Digital perfection

Models present creations by Yuima Nakazato during the 2017-18 fall/winter haute couture collection in Paris.[Photo/Agencies]

In the future, mass made-to-measure clothes may be a reality, thanks to work by a Japanese designer. Fiachra Gibbons reports.

Japanese designer Yuima Nakazato claimed on Wednesday that he has cracked a digital technique that could revolutionize fashion with mass made-to-measure clothes.

"We can design every type and shape of garments to be a precise fit to the wearer's figure," he says after showing his digitally created haute couture collection in Paris.

The 31-year-old wunderkind has been working for six months on a new 3-D clothes-making technique using traditional materials like cotton, nylon and wool.

He says that in future clothes will be infinitely adaptable "and will grow with you" - easily expandable with the wearer's waistline - and able to incorporate wearable devices.

"We want to create a world where everyone can have tailor-made garments," says Nakazato, who was admitted as a guest member of the elite club of Paris haute couture designers last year.