[Jack Hydrazine]

They are printing with nylon. The new Lulzbot Mini 3d printer will be able to print with nylon as well as PLA, ABS, tritan, polycarbonate, and t-glass as well as some plastics that mimic wood, stone, and bronze.

[knarf]

What's fascinating about 3D in general and this pattern in particular is, the dress is "put together" by computer ... many pieces hinged to each other ... then "folded up" (also in the computer) to a compact package that is then scanned and is printed as a smaller bundle (as opposed to a large 5' by 3', flattened out size / shape)

The powder materiel is in a bin about 1 foot cube (not exact, but given as a reference) and the dress is retrieved from the powder, unfolded and worn.

Pretty ingenious.