Designer Julia Daviy on disrupting and bringing sustainability to the fashion industry

When it comes to the fashion industry, 3D technologies are proving to be a way to unleash the creativity of designers and stylists, bringing more personalisation for the end user. But it is also a way to reduce the amount of waste in an industry that is quite harmful to our environment. This is one of the main reasons why designer Julia Daviy turned to 3D printing: she designed a collection of clothing additively manufactured, disrupting traditional methods. We met with Julia Daviy to learn more about the manufacturing process behind her collection and the advantages of additive manufacturing.

3DN: Can you present yourself and your link with additive manufacturing?

I am Julia Daviy, and I am a 3D printed clothing designer and a clean tech specialist. Three years ago I dived into the learning of 3D printing software and hardware, and took each and every course I could find to get the knowledge and skills. My apartment was flooded by 3D printers and 3D scanners, different types of filaments and other materials, and I bought all the books and magazines on 3D printing I could find. My practical knowledge came from every day experimentations and hundreds of mistakes.

Julia Daviy | Photo Credits: Vita Zamchevska

I started to learn and experiment with 3D printing for several reasons. I was looking for a sustainable and waste-free way of producing clothing. I also noticed that the functions of clothing are changing, it is not all about beautification of our appearance any more. And at the same time, it is almost impossible to find clothes in the market that will meet these new needs. I do not like wasting time on non-intellectual monotonous repetitive operations and the current participation of millions low-paid hard working women and kids into the clothing production. I hate hard logistics in the traditional fashion industry too. All of these forced me to look for better technology for the clothing production. For the last decade, I have been working with clean technology, especially within the solar energy industry. Working in this new industry and solving challenges every time, I was not afraid to meet them again but in a new industry.