2024-11-21T12:41:14-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/134730873/architecture-in-fashion-design Julia Ingalls 2015-08-20T17:01:00-04:00 >2015-08-20T17:01:48-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/sh/showfgd955f5wmc4.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>Although fashion magnate <a href="http://archinect.com/forum/thread/124872429/architects-having-a-non-architectural-career" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Tom Ford</a> does not make much of the fact that he studied architecture at <a href="http://archinect.com/schools/cover/87291/parsons-the-new-school-for-design" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Parsons The New School for Design</a>, that early influence can still be felt in his body of work, as it can with Daniel DuGoff, an architectural alum of <a href="http://archinect.com/schools/cover/17418/washington-university-in-st-louis" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Washington University in St. Louis</a> turned fashionista who has recently been attracting <a href="http://www.stylenochaser.com/article/architecturally-sound-ddugoff" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">press attention</a> for his technically exquisite yet stylish clothing line DDUGOFF. However,&nbsp;the industry has also been venturing into other traditionally architectural realms. In May, the <a href="http://www.shining3d.com/fashioncontest/en/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Shining 3D Fashion Show Design Contest</a>&nbsp;invited participants to submit <a href="http://archinect.com/news/article/79607750/if-you-think-3d-printing-is-disruptive-wait-for-4d" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">3D printed</a> clothing options:</p><p><img title="" alt="" src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/514x/ql/qltq12yqdyvzax74.jpg"></p><p>The aesthetic structural sensibility of fashion, while obviously existing in a different material realm, shares much with the most visually engaging and relevant architecture.</p><p><img title="" alt="" src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/514x/o6/o6cyfb2s8joyefcy.jpg"></p><p>This structural appreciation extends beyond clothing into <a href="http://archinect.com/features/tag/472439/material-witness" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">film</a>. When Tom Ford directed the adaptation of Christopher Isherwood's "A Single Man," he had the principal character live in <a href="http://archinect.com/news/tag/8504/john-lautner" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">John Lautner</a>'s <a href="http://archinect.com/news/article/92435/architecture-s-hot-in-la" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Schaf...</a></p>