Calling all Switch fashionistas! Switch has the scoop on fashion designer Angel Chang’s innovative spring 2007 collection which just won the 2007 Ecco Domani Fashion Foundation Award. Tired of the fashion industries vintage remakes, Angel takes a confident leap into fashion by integrating technology in a fresh and wearable way. Angel shares with us three designs that are equal in beauty and function: iPOD-controlling pants, color-changing dresses and patterned fabric with 3D optical illusions.
This time around, we are talking to both Angel Chang and her collaborator Adam Beckerman of www.visualife.tv. Angel asked Adam to create hidden/optical illusion military imagery into 4 different patterned layers that make up the underskirt of her white halter dress.
Please also check out Angel's Fall 2007 collection presented at New York Fashion Week on February 1st on Alison's Flickr account here: Angel Chang Fall 2007 on Flickr
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Interview: Angel Chang
Angel is currently a contributor for Vogue.com France and has worked as a designer for Donna Karan, Viktor & Rolf and interned at Anna Sui and Marc Jacobs. Among other notable press she has been featured in Women’s Wear Daily, New York Times, Newsweek and Elle Magazine.
Adam Beckerman:
Adam Beckerman has been shooting 3D photography and producing stereoscopic images for over 10 years. His fashion experience began with managing bloomingdales.com and ezegna.com at the height of the e-commerce era, both earning Forbes Best of the Web commendations. After obtaining his MBA
from Columbia Business School, Adam was Production Director for Donna Karan Collection and now operates Visualife, a stereoscopic art and visual technology company dedicated to delivering simple solutions for true 3D image creation, viewing and entertainment.www.visualife.tv.
You can find out more about Angel and view her collections at www.angelchang.com
Fashion Photography: Lee Clower
Model: Lisa N (CQ Model) Manager: John Paul Pfeiffer
