yet with economic growth often comes environmental compromise.
"By using the Recreus Filaflex Purifier filament to create elegant, airy 3D printed textiles for use in the collection, my garments highlight another form of progress, one that is recuperative and healing, that makes their surroundings better simply with their existence. In addition, Recreus' FilaFlex has a shore hardness of 82A and 650% stretch, technical advantages perfect for wearables that demands comfort and capability to flex and conform to the wearer's body."
Runway showcase of 3D printed dresses at the Asian Civilisation Museum, organised by The Singapore Fashion Council
"Filaflex Purifier filament was used on the sleeves of the dress shown above, and presented at the Asian Civilisation Museum in Singapore late October last year (2022)."
Design Process
Astrolabe - Inspiration for the collection
Linework printed with Filaflex Purifier on fabric
Patterns laid flat prior to sewing
Technical Process
Can you tell us about the process of using Filaflex Purifier filament to print a dress?
A priority we had in the design process was to have our garments be pliable for maximum wearability. Thus, not only do we rely on the natural softness of Filaflex, we encased a layer of mesh fabric within print layers to form a multi-material composite. This resultant textile not only has active cleaning properties, but is now flexible for comfort.
Digital Render of dress design
3D printed work-in-progress dress toile with Filaflex Purifier
Final Collection
Full lineup collection showcasing the integration of Filaflex Purifier in fashion design
How did your processes contribute to a more sustainable fashion industry?
Firstly, by heavily relying on digital approaches and designing our garments via software, we eliminate the need to create toiles thus saving time and materials. Revisions can be made on the fly and we can have a multitude of variations. We have quite a lot of control in how we arrange our prints on the printer's build plate.
"By having a garment material constantly convert CO2, NOx and VOCs into harmless mineral waste through gas mineralisation, it directly fulfills the objective of Restorative Design, to have wearables be active players in cleansing the environment."
Future Vision
How do you envision the future of sustainable fashion and the role of technology in it?
The boundaries between art, technology and fashion are getting blurred because people are acknowledging that we exist in a fluid space where the three disciplines blend into one another on a multi-dimensional spectrum. To be multi-disciplinary is to be innovative, resourceful, and informed.
"With 3D printing, we own the means of production, and we can save so much on resources from transportation, mold making, etc."
