Metropolis

Metropolis was a film produced in Germany in 1927 by Fritz Lang. The film was based on science fiction and fantasy. To summarise the plot was of a utopia viewed in a beautiful modern city but later discover hidden secrets of mistreated workers.

The film was based on futuristic and fantasy. This film went on to be a repetitive influence to film, musicians and the fashion industry. Fashion favourited the looks within the
film by later designing and revolutionising garments in vogue magazine and on the runway. The idea of robotic fashion is still being reformed and redesigned for the current and future ages.

I love this edition of vogue in 2010 it not only has robotic implemented in design but sexualises femininity. giving robotics gender. I feel this allows designs to be manipulated and developed further creating more individual looks. As the robot signifies repetitive, replaceable copies.

Big designers in current fashion such as Tom ford and Givenchy have said that the film metropolis inspired some of their designs in their shows.

“Robot Fashion” is a trend that is neither running out of runway nor battery power’- David.J Katz.

films like Ex-Machina (2015) influenced by metropolis but made more modern. The robot is perceived to be better than the human and is almost immortal compared to us. therefor stronger and more reliable.

In 2006 Japan’s Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology created the female robot named “Miim” – she walked as a runway model in tokyo’s fashion week that year. 

The robots int he 20th century are more human like and have programmes in them to feel, understand and complete tasks. The robots built today are for purpose and can futuristically revolutionise ways of life for humans.

This sort of technology can be used in different ways. The fashion industry have taken on board different aspects of the new robotic age adding light/sound/functioning technology into fabrics. for example Hussein Chalayan and his light up dress. Another example of technology being used in fashion is Iris Van Herpen’s use of 3d printed materials to construct her designs and reform the human figure.