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Crumpled Outfits Drove Me to Create Origami-Style Dresses

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Strangely, the article doesn't link to the actual product site or have very clear pictures of the product. Here's a link to the site:

https://origamei.com

On each product page they have an animated gif of the unfolding/folding. Example:

[5 Mb] https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/1830/6127/products/F991B71...

It does link to their site, check the third paragraph! Agree on the image, uploading some clearer ones now

Ah, I guess I missed that, might be nice to get a link in the story header / footer if possible. Sometimes tricky to scan body text for a link.

Cool product / story by the way!

Appreciate that!

For a demo, go to https://origamei.com and scroll down to "See how it folds."

Very neat idea. I wonder if something like this could work for button-up shirts?

This is literally how I fold shirts, so I think it could work if you could find a way to give some indications of where to fold. In fact, it's interesting because the folding method is how I was taught to fold a karate gi. I also use it for my jimbei (kind of summer Japanese casual wear.

With a jimbei, etc, fold the trousers in half lengthwise (so two pant legs become one). Then you fold in half the other way (fold the bottom up to the top). You put the trousers inside the top. You arrange the right side of the top first (left side if were wearing it) and place it naturally over the trousers. For Japanese style cloths it will go all the way to the left side of the garment, but for a shirt, it just goes half way. You then fold the left side front over the right (other way is for dead people -- and again, for a shirt it just meets in the middle. You might want to button the top button). Now the trousers are contained inside the top. With one hand you grab the right hand shoulder of the top and with the other you grab the bottom of the sleeve and the bottom of the top. You fold over the whole thing just until you get the the trousers. You pull the sleeve all the way to the left to straighten it and then you fold it diagonally over top of itself so that it is facing down. Then you do the same for the left side. At this point you have the trousers in the top and the right and left side of the top is folded over top to make a kind of package. The arms are neatly folded so they point straight down. You grab the bottom of the top and trousers together and fold it a third of it up. Then you fold it again. The end result is a square package. For a karate gi (or something similar), you can loop the belt around it and use it to carry it over your shoulder. If not, you can roll the square package into a cylinder and put it in your bag. Rolling it will stop if from getting getting wrinkled.

Traditionally, you would fold a shirt with the arms at the back of the shirt, so that the collar faces up. When packing, I prefer to do it the same as my Japanese clothes because, while the collar get crushed, it gets crushed in predictable way.

I don't think there is much freedom in placing seams in a button-up shirt, so it is difficult to understand how it would work.

There's a lot of freedom in placing seams, as long as you're OK with the resulting look.

In fashion, form and function and not necessarily related :)

Definitely a opportunity there.

This is an interesting design variant, where the wrinkle-resistant dresses are designed specifically to be folded down into very small packages. So the packaging is integral to the approach.

I initially expected something like Issey Miyake, who produced heavily pleated garments that you could stuff in a bag.

^ Miyake was the first thing I thought of when I saw this headline also. The pleated / folded stuff he created in the 90s was pretty neato

If they are wrinkle free, why do you need the origami? Why can't you just smash it into a ball and shove it where it will fit?

The dresses don't appear to be particularly special, aside from the built-in pouch. What makes these "origami-style"? Is it merely that they can be folded? Many companies offer similar dresses in a similar wrinkle-resistant material that can hold up to folding during travel.

They have seams designed for you to fold along - similar to origami. Yeah, there is also a built in pouch to fold the dress into. Some companies have tried similar but I think think the combo is unique.

fun to see that the pictures on the home page are from venice beach.

as neat as the folding and pouching is, i’m more impressed with the 1 dress 100 days campaign she did and all the different ways she accessorized one black dress: https://origamei.com/blogs/news

this also reminds me of these foldable grocery bags that i still use after many years (was an early customer): https://flipandtumble.com/

Amazing consistency for the 100 days campaign. It’s the sort of thing you say you’re going to do and then it falls off after the 4th day.

Those are some good lookin bags

When do we get the men version? I don't wanna have to cross-dress.

Can’t wait for this. Shirts and tees in a bag for after the gym

If you want to avoid creases, there's always Sta-Prest®

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